The Walmart logo is seen outside of one of its stores in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. Paul Weaver | Lightrocket | Getty Images Walmart has started giving store-level associates body cameras to wear as part of a pilot program at some of its U.S. locations, CNBC has learned. It’s not clear how many of Walmart’s stores have the recording devices, but…
Republican Presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to attendees during a campaign rally at the Johnny Mercer Theatre on September 24, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia. Brandon Bell | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to impose a blanket tariff on all goods coming into the U.S. could wreak havoc for European carmakers, with Germany’s crisis-stricken automotive sector…
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son announced a $100 billion investment in the U.S. over the next four years during a Monday visit to President-elect Donald Trump’s residence Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. The billionaire investor and founder of the Japanese tech-investing firm promised in the joint announcement with Trump to create 100,000 jobs at a minimum focused on artificial intelligence…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington on Nov. 7, 2024. Kent Nishimura | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell can finish his first term leading the U.S. central bank, said Scott Bessent, a hedge fund magnate and President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary, despite…
Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to block Japanese company Nippon Steel‘s planned purchase of U.S. Steel. “I am totally against the once great and powerful U.S. Steel being bought by a foreign company, in this case Nippon Steel of Japan,” Trump said in a post on his social media…
CVS Pharmacy logo is seen in Washington DC, United States on July 9, 2024. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images CVS Health, UnitedHealth Group and Cigna sued the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, claiming that the agency’s case against drug supply chain middlemen over high insulin prices in the U.S. is unconstitutional. The complaint, filed in the U.S….
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session of the Valdai Club on Nov. 7, 2024 in Moscow, Russia. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Global stocks briefly fell and investors fled to safe-haven assets for a time on Tuesday, as global markets reacted to escalating tensions between the world’s two largest nuclear powers: Russia and…
Tesla reported third-quarter earnings Wednesday that topped analysts’ estimates even as revenue came in just shy of expectations. The stock popped roughly 17% in Thursday morning trading. Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings per share: 72 cents, adjusted vs. 58 cents expected Revenue: $25.18…
The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose again Wednesday as traders digested the latest comments from Federal Reserve officials on the trajectory of interest rate cuts. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose more than three basis points to about 4.24. At its session high, the benchmark rate traded at 4.26%, reaching its highest level since July 26. That move comes…
Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones is raising alarms about the U.S. government’s current fiscal deficit and the increased spending promised by both presidential candidates, saying the bond market may force the government’s hand after the election in addressing it. “We are going to be broke really quickly unless we get serious about dealing with our spending issues,”…
