NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday praised Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson after traveling to the edge of space as a passenger on his company’s VSS Unity spacecraft. “We put Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom in suborbit 60 years ago, and now we’ve got there and I think it’s great,” said Nelson, who went into…

Football fans wrapped in English flags stand in front of Wembley Stadium ahead of the Euro 2020 England v Italy final. SOPA pictures | LightRakete | Getty Images LONDON – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to confirm on Monday that the final easing of lockdown rules in England will take place on July…

As the founder of India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Nischal Shetty has his finger on the pulse of new trends. In 2017, after it took him more than a week to buy his first Bitcoin, he discovered a niche in the market to make trading the then-booming digital currency easier. By 2018, he had launched WazirX…

A woman is seen shopping on ASOS the online fashion store on a laptop. Dinendra Haria | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Nordstrom said Sunday it has acquired a minority stake in four apparel brands owned by the online U.K. fashion house Asos. The brands — Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and the activewear…

GoodRx has signed a deal with DoorDash to help gig and contract workers find prescription drugs at affordable prices, pharmaceutical market CEO Doug Hirsch told CNBC on Wednesday. The partnership gives the grocery supplier’s couriers, known as Dashers, preferential access to GoodRx’s Gold Program to receive prescription drugs at a discount at pharmacies in the…

Rebecca Minkoff recently made it possible for customers to rent clothing without a subscription. Source: Rebecca Minkoff To get more customers, some clothing brands are starting to rent their clothes – without a monthly subscription. Fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff was recently the first to offer a “loan option” on its website, powered by the rental…

San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon (left) speaks to Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich (right) on the court during a time out in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers in San Antonio. Darren Abate | AP Becky Hammon moved the needle, but the National Basketball Association assistant…

Sir Richard Branson stands on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in front of the trading of Virgin Galactic (SPCE) in New York, USA, 28 October 2019. Richard Branson Virgin Galactic IPO NYSE After nearly 17 years of development and over a billion dollars invested in Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson…

An Olive Garden restaurant in Times Square in New York. Richard Levine | Corbis | Getty Images With bars and restaurants struggling to find staff, several large restaurant chains have announced higher wages to encourage workers to apply and stay. According to the Ministry of Labor, more than half a million jobs were created in…

Fashion trends are shifting as consumers prepare for the post-pandemic world, Manish Chandra, CEO of online retailer Poshmark, told CNBC on Thursday. After a year of lockdown, the sale of going outwear is increasing. Meanwhile, fitness apparel purchases are declining and the e-commerce platform is a channel for buyers and sellers to “clean” their closets,…