Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at Harrah’s Cherokee Center on August 14, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. Grant Baldwin | Getty Images Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump attempted to paint a bleak picture of the U.S. economy Wednesday and pin it on his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala … Read more
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose inside the hatch connecting Boeing’s Starliner to the International Space Station on NASA Log entry: Day 71. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are waiting. Boeing is waiting. And throughout the halls of NASA, leaders and engineers are gathering, analyzing and deliberating. Boeing’s Starliner capsule “Calypso” has … Read more
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900ER aircraft on the tarmac at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) in Seattle, Washington, US, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alaska Airlines flight attendants rejected a new labor deal that would have come with immediate raises averaging more than 24%, their union said Wednesday, setting … Read more
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins participates at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2023. Hollie Adams | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cisco shares popped in extended trading on Wednesday after the networking company said it’s cutting 7% of its global workforce and reported quarterly results that topped analysts’ estimates. Here are the … Read more
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan testifies during a hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, May 15, 2024. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday voted unanimously to ban marketers from using fake reviews, like those generated with AI technology, and … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to participants of the White House Creator Economy Conference in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on August 14, 2024 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images The White House hosted 100 digital content creators and industry professionals Wednesday to speak with key officials about the “creator … Read more
[The stream is slated to start at 1:15 PM ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] CNBC’s ETF Edge is dedicated to the fastest-growing trend in investing right now: ETFs. Every Monday, Bob Pisani will be joined by a panel of top market participants to offer … Read more
d3sign | Moment | Getty Images Inflation continued to retreat in July, aided by easing price pressures for consumer staples like food and energy and physical goods like new and used cars. The consumer price index, a key inflation gauge, rose 2.9% in July from a year ago, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Wednesday. … Read more
Signs reading, ‘please bear with us: we are currently experiencing interruptions in our supply chain which may affect the availability of certain products,’ is seen taped to the drive-up menu at a Wendy’s restaurant on May 06, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Inflation rose as expected in … Read more
During Google’s Pixel phone launch on Tuesday, a product director named David Citron took the stage to show off the mobile capabilities of the company’s new AI assistant, Gemini. Things got awkward right after the presenter told the audience, “all the demos today are live, by the way.” In front of a big crowd of … Read more