If you invested $1,000 in Beyond Meat at IPO, that investment would be worth nearly $4,500 as of Feb. 5, 2020, for a total return of around 345%, according to CNBC calculations. In the same time frame, by comparison, the S&P 500 earned a total return of around 14%. One high point: On Jan. 7, 2020, Beyond Meat stock surged 12.5% after its rival Impossible Foods dropped out of a deal with McDonald’s, Reuters reports. Now, investors are banking on the idea that if a partnership between Beyond Meat

If you’ve received an email from Yahoo in recent weeks alerting you to a data breach settlement, now is the time to pay attention and take action. An email that a CNBC Make It staffer received on Jan. 29, 2020 about the proposed Yahoo settlement. And while Steinberg says this is a “grossly inadequate” service to protect people after a data breach, if you don’t already have this layer of protection set up, then “you may as well get it,” he says. You need to file a claim before July 20, 2020 to ge

One such statement: “Real median household income is now at the highest level ever recorded,” Trump said while talking about the current state of the economy. “It’s difficult to compare [the median household income across time]” due to “changes in data methodology,” says Elise Gould, a senior economist at Economic Policy Institute (EPI). According to EPI analysis, the median household income in 1999 was higher than in 2018, which is the latest data year available. To determine the median househo

Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesDemocratic presidential candidates are taking aim at a new tax break for small businesses. He also wants to repeal the 20% qualified business income deduction, a feature of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which went into effect in 2018. The 2018 tax overhaul lowered income tax rates on C-corps from 35% to 21%. How it worksRafael Ben-AriThe qualified business income deduction can be a sweet deal — if you’re the right kind of taxpayer. C-corporations file the

“Buying a single stock is not an investment strategy — it’s a wager,” she said. The previous day, Tesla’s stock closed 19.9% higher, its biggest one-day gain in six years. Tesla’s share price is still up around 82% since the beginning of the year. How to diversify with TeslaInvestors should consider buying Tesla stock as part of a well-diversified portfolio of investments, according to financial advisors. “Leading up to dot-com bust [in the early 2000s] people would say they were diversified bec

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and entrepreneur Andrew Yang speaks to voters during a campaign stop in Nevada, Iowa, January 28, 2020. Dozens of staffers were fired from Andrew Yang’s campaign following a poor showing in Iowa, according to NBC News. The results of the Iowa contest have yet to be made official due to election night snafus and reporting problems. Yang, who before entering the race had worked at nonprofit Venture for America, has exceeded expectations. Yang’s campaign

The setting lends authenticity to the genre-defying music movement she’s associated with: bedroom pop. Marie Ulven, 20, a bedroom pop artist from Norway better known by her pseudonym “girl in red,” has more than 3 million listeners on Spotify. Bedroom pop artists tend to span a variety of sounds and mix different types of music. Some bedroom pop artists don’t sound anything like each other. Though Eilish is not necessarily considered a bedroom pop artist, many of the themes she sings about and t

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings split the company in two in 2011, thinking that the growing ubiquity of high-speed Internet access would soon mean the end of their disruptive DVD mailing business. But neglecting the DVD business proved to be a mistake, and Netflix reversed course. You can now stop Netflix from automatically playing previews of shows as you’re browsing to find something to watch. Netflix said on Twitter that, while some people found it helpful, others didn’t like it. “We’ve heard the f

Elliott Management takes $2.5B stake in SoftBank: Dow JonesCNBC’s Dom Chu breaks down a report that says Elliott Management will take a $2.5 billion stake in SoftBank.

Watch CNBC’s full interview with Dunkin CEO Dave HoffmannCNBC’s “Closing Bell” team is joined by Dunkin’ CEO Dave Hoffmann to discuss the company’s 2020 outlook, plant-based offerings and more.

