An American flag flies at Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank, California, on Sept. 12, 2025. Mario Tama | Getty Images The Warner Bros. Discovery board on Wednesday once again unanimously recommended that WBD shareholders reject a hostile takeover offer from Paramount Skydance. The board said it continued to believe the Paramount bid is “inferior” to
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The U.S. housing market has yet to pick up steam into 2026, but real estate agents say there’s been a real shift toward a more balanced market, according to the quarterly CNBC Housing Market Survey. Mortgage rates didn’t move much at all in the last quarter of 2025, but home prices are steadily easing. The
Jim Farley, president and chief executive officer of Ford, speaks at the Ford Motor Co.’s Kentucky Truck Plant to launch the 2025 Ford Expedition, in Louisville, Kentucky, April 30, 2025. Carolyn Kaster | AP Ford Motor plans to introduce eyes-off driving technology on an upcoming $30,000 all-electric vehicle in 2028, the Detroit automaker announced Wednesday.
Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces Apple Card during a launch event at Apple headquarters on March 25, 2019, in Cupertino, California. Noah Berger | AFP | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase has reached a deal to take over the Apple credit card from its original issuer, Goldman Sachs, the two banks said Wednesday in separate releases.
Alaska Airlines is ordering more than 100 Boeing jets, a purchase that the carrier’s fleet chief said will ensure it has locked in sought-after order slots through the middle of the next decade to expand. The order, Alaska’s largest ever, which was announced Wednesday, includes 105yet-to-be-certifiedBoeing 737 Max 10 jets. Alaska is also buying five
The inaugural flight of an Avelo Airlines Boeing 737-800 takes off from the Los Angeles-area Hollywood Burbank Airport, April 28, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Avelo Airlines will stop flying deportation flights for the U.S. government and will also cut commercial routes and reduce headcount, its chief executive told staff. The
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 7, 2026. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Wednesday shared
Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images American Airlines said Wednesday that it will keep the spending requirements to earn elite frequent flyer status in 2027 steady for a third consecutive year as the carrier courts higher-spending travelers and tries to catch up to industry profit leaders Delta Air Lines and United Airlines.
An aerial view of downtown Raleigh from the warehouse district. Kenny Mccartney | Moment | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices,
Some thinkers explain the world. Others expose the wiring behind it. Howard Bloom belongs firmly in the second camp. For decades, Bloom has been obsessed with one central question: why do humans behave the way they do—collectively, not individually? His work cuts across science, culture, politics, creativity, and history, not to decorate conversations, but to dismantle illusions. Heroes don’t
Travelers at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in the Queens borough of New York, US, on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airlines canceled more than 600 U.S. flights on Saturday after a major winter storm hit the Northeast U.S., putting carriers to the test during one of the busiest travel periods
If you’ve spent the last few years binge-watching documentaries about human behavior, doom-scrolling think pieces about why society is unraveling or listening to podcasts that start with “what if everything we know is wrong…” — congratulations. You’re already halfway inside Howard Bloom’s brain. His latest book, The Case of the Sexual Cosmos: Everything You Wanted to Know About Nature Is
Different types of leather are seen at the Rio of Mercedes cowboy boot factory, on July 31, 2025, in Mercedes, Texas. Ronaldo Schemidt | AFP | Getty Images Bootmaker Twisted X — known for its Western footwear — was thrown into chaos overnight when President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on imports in April. The
Thomas Fuller | Lightrocket | Getty Images Tubi hit profitability this year doing what other streaming services are trying to: attract younger audiences who are willing to sit through ads. The Fox Corp.-owned free streaming platform has long been among a sort of second tier of streaming services alongside lower-budget and less popular offerings like
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 airplane arrives at Los Angeles International Airport from San Francisco on March 28, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Southwest Airlines‘ profit fell 42% in the first nine months of the year compared with the same period in 2024. But its stock
U.S. shoppers are willing to spend this holiday season — despite falling consumer confidence and anxiety over prices — but only if the deals are there, TangerCEO Stephen Yalof told CNBC on Tuesday. “Retailers are discounting to meet the consumer, and the consumer is responding by shopping,” Yalof said on CNBC’s “Money Movers.” Yalof said