The hotel offers a teddy-bear themed concierge service to children that is included with suite bookings or available as an add-on for a fee of roughly $50. The hotel concierge has traditionally been the all-knowing go-to for guests seeking insider knowledge of a city and access to coveted theater tickets or dinner reservations. The surf concierge at the Westin Los Angeles Airport gives surfing lessons, while a crawfish concierge offers peeling assistance during events at the Ritz-Carlton, New Or

Serie A soccer matches in the northern Italian regions of Lombardy and Veneto will not be played on Sunday because of an outbreak of the coronavirus, the government said in a statement. The three impacted fixtures are clashes between Inter Milan and Sampdoria, Atalanta against Sassuolo and Hellas Verona against Cagliari. A third-tier Serie C match between Piacenza and Sambenedettese was also postponed as were several dozen youth team and amateur matches in the Lombardy region. Italy is tackling

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin attends a session at the Congres center during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 21, 2020. The strength of the U.S. economy will prove to be an important factor when voters head to the polls in November, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, despite a slew of headwinds that could weigh on growth this year. Mnuchin warned earlier this month that U.S. growth may not hit Trump’s pledged 3% growth in GDP (gross dome

Speaking to CNBC’s Hadley Gamble at the G-20 summit in Riyadh, Mnuchin said it was difficult to make strong predictions about the economic impact of the outbreak right now. U.S. officials will have a better idea of how the coronavirus outbreak will impact the economy in “three or four weeks,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Sunday. However, he reiterated that it was too early to predict how the coronavirus – formally named COVID-19 – would affect the global economy. At a hearing befo

France’s tourism sector has taken a beating following the coronavirus outbreak, according to the country’s finance minister. “We have less tourists, of course, in France, about 30%, 40% less than expected,” Bruno Le Maire told CNBC’s Dan Murphy on Sunday at the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meetings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Amid travel bans and trip postponements, demand for air travel has fallen, leading to more than 200,000 flight cancellations. It also welcomes around 2.7

The simple answer is that he’s being supported by millions of younger Democratic voters, and those voters have been raised to be Sanders voters, even if their parents don’t realize it. Luckily for Sanders, young voters supporting him for his college tuition forgiveness promises don’t seem to be too interested in his own family history. None of that is a mystery, as older Americans have always been more likely to vote. All of this focus on older voters and their retirement funds is a nice sentime

People wear masks after deaths and new confirmed cases revealed from the coronavirus in Tehran, Iran on February 21, 2020. 6:52 am: South Korea on high alert, confirms sixth deathSouth Korea raised its coronavirus alert to the “highest level” as cases continued to rise. A sixth person has died from the coronavirus in South Korea, the country’s Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention said Sunday evening. South Korea’s new cases jumped by 169 over the weekend, bringing the its total infecte

Tyson Fury (L) punches Deontay Wilder during their Heavyweight bout for Wilder’s WBC and Fury’s lineal heavyweight title on February 22, 2020 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. “The king has returned to his throne,” proclaimed Fury, who fought to a draw with Wilder in their first fight. Fury dropped Wilder in the third round with a right hand that seemed to take the legs out of the champion. Two judges had Fury winning every round, while the third gave Wilder one round. That was unl

8:30 am: Cases in Italy jumpInfections in Italy saw a sharp spike, surging to nearly 80 cases by Saturday, with two dead, according to Reuters. 7:55 am: Hubei reports 630 new casesChina’s Hubei province reported 630 new confirmed cases, and 96 additional deaths, as of Feb. 22. That brings the total number of confirmed cases in the province to 64,084, and the death toll to 2,346. The area surrounding the Christian sect’s church in Daegu, a major city in South Korea, has become empty as businesses

The Disney® Visa® Card and the Disney® Premier Visa® Card both offer Disney Rewards Dollars on all your card purchases, which you can redeem on just about any Disney purchase, including Disney Resort stays. But which Disney credit card should you choose — and how do they stack up against traditional credit cards? Below, CNBC Select reviews all the benefits of the Disney credit cards, so you can decide which is best for your next family vacation to a Disney theme park. Cardmembers can redeem thei

Waiting to hear back after a job interview can be nerve-wracking. Unfortunately, if you didn’t get the job, you won’t always receive a rejection letter. “I would actually send a digital thank-you note as well within that 24-hour block. Communicating with your point of contact throughout the interview process is a smart way to ensure that you won’t be ignored. If it’s a job you really wanted, you could also ask for constructive feedback from your interviewer.

