Pfizer's experimental drug for a common, life-threatening condition that causes cancer patients to lose their appetite and weight showed positive results in a midstage trial, the drugmaker said Saturday. Patients with the condition, called cancer cachexia,…
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- It happens in milliseconds, ideally, as you browse the web. Networks of computers and software analyze who you are, what you are looking at and buy and sell the advertisements you see…
Night view of the Lujiazui financial district in downtown Shanghai.Yongyuan Dai | E+ | Getty ImagesAmerican companies in China are experiencing historically low business confidence and poor profits amid U.S.-China tensions and a slowing Chinese…
A man walking past a logo of fast fashion e-commerce company Shein outside its office in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province. Jade Gao | Afp | Getty ImagesThe bottom of the barrel prices that have…
It's finally here. The Federal Reserve is set to meet Tuesday and Wednesday — and is is widely anticipated to make its first interest rate cut after embarking on a hiking campaign in March 2022.…
Even as the Covid wave in Florida continues, Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is once again advising against the mRNA vaccines: this time in the most vulnerable residents.In updated guidance for health care providers released Thursday, the…
Union members hold picket signs during a news conference following a vote count on the union contract at the IAM District 751 Main Union Hall in Seattle, Washington, US, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. M. Scott…
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- The federal government would ban in-game advertising and bets on college athletes under a sports betting regulation bill proposed by two northeastern legislators.Rep. Paul Tonko of New York and Sen. Richard…
Chinese regulators on Friday hit PwC's auditing unit in mainland China with a six-month business suspension and a record fine of 441 million yuan ($62 million) over the firm's audit of troubled property developer China…
Jeep Wagoneer S Trailhawk EV conceptMichael Wayland / CNBCDETROIT — Stellantis' Jeep brand is well known for scaling tough terrains, but its latest challenge of achieving 1 million vehicle sales domestically by 2027 will be…
BEIJING -- Starting next year, China will raise its retirement age for workers, which is now among the youngest in the world's major economies, in an effort to address its shrinking population and aging work…
Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:1. Four-wardThe S&P 500 marked its fourth winning day in a row Thursday, gaining 0.75%. The Nasdaq Composite did even better, rising 1%, as…
WASHINGTON -- A California biotechnology company that helps doctors detect genetic causes for cancer is among those that could be cut out of the U.S. market over ties to China, underscoring the possible tradeoffs between…
HONG KONG -- Asian stocks were mixed Friday after stocks in the United States pulled closer to their record highs following economic reports that came in close to expectations.U.S. futures were little changed and oil…
Boeing Co. workers and supporters hold signs outside the Aerospace Machinists Union District 751 Hall ahead of a vote on the union contract in Renton, Washington, US, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. M. Scott Brauer |…
WASHINGTON -- Even as she promoted her efforts to boost clean energy, Vice President Kamala Harris said in Tuesday's debate that the Biden-Harris administration has overseen “the largest increase in domestic oil production in history…
OTTAWA, Ontario -- OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s largest airline and business leaders on Thursday urged the federal government to intervene in labor talks with its pilots in hopes of avoiding a shutdown, but the…
An energy company at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio has been ordered by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to pay a $100 million civil penalty for misleading investors about…
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo listens as President Joe Biden participates virtually in a meeting on the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act at the White House on July 25, 2022.Anna…
Soon, people with AirPods in their ears might not be drowning you out — they might be wearing them to hear you better.Apple announced on Monday that its AirPods Pro 2 headphones will become an…
Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, poses during a presentation at the New York International Auto Show in Manhattan, New York, on April 5, 2023.David Dee Delgado | ReutersDETROIT – Stellantis' U.S. dealer network has joined…
Delta Airlines planes are seen parked at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on June 19, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. Kent Nishimura | Getty ImagesAirlines are reporting better unit revenues for the tail end of summer, a sign customers…
GENEVA -- The Palestinian economy is “in free fall,” the United Nations reported Thursday, with production in Gaza plunging to one-sixth of its level before Israeli forces began a blistering military response to the Oct.…
Thomas d'Halluin, Managing Partner of Airbus Ventures, at Hangar One of NASA Ames Research Center's Moffett Field in California.Airbus VenturesAirbus Ventures, one of the most prolific investors in space startups, has raised a $155 million…
WASHINGTON -- U.S. wholesale price increases mostly slowed last month, the latest evidence that inflation pressures are cooling enough for the Federal Reserve to begin cutting interest rates next week.The Labor Department said Thursday that…
Polaris Dawn commander Jared Isaacman emerges from SpaceX's Dragon capsule during a spacewalk on Sept. 12, 2024.SpaceXSpaceX pulled off its first spacewalk in the early hours of Thursday morning, in a historic first for a…
A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is assembled at the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton, Washington, on June 25, 2024.Jennifer Buchanan | Afp | Getty ImagesBoeing workers are voting on a new labor contract on Thursday,…
