The head-spinning, mouth-drying, bone-crushing fatigue of jet lag is enough to make anyone think twice about changing time zones. But sometimes, traveling is worth the suffering — or, it’s just unavoidable. So we quizzed Stanford sleep expert Jamie Zeitzer about how to minimize the misery of jet lag. The body operates on a biological schedule […]
Read moreShares of Arena Pharmaceuticals surged more than 44 percent Tuesday morning, after the drugmaker announced positive results for a treatment for a rare lung disease. The experimental drug Ralinepag met its primary Phase 2 program goal to show a meaningful improvement in the conditions of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Patients who used the drug […]
Read moreThe “Fast Money” traders shared their first moves for the early hours of the trading day. Tim Seymour was a buyer of the iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF. Karen Finerman was a buyer of the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF. Dan Nathan was a buyer of Intel. Guy Adami was a buyer of America Express. Trader […]
Read moreAmazon customers are shopping at “record levels” worldwide this Prime Day, Amazon said Tuesday morning. The 30-hour event had only just begun, and at 4 am ET Amazon said that millions of Prime members globally had already shopped the website for bargains and so-called lightning deals. In the U.S., the Amazon Echo is the best-selling […]
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France is seriously trying to get rid of the biggest drag on its economy
Investors and international institutions often criticize France for its rigid labor market and how that’s a drag on its economic performance. But that’s about to change, the former governor of the Bank of France told CNBC. “I frankly think that apart from the U.K., in three, four months from now, France will have the more […]
Read moreLouis Vuitton just announced a range of “Tamour Horizon” smartwatches that run on Google’s Android Wear software. It’s the most recent luxury brand to launch a smartwatch running Google’s software. Others, such as Tag Heuer and Montblanc also sell high-end smartwatches. Each Louis Vuitton watch features a watchface with the company’s branding, as well as […]
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Time to buy? Gold experts see a sweet spot for bullion as inflation returns
Gold prices might be are under pressure from the current “risk-on” environment for equities and rising interest rates, but several analysts expect the price to recover and say the precious metal can provide investors some real risk protection. Gold is currently trading around $1,210 per troy ounce. During Monday’s session it fell to $1,204.45, the […]
Read moreThe future of food is coming fast. With Amazon picking up Whole Foods and meal kit services like Blue Apron going public, we are thrust into a quickly changing food system where on demand service is revolutionizing how and what we eat. It’s a time of even faster food, easy as the touch of a […]
Read more“Be bold,” says Padmasree Warrior, the CEO of driverless electric vehicle start-up NIO U.S. That’s one bit of advice she would give to young people just getting started in their careers. Before running the U.S. division of the global premium auto company aiming to compete in the same space as Elon Musk’s Tesla, Warrior was […]
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US shale production will see sharp growth slowdown in 2018, IHS says
U.S. shale production is expected to surge throughout the remainder of the year but investors should be prepared for nowhere near as much growth in 2018, according to Dan Yergin, vice chairman at IHS Markit. “We still see U.S. shale continuing to grow and being an important part of the supply but I think this […]
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