Stephen Lam | ReutersThe Heartline Study app Johnson & Johnson”The Heartline Study is a nationwide, randomized, controlled, app-based, virtual research study sponsored by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a member of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson,” the companies said. “The team worked with Apple to jointly design the research study and the Heartline Study app.” One group will participate by only using the Heartline Study app on their iPhone,” Johnson & Johnson explained.

President Donald Trump accused Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Tuesday of anti-Trump bias and said they should stay out of cases involving him. Ginsburg called Trump a “faker” in 2016, while he was the presumptive Republican nominee for president, and later apologized. “I just don’t know how they cannot recuse themselves to anything having to do with Trump or Trump related,” the president told reporters during a trip to India. Traditionally, the Supreme Court he

In December, home prices rose 3.8% annually on the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index. The 20-City Composite rose 2.9%, up from 2.5% in the previous month. Home prices in Phoenix were up 6.5% year-over-year, followed by Charlotte with a 5.3% increase and Tampa, where prices were 5.2% higher. Every city in the 20-city composite saw a gain in home values. All of that will likely push the price gains seen in December even higher into 2020.

Massachusetts investors are slated to get an extra dose of regulatory protection. Last week, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin put the finishing touches on a new fiduciary standard for broker-dealers and broker-dealer agents operating in the state. “This standard will protect Massachusetts retirees and their hard-earned retirement savings from conflicted investment advice, which has been shown to cost investors billions of dollars each year,” Galvin said in a statemen

Currently, the U.S. spends about $100 billion annually to treat the nearly 40 million Americans suffering from chronic kidney disease who need dialysis and organ transplants. President Donald Trump’s Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative, launched in July, was a nod that this is one area of medicine in urgent need of innovation. The new plan calls for the CDC to improve kidney disease tracking and detection nationwide. Some 100,000 Americans get put on kidney dialysis and the transplant li

Online food delivery business Just Eat, together with sustainable packaging firm Notpla, has developed what it describes as a “fully recyclable” takeout box lined with seaweed. The seaweed-lined cardboard boxes are produced from tree and grass pulp, and contain no synthetic additives, according to the company. “Cardboard takeaway boxes either contain synthetic additives or are lined with plastic,” Pierre Paslier, co-CEO of Notpla, said in a statement issued Tuesday. This trial has prevented more

When financial advisor Sophia Bera founded her Austin, Texas-based practice in 2013, she decided to work primarily with millennial clients. Other financial advisors who traditionally cater to older clients with more wealth were skeptical she’d succeed. But certified financial planner Bera, 36, has built Gen Y Planning into a profitable business with more than 100 clients. She’s also well-positioned to succeed in a rapidly changing market for financial advice that will likely reward advisors who

At $75,000 per night, the Mark Hotel penthouse is the most expensive hotel suite in New York City. A suite the size of a mansionThe penthouse of The Mark Hotel is 10,000 square feet and it has 26-foot ceilings. Terrace The Mark HotelThe Mark Hotel’s penthouse is nearly thirty times bigger than the average hotel room and nearly 275 times more expensive than an average New York City hotel room. Access to the roof-top skating rinkThe Mark Hotel’s penthouse skating rink CNBCFor paying penthouse gues

Anadolu AgencyThe EU and the U.K. are starting their first post-Brexit trade talks on Monday, in what European ministers are expecting to be “complicated” negotiations. There is an “acrimonious” start to U.K.-EU trade talks, analysts at Berenberg bank said in a note Friday. In 2018, the balance of EU and Canada trade in goods was 10.4 billion euros ($11.27 billion). In comparison, the U.K. had an overall trade deficit of £66 billion ($85.6 billion) with the EU in 2018. This resulted from a surpl

World Health Organization officials are holding a press conference Tuesday to update the public on the coronavirus outbreak, which has infected more than 80,200 and killed at least 2,704 so far. Named COVID-19, the virus has shuttered commerce across much of China and is hitting company earnings, global stock markets and manufacturing across the world. WHO officials declared the virus a global health emergency last month, while urging the public against over-reacting to the virus. Health officia

