Economy

Bitcoin continued its rally on Thursday, hitting a new record high near $112,000. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by more than 2% at $111,046.88, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it rose as high as $111,999.00. Unlike the rocket rallies to new records long-time bitcoin observers are used to, it’s been a […]

A pedestrian wearing a Harvard University sweatshirt on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Sophie Park | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Trump administration blocked Harvard University on Thursday from enrolling future international students and retaining currently enrolled foreign students. The Department of Homeland Security said it revoked […]

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Nick Pinto is a marketing director at his family’s law firm in New Jersey. He’s also a crypto trader who spent enough money on Donald Trump’s meme coin to win a spot at a private black-tie dinner with the president scheduled for Thursday night. “I was kind of […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to the media after the House narrowly passed a budget bill forwarding President Donald Trump’s agenda at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, May 22, 2025. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images House Republicans on Thursday advanced a multitrillion-dollar tax and spending package that could have sweeping impacts on household finances. If […]

Writer E. Jean Carroll leaves a Manhattan court house after a jury found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990’s, New York City, May 9, 2023.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThe Department of Justice on Tuesday dropped its argument that Donald Trump was acting within the… […]

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said July 12 that he has instructed the country’s transport minister S. Iswaran to go on leave after he was implicated in an anti-graft agency investigation.Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty ImagesSINGAPORE — Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has asked the country’s transport minister to go on leave,… […]

For five days a week, Abhishek works as a software developer for an IT company in Bangalore, India.After clocking 8 hours at the office, he returns home to work for another four to five hours. But he’s not working overtime — he’s moonlighting, or taking on multiple jobs apart from his full-time employment. The 30-year-old spends… […]

A federal judge in San Francisco has denied the Federal Trade Commission’s motion for a preliminary injunction to stop Microsoft from completing its acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard.The deal isn’t completely in the clear, though. The FTC can now bring the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, and… […]

Signs stating everything is on sale at a Buy Buy Baby store in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Feb. 6, 2023.Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBuy Buy Baby’s stores are set to disappear after a last ditch effort to save the chain and keep the business alive fell apart, CNBC has learned. Brand management… […]

Hinge Health’s TrueMotion feature. Courtesy: Hinge Health Hinge Health priced its IPO at $32 per share on Wednesday, at the top end of the expected range. The digital physical therapy startup sold 8.52 million shares in the offering, raising about $273 million. The total offering was for 13.7 million shares, with the balance being sold […]