The Labor Department will release nonfarm payrolls and the unemployment rate for January before the bell. The consensus is for a net increase of 158,000 jobs and for the unemployment rate to stay flat at 3.5%, according to economists polled by Dow Jones. In December, the economy added 145,000 jobs, according to the Labor Department. Earlier in the week, a survey by ADP and Moody’s showed a much-better-than-expected gain of 291,000 private payroll jobs in January. The private payroll survey does

About 500,000 jobs will be cut from March 2018 through March 2019 as part of benchmark revisions. That would wipe out about 40,000 jobs a month and is the largest reversal in that number since the financial crisis. They do note that the stronger 220,000 monthly pace of job growth originally reported in 2018 will be lower, after the revisions. Economists said the ADP’s stronger-than-expected 291,000 jobs for January, reported earlier this week, suggests that there was more hiring due to milder we

A leading federal watchdog agency has admonished the Department of Homeland Security for its lack of election security preparation, with the 2020 presidential primary season already underway. In a letter Thursday, the Government Accountability Office, which reports to Congress, said DHS’s Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, is behind on its plans for elections security. It’s unclear why review of a voting application was not a requirement for DHS, given its purview over electi

The long-awaited comic book film featuring the delightfully psychotic Harley Quinn hits theaters this weekend and has charmed critics. “Birds of Prey” centers around Harley, the breakout character from “Suicide Squad,” played by Academy Award-nominated actress Margot Robbie. Margot Robbie and Ewan McGregor star in “Birds of Prey” as Harley Quinn and Roman Sionis, aka Black Mask. Margot Robbie stars as Harley Quinn in Warner Bros. “Birds of Prey.” Margot Robbie stars as Harley Quinn in Warner Bro

Dunkin’ Brands’ partnership with Beyond Meat may go beyond one breakfast sandwich, Dunkin’ CEO David Hoffmann told CNBC on Thursday. Dunkin’ took its collaboration with Beyond Meat nationwide in November, after sales of the egg, cheese and plant-based sausage sandwich exceed expectations during a New York City pilot test. Hoffmann, who became Dunkin’ CEO in 2018, said the introduction of Beyond Meat sandwiches has appealed to existing customers while also bringing new people into stores. Hoffman

Pinterest reported fourth-quarter earnings of 12 cents per share excluding some items on revenues of $400 million. Analysts had expected an EPS of 8 cents on revenues of $371 million, according to Refinitiv. The loss per share, excluding certain items, was 64 cents compared to 68 cents expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Activision Blizzard reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.23 per share on revenues of $2.71 billion. It reported earnings per share of $1.43, down from $1.57 a share

Billionaire investor Paul Singer’s hedge fund, Elliott Management, has taken a more than $2.5 billion stake in SoftBank, CNBC has confirmed. The investment is being led by Singer’s son, Gordon, a source told CNBC’s David Faber. Top staffers from Elliott have met with SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son along with some of his deputies. The hedge fund is pushing SoftBank to repurchase between $10 billion and $20 billion in stock as well as improve its governance practices. Concerns with SoftBank and it

The new coronavirus outbreak will be worse for the global economy than the 2003 SARS epidemic was, data analysis firm IHS Markit predicts. While both outbreaks originated in China, nearly two decades separate the SARS outbreak from the new coronavirus outbreak. “Coronavirus will have a larger negative effect on the global economy than the SARS outbreak in 2003,” IHS Markit wrote, adding that China accounted for 4.2% of the global economy in 2003. “Therefore, any slowdown in the Chinese economy s

Pinterest shares climbed as much as 17.1% in after-hours trading on Thursday following the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report. For the year, Pinterest said it expects revenue to come in at up to $1.52 billion, compared with consensus estimates of $1.5 billion. Last quarter, Pinterest said it redesigned the app to make it easier for users to discover new ideas. Pinterest said global monthly active users, or MAUs, rose 26% year over year to 335 million. International MAUs climbed 35% to 247

Here’s how the company did: Loss per share: Excluding certain items, 64 cents, vs. 68 cents as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Excluding certain items, 64 cents, vs. 68 cents as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $4.07 billion, vs. $4.06 billion as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. The estimate is less than the FactSet analyst consensus of a $2.83 billion loss. Rides driver referrals and excess driver incentives cost Uber $123 million in 2019, with $