Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Inflation rose slightly in December, offering the latest sign that the economy has made significant progress since prices spiked to four-decade highs — but there’s still a ways to go, especially on housing costs, which dominate the budgets of households nationwide. Data released Thursday by…
Goodbye, Greta – and hello, Sam. Those flying into next week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland are quietly rejoicing that climate activist Greta Thunberg – a notable fixture at the conference in recent years – isn’t expected to make an appearance this time around, sources told On The Money. Instead, OpenAI boss Sam Altman…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Quite a few familiar names headline the United Football League as the rebranded spring football aims to open play in March. The UFL is the rebranded league following the merger of the USFL and the XFL. The next step of filling rosters comes in the second wave of player dispersals on Jan….
Guatemalan police on Thursday arrested the country’s former interior minister for allegedly not carrying out his duties when he opted for dialogue with protesters rather than using force to remove them as a court had ordered. Police arrested Napoléon Barrientos at his home, leading him out in handcuffs and a bulletproof vest. Barrientos told reporters…
Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Reuters Microsoft on Thursday briefly yanked the title of most valuable publicly traded company from Apple in early trading. But Apple returned to the top spot at market close. The development follows a series of obstacles Apple has encountered at the start of the year….
The Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, Jan. 30, 2023. Marlena Sloss | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google cut several hundred jobs across the company late Wednesday night as it continues to push for efficiency and focus on its “biggest product priorities,” a spokesperson confirmed to CNBC. The layoffs will impact employees within Google’s hardware…
Bitcoin rose in volatile trading Thursday after the Securities and Exchange Commission gave the green light for the first-ever spot bitcoin ETFs to trade in the U.S., as expected. The cryptocurrency was last up 1% at $46,289.15, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it punched above $49,000, reaching levels not seen since December 2021. Meanwhile, the…
Unpacking what’s new at one of the world’s biggest tech trade shows is a dizzying experience. Here’s the best (and weirdest) tech at CES 2024 we found.
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, beside an Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on June 5, 2023. Philip Pacheco | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple’s Vision Pro virtual reality headset could be difficult to buy at launch, TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi…
The Dodgers avoided arbitration hearings with several players Thursday, including starting pitcher Walker Buehler and closer Evan Phillips. They also dealt a couple notable pieces off their MLB roster, sending reliever Yency Almonte and infielder Michael Busch to the Chicago Cubs for a pair of young minor league prospects. On its face, moving Almonte and…