Mary Barra, chair and CEO of General Motors, and Euisun Chung, executive chair of Hyundai Motor Group, during the signing of an agreement between the two companies to explore future collaboration across key strategic areas.Courtesy…
Moderna headquarters, exterior view, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Plexi Images | GHI | UCG | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesModerna on Thursday said it plans to cut around $1.1 billion in expenses by 2027 and win approvals…
Coco loved being the life of the party — cracking jokes, doing pranks and making people laugh, her mom, Julianna Arnold, recalled recently.“Her favorite pastime was fashion,” Arnold said. “She didn’t like looking at magazines…
The U.S. is divided when it comes to state and federal marijuana policy, but recent political developments could move the country toward a greater acceptance of cannabis. Both major presidential candidates have signaled support for…
HONG KONG -- American companies in China are seeing record-low profits, with business confidence at an all-time low amid U.S.-China tensions and a slowing Chinese economy, according to a report published Thursday by a U.S.…
FRANKFURT, Germany -- With inflation subsiding, the European Central Bank will likely cut interest rates again on Thursday to prop up tepid growth with lower borrowing costs for companies and home buyers. The U.S. Federal…
BANGKOK -- Thailand’s new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra vowed Thursday in her inaugural speech to Parliament to continue many of her predecessor’s plans to solve the country’s economic woes.Paetongtarn, the leader of the ruling Pheu…
Boeing is preparing to learn Thursday whether 33,000 aircraft assembly workers, most of them in the Seattle area, are going on strike and shutting down production of the company's best-selling planes.Members of the International Association…
The team from the Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) took samples of natural hydrogen gas found in One Pute Jaya Village, Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, 23 October…
LEADVILLE, Colo. -- Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville — a legacy of gold and silver mines polluting the Arkansas River basin more…
Norfolk Southern said Wednesday it has fired CEO Alan Shaw for having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate.His ouster comes after two difficult years in the top job and just days after the company’s board…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Two private power companies came under scrutiny Wednesday while they presented plans to stabilize Puerto Rico’s crumbling electric grid as officials demanded immediate action to minimize chronic power outages.The presentations…
Larry Ellison, co-founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle, speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2017.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLarry Ellison turned 80 last month.…
The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday that it is ending discounts that shipping consolidators such as UPS and DHL use to get packages to the nation's doorsteps, in a move meant to help the Postal…
NEW YORK -- Single mother Rebecca Wood, 45, was already dealing with high medical bills in 2020 when she noticed she was being charged a $2.49 “program fee” each time she loaded money onto her…
LARKSPUR, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 30: A sign is posted in front of a home for sale on November 30, 2023 in Larkspur, California. According to a report by the National Association of Realtors, pending home…
TOKYO -- Asian shares traded mostly lower Wednesday after Wall Street drifted to a mixed finish. Investors were watching for any market impact from the debate between the U.S. presidential candidates, Vice President Kamala Harris…
The ABC News moderators were great. No, actually they were a “disgraceful failure." They cut off Kamala Harris too much. No, actually they corrected Donald Trump unfairly. Such is the contentious tenor of the times…
NEW YORK -- Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried ’s collapsed cryptocurrency empire and his former girlfriend, is seeking no prison time at her sentencing later this month.Lawyers for Ellison…
WARSAW, Poland -- The German government says it is cracking down on irregular migration and crime following recent extremist attacks, and plans to extend temporary border controls to all nine of its frontiers next week.Last…
Flaws in a Vermont program are preventing the state from controlling phosphorus discharges from certain farms, contributing to severe water quality problems in Lake Champlain and other bodies of water, according to a letter from…
New Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol will focus on improving the chain's U.S. business in his early days on the job before he moves to fix its issues abroad, according to an open letter published on…
The risk of a strike at Boeing appears to be growing, as factory workers complain about a contract offer that their union negotiated with the giant aircraft manufacturer.The president of the union local that represents…
Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day:1. A bright spot2. More bites at the AppleApple announced a range of new products Monday, as it tries to boost…
Employees leave the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau after a works meeting. Europe's largest car manufacturer had announced that, in view of the worsening situation, it would once again tighten its austerity measures at the core…
A green tea pod inside a Keurig brand coffee maker, Dec. 17, 2022.Gado | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesThe Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Keurig Dr Pepper over what the agency said are inaccurate…
The tech slide has many investors anxious to buy the dip, but now is the time for caution, some say. Communication services and information technology stocks are the two worst-performing S & P 500 sectors…
