A United Airlines Holdings Inc. employee helps a traveler at a ticket counter for Hawaii at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Summer vacations are getting more and more expensive as travelers return from the long pandemic lull.…

The Disruptor 50 list’s mission has always been to identify fast-growing, innovative startups en route to the next generation of large publicly traded companies. But in 2020 it got ridiculous. Twelve of the 50 companies named the 2020 Disruptor 50 are now publicly traded companies. Four more have announced that they will go public through…

The U.S. should play a bigger role in getting to the bottom of the theory that Covid-19 first leaked from a virology lab in Wuhan, China, Atlantic Council senior fellow Jamie Metzl told CNBC on Monday. “Right now the World Health Assembly is meeting and the United States should do everything possible with our allies…

According to an economist, the Covid-19 resurgence in some parts of Asia could transform China’s wealth. Previously, the US-China trade war had resulted in companies moving their supply chains out of China and relocating their production and distribution networks for products and services. As a result, countries like Vietnam and India benefited when companies opened…

Family members of Vijay Raju, who died due to Covid, mourn before his cremation in the village of Giddenahalli on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, on May 13, 2021. Samuel Rajkumar | Reuters As India’s devastating second wave of the coronavirus outbreak overwhelmed the healthcare system, desperate users turned to social media to seek help…

Lordstown Motors Corp Chief Executive Steve Burns poses with a prototype of the electric vehicle start-up’s Endurance pickup truck, which it will begin building in the second half of 2021, at the company’s plant in Lordstown, Ohio, U.S. June 25, 2020. Lordstown Motors | Reuters Shares of Lordstown Motors tumbled more than 9% during after-hours…

Nine states now have 70% of adult residents with at least one vaccine shot. Data released on Sunday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the nationwide number of cases and deaths in Covid has continued to decline. The seven-day average of new infections is around 25,300 per day on Sunday, according…

The Birdies shoes were sold out at the end of 2020, so the company could no longer meet demand at the end of the year. Source: Bianca Gates When women across the country shed their heels during the pandemic, the Birdies shoe company flourished. The direct-to-consumer brand advertises as “a stylish apartment that is secretly…

John Malone Matthew Staver | Bloomberg | Getty Images The blockbuster deal with WarnerMedia-Discovery is particularly good news for HBO Max, billionaire media mogul John Malone told CNBC’s David Faber. In an interview that aired Monday, Malone said his previous reservations about HBO Max’s ability to be a dominant player in the crowded digital streaming…

Tesla’s technology will be deployed at a new UK plant dubbed “Europe’s Most Powerful EV Charging Hub”. The announcement comes as authorities attempt to ramp up infrastructure to meet an expected increase in electric vehicle ownership in the coming years. The Oxford Superhub, which is located on a park-and-ride site in the south of the…