NFL owners and the NFL Players Association are likely nearing a collective bargaining agreement after owners approved the terms Thursday. Media companies and the NFL have been waiting for the CBA’s approval before negotiating new broadcast rights for NFL games, which are locked up until 2022. The results will have a major impact on traditional media as millions of Americans cut the cord on pay-TV each year. If the league sticks with the status quo — ViacomCBS and Fox owning Sunday afternoons, C

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden walks on stage to speak during a Nevada caucus day event at IBEW Local 357 on February 22, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Democratic presidential candidates wasted no time taking shots at Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday, after Sanders cemented his lead in the 2020 primary with a projected win in the Nevada caucus. “Ours is the only campaign who has beaten Senator Sanders anywhere in the country this campaign cycle,” Buttigieg added. ”

Credit rating agency Moody’s downgraded Lebanon’s government issuer ratings Friday to Ca from Caa2 and changed the outlook to stable amid concerns the tiny Arab country might be forced to restructure its massive debt. Lebanon is experiencing its worst economic and financial crisis since the end of the 1975-90 civil war. Moody’s said Lebanon’s long-term foreign currency bond and deposit ceilings have both been lowered to Ca from Caa1 and Caa3, respectively. The long-term local-currency bond and d

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks to the media on February 21, 2020 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The G20 summit of the Finance Ministers and the central bank governors takes place in Riyadh under the G20 presidency of Saudi Arabia. RIYADH — G-20 leaders in Saudi Arabia are using a summit in Riyadh to find an “urgent solution” to international digital taxation, exposing global divisions over how to tax big technology firms. That is bad for the individual countries, bad for the multinationals

As the longest ever U.S. bull market continues, investors are looking for stocks that will continue to outperform — but pure speculation is pushing some stocks inexplicably higher in the past few weeks. But this phenomenon is not new, as it is characteristic of a “late cycle” market, explained Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Advisory Group. “For the broader market it’s reflective of risk appetite and people willing to roll the dice.” Each of the stocks fall firmly in the spe

“They [energy companies] are realizing that they’re not IT companies. Against this backdrop, energy giants are leaning on tech companies to help them make operations cleaner and safer. If tech’s involvement helps to boost energy companies’ ESG ratings, it could come at the expense of the tech companies’ ratings. Some argue that since the world is still dependent on fossil fuels, tech companies should help oil and gas companies be as energy-efficient as possible. But still, the tech companies hav

Bank of America Securities curated a “bear market signposts” list for clients to help predict when stocks might be close to embarking on a bear market. Currently 63% of the bear market signposts have been triggered, up from 47% in January. Since 1968, when 80% of the indicators are triggered, a bear market occurred, meaning stocks fell 20% from their most recent highs. The S&P 500 went on to briefly dip into bear market territory on an intraday basis following that signal, and suffered its worst

“Store closures will impact 3Q20 China sales results and may cause NKE to temper its full year revenue guidance,” the analyst warned. QorvoApple surprised analysts and investors earlier this week when it said that it wouldn’t meet its second-quarter revenue guidance as a result of the coronavirus. [Monday afternoon] Apple announced that it will not meet its FQ2 revenue guidance due to Coronavirus impacts in China – both supply and demand challenges. Importantly, it also stated that demand outsid

Hoya Capital Real Estate started an exchange traded fund last March that its founder calls a macro play on the housing shortage in the United States. Some of its holdings, like Zillow and Redfin, are big winners in the real estate sector this year. The Hoya Capital Housing ETF has rallied nearly 25% since its inception, bolstered by the low interest rate environment that accelerated last summer when the Federal Reserve started slashing interest rates. The S&P 500 Homebuilders ETF is considered t