(L-R) Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell accept Album of the Year for “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Billie Eilish’s song “Bad Guy” saw an 80% streaming increase after she took home five trophies from the event. Eilish’s overall catalog saw a 53% boost with 30.12 million streams on Monday, up from 19.71 million on Sunday. And those

Tesla CEO Elon Musk doesn’t have a lot of love for Wall Street — a fact he often mentions, including on earnings conference calls. A retail investor — another name for a nonprofessional, individual investor — asked Musk: “Do you even have to answer questions from analysts?” “I do think that a lot of the retail investors actually have deeper and more accurate insights than many of the big institutional investors and certainly they have better insights than many of the analysts.” Later in that cal

Recent gains had driven up expectations for Facebook, says Bernstein’s ShmulikMark Shmulik of Bernstein and John Egbert of Stifel join “Squawk Alley” to discuss Facebook’s move lower after posting earnings.

Here’s how to break your bad habitsCharles Duhigg, author of the “The Power of Habit,” says the key to breaking your habits is to change them. Before you can do that, you’ll need to know how and why habits form and how you can redirect them. Watch this video to learn how to break any habit and how long it will take you to do it.

What we don’t know is much greater than what we do know,” wrote Dalio in a note Jan. 28. Bridgewater also looked at the H1N1, or swine flu virus in 2009 and 2010. With this virus and SARS, the markets acted in a risk-off way, responding to falling growth and the flight-to-quality. The U.S. economy appeared to go into a sharp downturn during the Spanish flu outbreak. “So far, China’s response is much more transparent and decisive compared to the SARS outbreak, which affects both the statistical c

Tesla — Shares of Elon Musk’s automaker jumped as much as 11% after Tesla handily beat analyst estimates for its fourth-quarter earnings. Facebook — Shares of the social media giant tanked more than 6% on investor worries about slower revenue growth and increased expenses. Facebook also reported revenue growth of 24.7%, the fourth straight quarter that the company delivered less than 30% growth in that category. The beat was driven by international revenue growth of 6.3%. United Parcel Service —

Sexual assault claims among cadets and midshipmen rose last year at U.S. military service academies, according to a new report on sexual harassment released Thursday. In the 2018-19 school year, the academies received 149 reports of sexual assault, up from 117 the year before. The Department of Defense, which released the report, said the findings indicate more people are coming forward with claims of sexual assault. The report asks cadets and midshipmen to answer questions related to sexual ass

Tasha Keeney, analyst at ARK Invest, delved into how Tesla is in a league of its own compared with other auto companies. So, I think right now we’re just going to need to see more information in terms of constantly evaluating. Joe Osha, semiconductor analyst at JMP Securities, questions the right multiple value for Tesla. I think they’re making tremendous progress in terms of the manufacturing ramp and the market share that they’re gaining. The question is, what is the right multiple?

Charles Duhigg, author of the book “The Power of Habit,” says most of those resolutions failed because people approached them with the wrong mindset. According to Duhigg, many people think of breaking habits as a matter of willpower and that leads to them reverting to what they know when they get tired or stressed. “The right way to think about breaking a habit is to think about changing that habit,” Duhigg said. To do this, you need to understand how habits work and the most effective ways to c

President Donald Trump hands out pens during a signing ceremony for the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, January 29, 2020. President Donald Trump released one of his two 30-second Super Bowl ads Thursday, hours after presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg released his own Super Bowl ad about gun control. The spot is called “Stronger, Safer, More Prosperous.” It makes various claims about the triumphs of Trump’s presidency so f

On Sunday, Feb. 2, NFL veteran Richard Sherman has the chance to earn a second Super Bowl ring when he and the San Francisco 49ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Miami. Sherman joined the Niners in 2018, after negotiating a three-year, $39.15 million contract on his own, without the help of an agent. The 31-year-old cornerback, who grew up in Compton, Calif., and graduated from Stanford University, has several projects he’s working on off the field, too. He was an early investor and advisor i

Sen. Bernie Sanders notched a big national labor endorsement Thursday only days before the 2020 Democratic primary nominating contests start. The more than 200,000-member American Postal Workers Union backed the Vermont senator, the latest in a growing list of U.S. labor unions to support a Democratic presidential candidate. “Bernie Sanders has proven he is a fierce advocate on the side of postal workers. Postal Service, saying that “when we defeat Donald Trump, we’re not going to privatize and

The Trump administration is set to finalize a regulation Thursday that will end penalties against oil, gas and construction businesses that “incidentally” cause the deaths of birds as a result of their work, The New York Times reported. The regulation would reduce protections for birds offered by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 and only punish companies that kill birds with explicit intent. Businesses would not be held accountable for the deaths of birds caused by oil spills, wind turbines

President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is set to resume Thursday afternoon, with the final day of questions from senators. On Wednesday, House impeachment managers and Trump’s legal team fielded a range of queries from senators. House impeachment managers, a team led by Rep. Adam Schiff, were asked to expound on why additional witnesses and documents would be central in Trump’s impeachment trial. On the other side, the defense, led by Trump’s personal lawyer Jay Sekulow, was primarily asked

The World Health Organization on Thursday is holding its fourth news briefing to announce whether the flu-like coronavirus that has killed at least 171 people and infected more than 8,200 people around the world is a global health emergency. The committee will advise Tedros on whether the outbreak now constitutes a “public health emergency of international concern” and what should be done to manage it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Thursday the first person-to-person t

Apple announced on Thursday that it had completed deployment of its new and improved maps software in the United States. Users of the Maps app, which comes preinstalled on iPhones, now see more detailed roads, buildings, parks and other landmarks when looking at maps in the United States. Apple said it had invested “billions of dollars in Apple Maps” in a letter sent to Congress last November. Before Apple Maps launched, iPhones used Google Maps data, and after Google was replaced as the default

Wall Street analysts are looking for Amazon to continue its dominance when the e-commerce giant reports its fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday after the bell. The company reported a record setting holiday season in December leading to increased expectations for investors and analysts alike. Amazon has come under some scrutiny for its heavy spending on initiatives like one-day shipping and its cloud computing effort Amazon Web Services. The stock is up more than 16% over the last year but just 4

Health officials said the man, in his 60s, has “some underlying medical conditions” but was in good condition. Public health officials are also monitoring 21 patients in Illinois for possible infections. The transmission makes the U.S. at least the fifth country where the infection is now spreading through human-to-human contact, including China. Officials of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there are at least nine cases of human-to-human transmission outside of China, as of T

The Super Bowl is drawing near, and to celebrate, Epic is bringing back Fortnite’s NFL skins. For a limited time, starting on Jan. 30, the NFL outfit will be available in the Fortnite in-game shop, and can be turned into any of the 32 NFL team uniforms once it’s purchased. Epic isn’t just limiting this year’s Fortnite Super Bowl festivities to in-game content. There will also be a Fortnite tournament featuring duo teams made up of Fortnite pros and NFL stars. As for Super Bowl LIV itself, the bi

The solution, it says, is to “shake things up” with “surprise guests, amazing stage experiences, access to insiders and experiential zones.” The statement mirrors a plan that leaked out in September 2019 to recast the industry event as a “fan, media, and influencer festival.” Most notable was the release of the personal information of thousands of influencers and members of the international press who attended last year’s E3. “We rebuilt the E3 website with enhanced and layered security measures