Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (R) speaks as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (L) looks on during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Microsoft has given up its observer seat on OpenAI’s board. Apple, which was reportedly expected to take a similar observer position, will no longer … Read more
President Joe Biden mistakenly introduced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “President Putin” at the NATO summit Thursday, an embarrassing verbal stumble at a time when Biden faces intense questions about his mental competency. Biden’s confusion of Zelenskyy with the name of the Russian leader who has waged a devastating war on Ukraine for more than two … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a campaign event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 7, 2024. Nathan Howard | Reuters The campaign of President Joe Biden asked for and received two edits to an interview he gave a Milwaukee radio station on the heels of his disastrous debate in late June against former President … Read more
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Inflation fell further in June as lower gasoline prices combined with other easing price pressures to bring relief for consumers’ wallets. The consumer price index, a key inflation gauge, rose 3% in June from a year ago, down from 3.3% in May, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday. … Read more
This picture taken in Paris on March 3, 2024, shows the silhouette of the Eiffel Tower and the city skyline with cloudy weather. Stefano Rellandini | Afp | Getty Images For more than 10,000 Olympic athletes, making it to Paris this summer is a dream come true. Thousands of potential tourists feel otherwise. Delta Air … Read more
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump participate in the CNN Presidential Debate on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Inflation decelerated again in June, bringing further relief to consumers’ wallets. The consumer price index rose 3% in June 2024 from June 2023, down from a … Read more
Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the National Football League, after the morning session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 10, 2024. Kevork Djansezian | Getty Images The National Football League is considering allowing minority private equity ownership for its 32 teams of up to 10%, Commissioner Roger Goodell … Read more
Not since the New Deal has the U.S. government poured this kind of money into rebuilding America’s infrastructure. Companies and states are clamoring for their piece of that federal jackpot. That helps explain why infrastructure is the major topic of conversation in economic development circles this year, and why it also looms large in CNBC’s … Read more
With hundreds of billions of dollars in new federal infrastructure spending under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, companies are eager to cash in. And states are scrambling for their piece of the pie. “We have funding that goes to projects that come from every state, city, … Read more
A shopper scans coupons in a grocery store in Washington, D.C., on May 23, 2024. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The pace of inflation is coming down, which continues to point to a lower Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for retirees and other beneficiaries in 2025. The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or … Read more