Menards will pay $750,000 to the State of Wisconsin as part of a multistate consumer protection settlement, Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Wednesday. The Wisconsin-based home improvement retail chain will pay out $4.25 million total to ten states in response to complaints about its well-known rebate program. That program, in which customers could mail back…
The firm behind President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform is merging with a Google-backed energy company in a deal valued at more than $6bn (£4.4bn). Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) and TAE Technologies announced the plans on Thursday in a joint statement, which said the move would “create one of the world’s first publicly…
Hogan Lovells is the dominant party in the tie-up, with six times the number of lawyers and offices than Cadwalader © Andrew Kelly/Reuters Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft are set to merge in the largest-ever law firm tie-up, creating a behemoth with combined revenues of more than $3.6bn. The new firm, which will…
The Bank of England (BOE) in the City of London, UK, on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Bank of England voted narrowly to cut interest rates on Thursday, in its last monetary policy move of 2025. The central bank’s nine-member monetary policy committee (MPC) on Thursday voted 5-4 to…
President Donald Trump’s social media and crypto company is making a huge bet on a far different industry – nuclear fusion, a potentially lucrative albeit commercially unproven energy technology that could help power a suddenly electricity-starved economy. Trump Media and Technology Group Thursday announced a surprise merger with TAE Technologies, in an all-stock deal valued…
People shop for groceries at a store in Port Washington, New York, U.S., Nov. 19, 2025. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Consumer prices rose less than expected in November, giving investors hope that inflationary pressures may be cooling enough for U.S. monetary policy to be eased more than Wall Street anticipates. The consumer price index rose…
Facebook is testing placing a limit on how many links some users can share when they post on the social media platform. Notifications seen by some users based in the UK and US say they can only share a certain number of links in Facebook posts without a subscription – which starts at £9.99 per…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Dec. 17, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The S&P 500 snapped a four-day slide on Thursday, boosted by lighter-than-expected inflation data that brightened the outlook for lower interest rates in 2026 and blowout guidance from chipmaker Micron Technology. The…
In this article BP.-GB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT BP has appointed Woodside Energy boss Meg O’Neill as its next CEO, reinforcing the British oil giant’s back-to-basics strategy. O’Neill will replace Murray Auchincloss, after less than two years in the role. Auchincloss will step down today, with Carol Howle, BP’s executive vice president for…
In this article LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Eli Lilly & Co. logo at the company’s Digital Health Innovation Hub facility in Singapore, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eli Lilly on Thursday said its closely watched obesity pill helped patients maintain the majority of their…
Faisal IslamEconomics editor The Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has timed this rate cut just before Christmas. And while this will be welcomed for many borrowers and businesses, the Bank sent out some caution about whether the cuts would continue at the same speed next year. It might take a lot more for the…
On the same day that the board of Warner Bros. Discovery officially rejected Paramount Skydance’s hostile bid for the company, WBD CEO David Zaslav again demonstrated his unsubtle preference for Netflix‘s bid by welcoming the streaming giant’s co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters to the famed Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank. In a series of pictures released…
SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of new laws are taking effect in California in the new year. Here is a partial list. CONSUMERS (SB 1053) Plastic Bag Ban Plastic bags are on the way out in California. The state is expanding its ban on single-use plastic bags to include all plastic bags. The original law allowed…
In the ever-evolving landscape of global economics, investment commitments can often resemble a high-stakes game of poker where declarations may not always align with reality. President Donald Trump has frequently touted monumental figures regarding foreign investments in the United States, suggesting a growing influx of capital. However, this narrative invites scrutiny, as recent analyses reveal…
The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday announced plans to expand access to its last-mile delivery network, which the new postmaster general hopes will provide a boon to the financially struggling agency. “In the logistics business, the most expensive part of delivery is generally the ‘last mile’ portion of a route. As part of our universal…
Andy Jassy, Amazon’s chief executive, told employees that the company needed to ‘maximise potential for customers and Amazon over the long term’ © Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Amazon has announced a management shake-up, including the departure of its artificial intelligence chief, as the company prioritises catching up to rivals on their advanced chips and large language models….
