Economy

A Waymo self-driving car, seen with a driver, stops at a red light outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 31, 2025. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana told CNBC on Tuesday that the Alphabet -owned ride-hailing company has reached 10 million trips, doubling in […]

Brandon Guerrero, of Compton, California, is given both a flu and Covid vaccine at CVS in Huntington Park, California, Aug. 28, 2024. Christina House | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday outlined new regulatory guidance for future Covid-19 vaccine boosters, setting stricter approval standards for healthy Americans. The […]

The outlook on consumer spending continues to get cloudier. Last week, consumer sentiment slid to its second-lowest reading on record while recent credit card data showed that many Americans are starting to cut back. Walmart, Microsoft and Subaru are just some of the companies that have warned of price increases related to tariffs, which could […]

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testifies during a House Committee on Homeland Security budgetary hearing in Washington, DC on May 14, 2025. Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty Images Homeland SecuritySecretaryKristi calls said Tuesday that President Donald Trumphas an absolute right to deport people without due process, after she incorrectly defined the meaning of the […]

Sam Hazen, CEO of HCA Healthcare, speaks about Covid-19 in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., April 14, 2020.Alex Brandon | APPersonal information for potentially tens of millions of HCA Healthcare patients has been stolen and is now available for sale on a data breach forum as of earlier this week.HCA,… […]

China Shipping containers are seen at the port of Oakland, as trade tensions continued over U.S. tariffs with China, in Oakland, California, U.S., May 12, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters Chinese exporters are offering lucrative deals to U.S. customers with promises of bearing the full burden of tariffs. Look beneath and there’s a web of […]

A Waymo autonomous vehicle drives along Masonic Avenue on April 11, 2022 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Alphabet’s Waymo unit has received approval to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service to more parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Jose. In Marchthe company submitted a request […]

CNBC’s Jim Cramer urged investors on Monday to tame their fear in the face of the Moody’s downgrade of U.S. debt. He recalled the S&P’s downgrade in 2011 and Fitch’s downgrade in 2023both of which were followed by market declines. Like those previous two, Cramer argued, Friday’s downgrade from Moody’s prompted more fear than the […]

The U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2025. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal judge on Monday ruled that the Trump administration and Department of Government Efficiency’s takeover and gutting of the U.S. Institute of Peace were unlawful. The decision declaring DOGE’s actions at USIP “null and void” […]

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, leaves the U.S. Capitol after a meeting with Republican members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on the issue of de-banking on Feb. 13, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Monday that markets and central bankers […]