Max Levchin, CEO of Affirm, touted the company’s new physical debt card offering on Friday, telling CNBC that it would offer customers similar benefits as a credit card, but with greater clarity upfront. “It certainly shouldn’t be called a credit card, not even because it’s some kind of anti-credit card. I don’t want to be…

The Hemphill Brothers Coach Company knows a thing or two about how celebrities live on the streets. The Nashville-based RV company, run by brothers Joey and Trent Hemphill, has been building and equipping luxury tour buses for 40 years, promoting an A-list of megastars ranging from Taylor Swift, Oprah, Dolly Parton and Beyonce to former…

People await vaccinations against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Willowbrook, Los Angeles, California on February 25, 2021. Lucy Nicholson The US is “far from” achieving herd immunity to Covid, and more communicable variants mean even more people will need to be vaccinated to reach them, a CDC scientist said…

American skateboard shoe company brand Vans store seen in Hong Kong. Budrul | LightRocket | Getty Images Retailers and their landlords are currently embroiled in a high stakes risk game. And it will be a few years before we find out which party is on the winning side. With thousands of retail leases up for…

Here are the top news, trends, and analysis investors need to get their trading day started: 1. Stocks are trying to bounce off the tech router on Thursday Traders work on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE US stock futures were troubled as tech stocks tried to rebound from Thursday’s defeat,…

Vials of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) vaccine candidate are shown in an undated photo during the Phase 3 ENSEMBLE trial. Johnson & Johnson | via Reuters A key advisory body to the Food and Drug Administration is due to vote on Friday on whether to recommend Johnson & Johnson’s emergency approval of…

People who work from home have more opportunities to make a living abroad than ever before. In addition to the countries originally opened to remote workers last year, new destinations have launched programs to encourage workers to leave their home offices because of tropical shores and year-round sun. What is necessary Employment outside of the…

Trevor Milton, CEO and Founder of US Nikola, speaks during a presentation of his new all-electric and hydrogen fuel cell battery truck in collaboration with CNH Industrial at an event on December 2, 2019 in Turin, Italy. Massimo Pinca | Reuters Competitive electric vehicle startup Nikola is paying $ 8.1 million in legal fees for…

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, told CNBC on Thursday that he was confident about the company’s growth story even if the potential blockbuster acquisition of British chip designer Arm doesn’t take place. “Nvidia is definitely going to be huge,” Huang replied on Mad Money when asked by Jim Cramer, the show host. Cramer asked the…

A representative gives a thumbs up to a customer after loading a television into a customer’s vehicle for a roadside pickup order at a Best Buy Co. retail store in Hawthorne, Calif. On Friday 27, 2020. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Best Buy CEO Corie Barry said the pandemic has forever changed…