Stocks dropped sharply Wednesday as jitters about the booming artificial intelligence sector once again returned to the top of investors’ minds. The catalyst for the tumble was, once again, a story about the cloud computing giant Oracle. Before the opening bell rang, The Financial Times published a story headlined: “Oracle’s $10bn Michigan data centre in…
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Hundreds of new laws are taking effect in California in the new year. Here is a partial list. CONSUMERS (SB 1053) Plastic Bag Ban Plastic bags are on the way out in California. The state is expanding its ban on single-use plastic bags to include all plastic bags. The original law…
Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. December 17, 2025 Federal Reserve Board withdraws 2023 policy statement and issues new policy statement regarding the treatment of certain Board-supervised banks that facilitates responsible innovation For release at 4:00 p.m. EST The Federal Reserve Board…
(These are the market notes on today’s action by Mike Santoli, CNBC’s Senior Markets Commentator. See today’s video update from Mike above.) The market’s ability to absorb the unwind of the AI-infrastructure trade is being tested more urgently; its efforts to rotate away from danger by moving to banks, value stocks and consumer cyclicals hitting…
Taco Bell is bringing back the cult-favorite Quesarito nationwide starting December 18, following years of nonstop fan demand. The internet immediately erupted, with fans, celebrities, and comment sections calling the return “a miracle.” The comeback also revives the legendary 2014 moment when a Quesarito ad accidentally overshadowed Nikola Jokić’s NBA draft pick. If you’ve ever…
15 hours ago Michael RaceBusiness reporter Interest rates have been cut to 3.75%, the lowest level in almost three years, but further reductions are set to be a “closer call”, the Bank of England has said. In a knife-edge vote, policymakers voted 5-4 in favour to lower rates from 4% reflecting concerns over rising unemployment…
The Powerball jackpot leaped to an estimated $1.5 billion after no one won Wednesday night’s pot of gold of approximately $1.25 billion. The winning numbers for that grand prize were 25, 33, 53, 62 and 66 with a Powerball of 17. The new jackpot has an estimated cash value of $686.5 million, Powerball said. The…
In this article MU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Micron Technology offices in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Micron Technology reported fiscal first-quarter results on Wednesday that beat Wall Street expectations for sales and earnings per share, and provided a strong…
Ventura Foods is recalling thousands of cases of salad dressings sold at retailers including Costco and Publix because the condiments could contain “foreign objects,” according to an alert from the Food and Drug Administration. More than 3,500 cases of different varieties of salad dressing could be contaminated by “black plastic planting material” in granulated onion, an ingredient…
HORSHAM, P.A. (December 17, 2025) – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved RYBREVANT FASPRO™ (amivantamab and hyaluronidase-lpuj), the first and only subcutaneously (SC) administered therapy for patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).1 RYBREVANT FASPRO™ is approved across all indications…
People shop at a grocery store in Brooklyn on Dec. 12, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Wall Street is awaiting Thursday’s release of the November consumer price index report, as it will mark the first reading for the period since the record-setting U.S. government shutdown ended last month. According to…
Megan LawtonBusiness reporter AFP via Getty Images The phrase “ghost jobs” might sound like something from Halloween, but it refers to the practice of employers advertising vacancies that don’t exist. In some cases the positions may have already been filled, but in others the job might not have ever been available. It’s a real and…
Abstract Mazdutide is a once-weekly glucagon and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor dual agonist developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D) 1. This study assessed the efficacy and safety of mazdutide versus dulaglutide in participants with T2D on background oral anti-diabetic drugs. In this randomised phase 3 study, 731 participants with T2D were randomised 1:1:1…
Abstract The dynamic three-dimensional (3D) organization of the human genome (the 4D nucleome) is linked to genome function. Here we describe efforts by the 4D Nucleome Project1 to map and analyse the 4D nucleome in widely used H1 human embryonic stem cells and immortalized fibroblasts (HFFc6). We produced and integrated diverse genomic datasets of the…
WASHINGTON (TNND) — If parents file and fill out a new tax form, their child can get $1,000 through the new Trump account program. Parents with a child that was born in 2025 or a child coming in 2026 will have to use the IRS Form 4547 if they want to establish the savings plan….
A California judge ruled late Tuesday afternoon that Tesla engaged in “deceptive marketing” in reference to its Full Self-Driving system, and that Tesla’s license to sell and produce cars in the state should be revoked for 30 days. However, the California DMV has said it will give Tesla 60 days to comply and fix its…