Shoppers walk past a Victoria’s Secret store in a mall in San Diego, Calif., On April 22, 2021. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Victoria’s secret parent company L Brands reported first-quarter earnings and sales that beat analysts’ estimates on Wednesday. The stock recently fell more than 1% in extended trading. Here’s how the…

Robert Kramer, CEO of Emergent BioSolutions Scott Mlyn | CNBC The FDA is holding more than 100 million vaccine doses of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 for further testing after the agency found multiple security breaches at a facility operated by Emergent BioSolutions that helped make the decision, said Robert Kramer, CEO by Emergent, on Wednesday…

McDonald’s U.S. President Chris Kempczinski speaks about the expansion of fresh beef at a McDonald’s event in Oak Brook, Ill., March 5, 2018. Richa Naidu | Reuters The McDonald’s board of directors is likely to face tough questions from shareholders at its annual meeting on Thursday how it dealt with the sacking of former CEO…

Anne Schuchat, director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), speaks during a Senate Fund Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday May 19, 2021 in Washington, DC, United States. Greg Nash | Bloomberg | Getty Images Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday that they were awaiting data from studies testing Covid-19 vaccines…

Employees work in a laboratory at Emergent Biosolutions in Baltimore, Maryland on February 8, 2021. Michael Robinson Chavez | The Washington Post | Getty Images Some employees at the Emergent BioSolutions Baltimore plant were unable to shower or change clothes, which is necessary to work at the factory, and it likely helped ruin millions of…

When the Covid pandemic broke out, small business owners across the country struggled to stay afloat. Those who managed to stay open were the lucky ones. According to Opportunity Insights, a Harvard-based economic tracker, the number of U.S. small businesses open was down 33.8% from May 5, 2020, compared to January 2020. So four companies…

Buyers in a Target store in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Target will announce its results for the first quarter of its fiscal year on Wednesday before the bell. According to Refinitive Consensus Estimates, Wall Street expects: Earnings per share: $ 2.25 Revenue: $ 21.81 billion The big box retailer saw significant growth during…

SINGAPORE – Singapore faces two challenges from climate change and is pursuing a new coastal protection plan to preserve the island’s most vulnerable coastlines, the country’s environment minister said. “Our dual challenges are coastal flooding … (and) extreme rainstorms, which can lead to more intense inland flooding. So we need a system that will help…

After being the richest state at the epicenter of a devastating second wave, India is already taking steps to prepare for a possible third wave, according to its tourism and environment minister. The western state of Maharashtra, home of the Indian financial capital Mumbai, has so far reported more than 5.4 million cases, including over…

The Maldives could disappear by the end of the century if the world doesn’t act swiftly and coherently against climate change, the country’s minister for the environment, climate change and technology said. Speaking to CNBC on Tuesday, Aminath Shauna said the country “will not be here” by 2100 if environmental damage continues at its current…