Call of Duty: Modern Warfare season 2 started on Feb. 11, kicking off a brand-new season of content for the game. But while the upcoming maps and operators may be exciting, they’re nothing compared to the hints that Infinity Ward has dropped that a battle royale mode could be on the way to the game. Speculation about the new mode started shortly after the season began when Call of Duty YouTuber PrestigeIsKey tweeted about a changed to the Modern Warfare menu. With all that in the trailer, it’s n

Personal finance website WalletHub ranked all 50 U.S. states in terms of optimal conditions for retirees, comparing 47 key indicators of retirement-friendliness. In particular, its analysis looks at affordability, health-related factors and overall quality of life. Click on each state in the map for overall ranking, overall score (out of 100 points) and ranking for affordability, health care and quality of life. The highest life expectancies, meanwhile, can be found in Hawaii, California, Connec

Boeing posted a slow start to 2020, recording zero orders for new airplanes in the month of January. The lack of orders last month stands in contrast to its competitor Airbus, which logged orders for 274 commercial airplanes in January. January is the latest month without orders after the grounding of the 737 Max in March 2019. Boeing recorded a negative order rate in 2019 — for the first time in decades — as customers canceled or converted orders. With the company’s beleaguered 737 Max still gr

But even though the singer-songwriter has reached superstardom, Clarkson continues to make pledges to invest in herself to keep her future on track. Clarkson’s determination to pursue her dream is undoubtedly what fueled her fame: In 2000 Clarkson decided to abandon all thoughts of college in order to pursue her dream of becoming a singer. There, Clarkson put a demo together and hustled to make some money doing some side jobs. Any option that was available to make money singing, I was like, ‘OK.

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday expressed dismay at Under Armour’s disappointing quarter, suggesting there’s little reason to invest in the athletic apparel-maker. “Maybe Nike is just too powerful,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” “This is one of the rare times where I’ve seen, [Under Armour] may have the better product but it doesn’t matter.” Under Armour’s fourth-quarter sales came in below estimates, and CEO Patrik Frisk told analysts that company sales could fall by a low-single digit pe

The FTC will likely examine discreet deals like those by Apple. The Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday it will examine prior acquisitions by Alphabet , Amazon , Apple , Facebook and Microsoft . The review “definitely could inform enforcement,” Simons said. The orders also ask companies to share information about “how acquired assets were integrated and how acquired data has been treated.” The FTC orders will provide clarity on why boardrooms are shelling out billions for our personal dat

Catherine DelahayeIf you want a tax credit for paying your nanny, you’ll have to get right with the IRS first. You’re running the risk of steep penalties from the IRS, including tax evasion charges. You’re also responsible for delivering a Form W-2 to your employee, detailing wages paid and taxes withheld. Finally, you must also spell out the details on your employment taxes paid when you file your income tax return by April 15. For instance, if you paid someone to look after your child while yo

“Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)” didn’t lure moviegoers to theaters over the weekend. Overnight, the newest DC Extended Universe film was redubbed “Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey,” a last-ditch effort to persuade comic book fans to see the film. Even with critics singing praises for “Birds of Prey,” the newest entrant in the DC Extended Universe didn’t live up to its opening-weekend expectations. The long-awaited comic book film featuring the delightfully psych

Truth in Advertising, a nonprofit advertising watchdog, has filed deceptive marketing complaints with the FTC and California regulators against Savage X Fenty, Rihanna’s lingerie brand. Savage X Fenty has drawn millions in investment funding and has been lauded for its inclusive sizing and diverse marketing. When navigating to the shopping bag, if an item had been added, a “Savage X Monthly Membership” was also added automatically, without changing the pricing. The organization said it has “iden

Rich Paul, the CEO of Klutch Sports Group, will partner with Chicago hip-hop star Chance the Rapper’s SocialWorks and food manufacturing giant General Mills to begin the first installment of “Klutch Conversations,” he told CNBC. “The whole goal is to help these kids understand how to take the proper steps in life,” Paul continued. Another avenue for Klutch Conversations could come via streaming services, which appear to be making a strong push for more celebrity-driven content. After its launch

