Researchers at Northwestern University announced the finding of a rare iron mineral in the teeth of a chiton nicknamed the "wandering meatloaf." (Photo: Jerry Kirkhart) A ‘’wandering meatloaf” mollusk may be in the same family as clams and snails, but watch out for the teeth as new research reveals they contain rare iron. Researchers from Northwestern University discovered the phosphate mineral santabarbaraite […]

Hilton Hotels were almost 93% occupied throughout the U.S. on the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend, Christopher Nassetta said in an interview on CNBC. Summer bookings are expected to be better than they were during the peak of 2019. Hilton is on track to have one of its best years in China. As people continue to get vaccinated across the […]

This story is part of the Behind the Desk series, where CNBC Make It gets personal with successful business executives to find out everything from how they got to where they are to what makes them get out of bed in the morning to their daily routines. Huda Kattan was determined to build a successful business doing what she loved. […]

IHS Markit's final Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 63.1 in May from April's 62.9, above an initial 62.8 "flash" estimate and the highest reading since the survey began in June 1997. An index measuring output, which feeds into a composite PMI due on Thursday and is seen as a good guide to economic health, eased from April's 63.2 […]

Good morning and welcome to Insider Finance. I’m Dan DeFrancesco, and here’s what’s on the agenda today: An inside look at how Morgan Stanley is growing its teams of financial advisors. The top people moves across the Street. Deutsche Bank is reportedly bank in regulators’ crosshairs due to its anti-money-laundering controls.  If you’re not yet a subscriber, you can sign […]

California and Maryland are the 11th and 12th states to make the July 4 benchmark set by President Joe Biden who announced last month that he was making it a goal to inoculate 70% of U.S. adults with at least one COVID-19 shot by that date. So far, at least 62% of adults are there, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control […]

Google NZ’s 2020 financials have taken the same track as its “new normal” introduced last year. With its 2019 result the tech giant fulfilled a 2018 pledge to book New Zealand revenue in NZ, where previously it had invoiced local business to subsidiaries in lower-tax Ireland or Singapore. But at the same time, in-house service fee payments from Google to […]

SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Singapore government bonds beat their biggest developed-market peers in May as a flare-up in coronavirus infections in the city state fostered demand for haven assets. The securities gained 1 per cent last month, a performance that trails only that of South African and Mexican notes among 30 of the world’s largest debt markets, according to data compiled […]