Rocket builder Astra Space on Saturday launched its first rocket since the company went public. After a wobbly liftoff, the rocket failed to achieve its goal of reaching orbit.  At liftoff, the rocket appeared to move sideways rather than straight up. Astra founder, chairman and CEO Chris Kemp told CNBC that about a second into the flight,…

Investors will see an electric screen in a stock exchange hall on February 18, 2021 in Shanghai, China, displaying stock price data. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images Beijing has envisaged new rules that would prevent domestic Internet companies from going public in the US, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Chinese…

United States President Joe Biden will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on August 27, 2021. Nicholas Comb | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden said U.S. regulators are considering giving Covid-19 booster vaccinations five months after completing the primary series and…

Paul Steel | The Image Bank | Getty Images Cancun and Daytona may draw spring breakers and Waikiki, honeymooners, but which beaches worldwide are millionaire magnets? Hong Kong-based consulting firm Nomad Capitalist released its latest annual index of the top sandy spots that appeal to high-net-worth investors looking to not necessarily vacation but actually put…

[The stream is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden is expected to make remarks about the deadly terrorist attack near Kabul International Airport that killed 12 US soldiers and injured 15 others. The White House had…

The DWS Group, Deutsche Bank’s asset management company, is under investigation by US authorities over allegations of its sustainable investment practices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. According to the WSJ’s report, federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating DWS after the company’s former sustainability director said the company used excessive…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about refugee programs for Afghans who have helped the US during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC, on August 2, 2021. Brendan Smialowski | Reuters WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that as many as 1,500 Americans may still need to be…

A health worker vaccinates a man in Abidjan on August 17, 2021 during a roll-out of vaccinations against Ebola on August 17, 2021, after the country recorded its first known case of the disease since 1994. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP) (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images) ISSOUF SANOGO | AFP | Getty…

Electric cars are the future. Whether you want to go green or not, most of us are going to be driving an EV in the next two decades. Automakers are spending billions retooling factories and revamping their fleets to go most or all-electric in the next 10 to 15 years, plans fully endorsed by President…

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech on August 24, 2021 at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore before departing for Vietnam on the second leg of her Asia trip. Evelyn Hockstein | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday called out Beijing’s actions in the South China Sea,…