Fresh vegetable prices in China surged by 30.6% in November from a year ago, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The price of pork, a staple in Chinese diets, remained well bellow the highs of last year with a year-on-year decline of 32.7% in November. But pork prices rose […]

As Congress continues to debate the Democrats' Build Back Better legislation, a new analysis finds that almost 10 million children could potentially fall back into poverty without the extension of the enhanced child tax credit (CTC). An estimated 27 million children will receive less than what they are currently getting, […]

CNBC's Jim Cramer said Tuesday the stock market's snapback has taken many investors off guard. The omicron concerns were so severe that "you have this moment where people realize, 'Wow, we really got oversold. What can I get in?'" Cramer said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened up roughly 300 […]

Alexander & Hornung, a business unit of Perdue Premium Meat Co., Inc., is recalling around 234,391 pounds of fully cooked pork products citing possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service or FSIS announced. The recall involves ham and pepperoni products that come […]

Friends is among the very few television prime time series that ran for 10 seasons or more. Friends was on the air from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004. It launched movies careers for several members of its cast. This included Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, […]

European stocks fell in cautious trade on Thursday, with fears around the Omicron coronavirus variant and warnings about inflation from major central banks weighing on sentiment. The pan-European Stoxx Europe 600 index was down 0.8 percent at 466.91 after rallying 1.7 percent on Wednesday. The German DAX dropped 0.8 percent, […]

White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said studies strongly suggest that booster shots will give you cross protection against a "wide range" of Covid-19 variants, but noted it has not been proven yet. Fauci said booster shots "markedly" increase antibody titers against variants of the virus. Third shots […]

Lucid said it received a subpoena on Friday from the SEC "requesting the production of certain documents related to an investigation," according to a filing Monday morning. Shares of Lucid were down by about 17% during premarket trading Monday. Lucid is the latest EV start-up to go public via a […]

The increase in omicron cases in the U.K. is on such steep trajectory that the country's health security agency has issued a stark warning. Omicron cases are doubling every 2-3 days. One expert told CNBC that the steep rise in omicron cases is "enormously worrying." LONDON — The increase in omicron […]

Among the largest retail chains in America, fast-food companies hold many of the top spots based on the number of outlets. There are over 197,000 fast-food restaurants overall. McDonald’s has over 13,000, while Pizza Hut has over 6,700. And fast food is a huge business. McDonald’s revenue last year was […]