A woman looks at the “Naming the Lost Memorials,” as the U.S. deaths from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are expected to surpass 600,000, at The Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., June 10, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The Covid-19 pandemic drove average life expectancies in the U.S. down by about a year and…

SINGAPORE – Failure to contain Covid infections is hindering the recovery of many Southeast Asian economies, says Jefferies’ Sean Darby. “Indonesia, like many of the ASEAN economies, has not really gotten the Covid-19 virus under control,” Darby, global head of equity strategy for the US investment bank, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Tuesday. “That…

Chipotle Mexican Grill reported quarterly sales in excess of pre-pandemic levels as customers returned to its restaurants for dinner on Tuesday. The company also released a third quarter revenue forecast. Shares rose 4% in extended trading. Here’s what the company said, relative to Wall Street expectations, based on an analyst survey by Refinitiv: Earnings per…

Intensive-care unit and lung doctor Dr. Vin Gupta told CNBC that he’s already encouraging patients who received the single-shot Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine to get a Pfizer or Moderna booster shot amid the dramatic increase in delta variant cases across the U.S.  Gupta, a professor at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics…

Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Speaks during a hearing on the Senate Finance Committee’s nomination for Nominee Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale Adeyemo on February 23, 2021. Greg Nash | Swimming pool | Reuters Senate finance committee chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Released a bill on Tuesday to revise a controversial corporate deduction that was part of the…

The future of space innovation is controlled by companies, former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine told CNBC on Tuesday, shortly after Jeff Bezos became the second founder of a space company to go into space. “These commercial entrepreneurs are taking giant strides that will transform humanity and bring more of us into space,” Bridenstine said on…

A mobile Covid-19 vaccination center in front of Bolton City Hall in Bolton, where the number of cases of the Delta variant identified for the first time in India was relatively high. Peter Byrne | PA pictures | Getty Images The Delta variant first identified in India now accounts for an estimated 83% of all…

A United Airlines passenger plane arrives over the apartment buildings to land at Heathrow Airport in west London, UK on March 13, 2020. Matthew Childs | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the State Department said Monday to avoid traveling to the UK as the Delta variant of Covid-19 continues to spread.…

A Housing & Development Board (HDB) public housing estate in Singapore. Wei Leng Tay | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore’s government on Tuesday said it will again tighten Covid-19 measures as new cases continue to rise, complicating the country’s reopening plans. The measures include reintroducing a ban on dining-in, and limiting the maximum…

Joe Tsai, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of the Alibaba Group. S3studio | Getty Images News | Getty Images Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai is the mysterious buyer behind a $ 157 million apartment deal in Manhattan’s most prestigious condominium tower, according to people familiar with the deal. Tsai, who also owns the Brooklyn Nets NBA team,…