The U.S. travel sector has been surprisingly resilient when it comes to travel.Domestic travel numbers have returned to pre-pandemic levels and air travel has surged even as more than a third of travelers planned to…
PARIS -- Parisian business owners and hotel managers were promised a summer like no other. Millions of tourists would flood the French capital for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, generating huge profits for the region.With…
Illustration of a user browsing booking information for Huawei's new foldable mobile phone in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, Sept 8, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesAs Huawei tries to upstage Apple's new iPhone with…
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a battle of nerves with his Labour Party on Tuesday, when lawmakers vote on a contentious decision to cut a payment that helps millions of pensioners pay…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A daredevil billionaire rocketed back into orbit Tuesday, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk and venture farther than anyone since NASA's Apollo moonshots. Unlike his previous chartered flight, tech entrepreneur…
LONDON -- Google lost its final legal challenge on Tuesday against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that…
LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. -- As bourbon fans flocked to the Wild Turkey visitors' center, sitting near the entrance was no ordinary greeter. Jimmy Russell, who has lived through so much of the distillery's rich history, was…
TOKYO -- Asian shares were trading mixed Tuesday after a rally on Wall Street that regained some of the losses from the market’s worst week in nearly a year and a half.Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225…
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- East Timor is at an energy development crossroads. While the small Southeast Asian nation — and one of the world's youngest countries — has made international and domestic pledges to reduce its…
Colorado wildlife officials said Monday that they captured and plan to relocate five members of the first pack of wolves to form under the state's ambitious wolf reintroduction program.A sixth wolf — the pack's adult…
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple squarely shifted its focus toward artificial intelligence with the unveiling of its hotly anticipated iPhone 16 along with a slew of new features coming with the next update to the device’s…
VEENDAM, Netherlands -- Hyperloop, a new form of mass transit involving capsules whizzing on magnetic fields through depressurized tubes, has achieved significant liftoff in the northern Netherlands, a company developing the technology said Monday.A test…
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- One month after a judge declared Google's search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology.The…
HONG KONG -- Asian stocks fell while European markets started the week higher on Monday after another rout hit Wall Street, as a highly anticipated U.S. job market update added to worries about the economy.…
Brian Niccol steps in as CEO of Starbucks on Monday, taking over as the coffee giant's sales slump and stock price falls.Starbucks tapped Niccol in August to take over from Laxman Narasimhan, who held the…
WASHINGTON -- Corporate policies meant to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace are legal and should be expanded to promote broad economic prosperity and reduce racial wealth inequities, according to a new report by…
WASHINGTON -- A blockbuster new Chinese video game hailed as a milestone for the country’s gaming industry has put an unexpected spotlight on longstanding claims of rampant sexism in China’s male-dominated gaming culture.While some gamers…
DALLAS -- DALLAS (AP) — Boeing and its largest union are entering the last week of contract negotiations before a threatened strike by more than 30,000 workers who build the planes that carry millions of…
WASHINGTON -- The artificial intelligence industry has gone on a lobbying binge in the past few years, deploying scores of hired influencers to help shape potential government action. The growth is not surprising. The technology…
Hannah Yoon | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesLeqembi, an Alzheimer's drug from Biogen and Eisai, isn't a cure for the mind-damaging disease. But the treatment promises to give patients such as Missie Meeks more time…
On a scorching day in June 2013, the Grand Canyon discouraged hikers from making a long trek to the bottom because there would be no potable water. A set of historic cabins and bunks also…
ATHENS, Greece -- Greece’s prime minister said Saturday he would not allow excessive spending to derail the country’s recovery from the lengthy financial crisis that required an unprecedented infusion of funds from its creditors, in…
FRANKFURT, Germany -- FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen is considering closing some factories in its home country for the first time in the German automaker's 87-year history, saying it otherwise won't meet the cost-cutting goals…
TOLEDO, Ohio -- Three sisters from Ohio who inherited a dime kept in a bank vault for more than 40 years knew it had some value. But they had no idea just how much until…
LAS VEGAS -- Casino company Wynn Resorts Ltd. has agreed to pay $130 million to federal authorities and admit that it let unlicensed money transfer businesses around the world funnel funds to gamblers at its…
HELSINKI -- Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said Saturday they are committed to completing by the end of the decade a financially troubled and badly delayed high-speed rail project integrating the three Baltic countries with the…
Higher education advocates in Latino communities say they are optimistic about a new federal effort to support hundreds of local colleges and universities. Hispanic-serving institutions, or HSIs, which are not-for-profit schools with a full-time equivalent…
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