Sprint, T-Mobile — Shares of Sprint soared 70% after a federal judge approved the $26 billion merger between the company and rival wireless carrier T-Mobile. Facebook — Shares of Facebook slipped 2.5% after Pivotal researched downgraded the social media giant to sell from hold. Revenue came in at $5.549 billion, topping estimates of $5.533 billion, according to Refinitiv. Nvidia — Shares of the semiconductor company rose 2.7% after Oppenheimer hiked its price target on Nvidia to $300 per share f

China and Tesla. Senra, whose firm runs the world’s largest China ETF by assets — iShares’ MSCI China ETF (MCHI) — said MCHI’s recent success has been fueled by investors “buying the dip,” or capitalizing on what they see as the nadir of the Chinese market’s coronavirus-related weakness. You’re beginning to see flow from emerging markets into China,” Senra said Monday on CNBC’s “ETF Edge.” “There’s not a lot of companies in this space,” Jacobs said. “It’s very concentrated in the lithium miner s

Travel earnings are on deck this week, and it could give insight into how large an economic impact the coronavirus outbreak might have on the industry. Hilton Worldwide, which reported Tuesday morning, issued solid guidance but said the effect of the coronavirus was still unknown. Watch out for one of those, says Mark Newton, founder of Newton Advisors. It is fairly bearish technically just in the month of December,” Newton said on CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Tuesday. “The stock moved down to the

More than six months after Universal pulled “The Hunt” from its September 2019 opening, the controversial satire finally has a new release date. The film is about a group of globalist elites who pay large amounts of money to hunt people for sport. Universal had canceled the release of “The Hunt” after shooting massacres in Ohio and Texas in August killed 31 people and wounded dozens of others. While the impetus to remove the film from its original release date was a series of shooting massacres,

A mistake in the lab led U.S. health officials to release an infected coronavirus patient from a San Diego hospital, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Tuesday. Four evacuees exhibited symptoms of the new coronavirus, now named COVID-19, and were transferred from the Miramar facility to a UC San Diego Health facility for isolation and treatment, UC San Diego Health said in a statement. On Sunday, UC San Diego Health said, CDC officials said all four evacuees tested negative

Yunus Arakon | E+ | Getty ImagesInvestor money ensnared in alleged Ponzi schemes has hit its highest level in a decade, leading to concern that a booming stock market and de-regulatory agenda are pushing more fraudsters to bilk unsuspecting investors. Bernard Madoff ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history, a $65 billion scam encompassing thousands of investors that was uncovered in 2008. The stock market has been on its longest winning streak in history after emerging from the rubble of the Grea

The basic rules for Medicare are that unless you have qualifying insurance elsewhere, you must sign up at age 65 or face late-enrollment penalties. Even if you sign up for Medicare at age 65, you can drop it later if you want to switch to qualifying employer-based coverage. (You also could keep Medicare and pair it with your large-group employer plan, in which case Medicare would be your secondary insurance). Regardless of whether you delay Medicare or drop it, it’s important to make sure you’re

An F/A-18 Hornet aircraft sits on the flight line as a wall of fire detonates behind it during an air show at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 3, 2010. WASHINGTON — The Defense Department is asking Congress for $705.4 billion in its fiscal 2021 budget, $13 billion less than what Congress gave the Pentagon in fiscal 2020. The White House released the broad details of President Donald Trump’s budget proposal for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, which seeks a colossal $740.5 billion f

Household debt surged by more than $600 billion in 2019, marking the biggest annual increase since just before the financial crisis, according to the New York Federal Reserve. Total household debt balances rose by $601 billion last year, topping $14 trillion for the first time, according to a new report by the Fed branch. The last time the growth was that large was 2007, when household debt rose by just over $1 trillion. Balances for auto loans and credit cards both increased by $57 billion for

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden leaves a campaign event in Somersworth, New Hampshire, February 5, 2020. Two new polls this week have found Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., comfortably leading Biden among Democratic voters nationally. Former Vice President Joe Biden will travel to South Carolina on Tuesday night, while New Hampshire Democratic primary results come in, as polls show his support waning in early nominating states and nationwide. When asked if South