Economy

Closed circuit screenshots of a person of interest in the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing. Source: NYPD Police believe the person of interest being sought in connection to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson left New York City shortly after the slaying Wednesday, on a bus from upper Manhattan. New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch […]

A close-up of the Workday logo on its headquarters in Pleasanton, California. Smith Collection | Archive Photos | Getty Images Workday shares jumped 9% in extended trading on Friday after S&P Dow Jones Indices said the cloud software vendor will be added to the S&P 500. The company, which has a market cap of about […]

The Super Micro Computer headquarters in San Jose, California, on Dec. 3, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Embattled server maker Super Micro Computer said on Friday that it received an extension from Nasdaq, giving the company until February to maintain its listing on the stock exchange. The stock rose 7% in […]

Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump’s interim peace deal on Thursday, insisting that the United States is not paying the Islamic Republic and that any economic benefits for Iran depend on full compliance with the agreement. “The United States isn’t giving up a cent of money to Iran,” Vance said. Vance’s comments came […]

Oil prices were little changed Thursday after Vice President JD Vance said tankers with more than 12 million barrels crossed the Strait of Hormuz overnight. “That is a high since the beginning of the conflict,” Vance told reporters at a White House press briefing. CNBC was not immediately able to confirm the number. Around 14 […]

Intel ‘s stock rose 10% on Thursday, after President Donald Trump said the semiconductor company had agreed to a deal with Apple to design and build chips in the U.S. “Stupid Presidents took our Economy for granted, and let Taiwan and others steal our Semiconductor Factories,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “Apple […]

SpaceX shares dropped 3.57% on Thursday, as the stock’s recent rally cooled following a record-breaking IPO last week. Elon Musk’s space and artificial intelligence firm became one of the world’s most valuable companies after listing, and on Tuesday, its market cap surpassed Amazon and — briefly — Microsoft . With Thursday’s loss, SpaceX closed at […]

United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gives a statement as he arrives for a NATO Defence Ministers meeting on June 18, 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. Omar Havana | Getty Images Defense Secretary ​Pete Hegseth announced a Pentagon-led review of American forces in Europe on Thursday, and criticized some NATO allies over defense spending and […]

WASHINGTON — Entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have an ambitious agenda to cut federal spending with the help of their outside advisory council, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). But on their first joint visit to Congress on Thursday, the pair also likely saw some of the limits of outside influence on the workings […]

A trader works during the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 17, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City. Johannes Eisele | Afp | Getty Images There was a good deal of divergence this week as higher bond yields on a hotter-than-expected reading on manufacturing activity slammed the economically […]