Virgin Galactic’s stock jumped on Tuesday as speculative trading in the space tourism company continues, with its quarterly results expected after the market closes. Shares of Virgin Galactic climbed more than 6% from its previous close of $34.29. Virgin Galactic has become Wall Street’s favorite speculative investment, surging in popularity on trading platforms past even the likes of Apple and Tesla. The average amount of Virgin Galactic shares changing hands each day continues to push higher,

A Boeing 737 MAX sits outside the hangar during a media tour of the Boeing 737 MAX at the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington. Private equity giant Carlyle Group in recent weeks paused the sale of an engine-parts maker because of uncertainty about the Boeing 737 Max, which has been grounded for nearly a year, according to people familiar with the matter. Stanley Black & Decker last month said it reached a deal to acquire Boeing supplier Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing for up to $1.5 billion,

Consumer confidence rose less than expected in February as people’s assessment of current conditions wavered, data released Tuesday by The Conference Board showed. The consumer confidence index came in at 130.7, up from 130.4 in January. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected a print of 132.6. The Conference Board’s present situation index, which accounts for consumers’ assessment of the current business and labor environment, dropped to 165.1 from 173.9 in January. “Despite the decline in the

“We’re still working on Ebola,” Trump said. In fact, we’re very close to a vaccine,” Trump said. The White House said the vaccine claim was in reference to Ebola, not the coronavirus, Dow Jones reported later Tuesday morning. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced in December that it had approved a vaccine for the prevention of the Ebola virus. And The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that drugmaker Moderna just shipped the first batch of its coronavirus vaccine to U.S. governmen

Karen Finerman was a buyer of Alphabet. DisclaimerTrader disclosure: Steve Grasso is long AAPL, ACB, BHC, CAR, EVGN, GE, MSFT, OLN, PFE, SAVE, SHAK, SNAP, T, TSE, WRK Grasso owns Callable Trigger contingent yield note linked to SPX, RTY, and MXEA. Brian Kelly is Long Bitcoin, Ethereum. Karen Finerman’s firm is long ANTM, BABA, C, CBS, CPRI, FB, GOOG, GOOGL, GLNG, GMLP, HD, JPM, LYV, SPY puts, SPY put spreads, STNG, TBT, TGT, URI, WIFI, YUMC. Karen Finerman is long SPY puts.

The U.S. is seen as a global force in terms of its “soft power” and influence, despite controversy around President Trump’s administration, which has damaged the country’s reputation, according to new research. The Global Soft Power Index, by consultancy Brand Finance, surveyed more than 50,000 consumers in 87 countries to rank countries in terms of their familiarity, reputation and influence, among other measures. “Soft power cannot be rapidly achieved, nor lost. Peter Fisk, professor of leader

The influx of foreign nationals to the United States from areas impacted by the coronavirus means a large American outbreak is “increasingly likely,” a scenario that could “rattle” markets in tandem, according to investment bank Jefferies. “We increasingly find it hard to believe that USA cases are as low as reported, and believe that given the flow of Chinese, Korean and Iranian nationals into North America, a large USA community-based outbreak is increasingly likely,” Powell wrote on Tuesday.

—Tirrell8:18 am: Austria confirms first two casesAustria has confirmed its first two cases of coronavirus, health officials in Tyrol province said. —Reuters7:43 am: US airlines waive cancellation fees for South Korea flights after CDC issues travel warningU.S. airlines said they would waive cancellation and change fees for travelers booked to South Korea as the coronavirus spreads beyond China, prompting a warning from government officials about travel there. Earlier on Monday, the Centers for D

Just because buying market dips has worked in the past does not mean it’s going to work this time, he said. The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned countries around the world to ready for the coronavirus to come “knocking at the door.” On Feb. 3, El-Erian first warned investors not to buy market drops as they might have in the past. He said at the time that the coronavirus is going to “paralyze China,” adding that it will “cascade throughout the global economy.” The spike of coronavirus

China’s top legislature said it will immediately ban the trade and consumption of wild animals, in a fast-track decision it says will allow the country to win the battle against the coronavirus outbreak. The announcement, made late on Monday according to the official Xinhua News Agency, comes after an initial suspension of the trade and consumption of wildlife in January. Scientists suspect, but have not proven, that the new coronavirus passed to humans from animals. The decision, made by the Na