Osanbashi in Yokohama on December 10, 2022. Yuichi Yamazaki | Afp | Getty Images Japanese indexes hit record highs Wednesday on expectations that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi could call for a snap election, likely in February. Reports of a sudden election at a time when the Japanese leader enjoys huge popularity have fueled the so-called…
In this article JPM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT CNBC’s Jim Cramer reviewed market action as earnings season kicks off and suggested that JPMorgan Chase can recover after its Tuesday report sent shares plummeting. “Jamie was back urging caution and getting tough about the right to charge high fees for credit cards to make…
Shortly after Google announced its new Universal Commerce Protocol for AI-powered shopping agents, a consumer economics watchdog sounded the alarm. In a now viral post on X viewed nearly 400,000 times, Lindsay Owens on Sunday wrote, “Big/bad news for consumers. Google is out today with an announcement of how they plan to integrate shopping into…
Although public backlash against data centers has been intense over the past 12 months, all of the tech industry’s biggest companies have promised additional buildouts of AI infrastructure in the coming year. That includes OpenAI partner Microsoft, which, on Tuesday, announced what it calls a “community-first” approach to AI Infrastructure. Microsoft’s announcement, which comes only…
NEW YORK (AP) — Up until this week, Wall Street has generally benefited from the Trump administration’s policies and has been supportive of the president. That relationship has suddenly soured. When President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law in July, it pushed another significant round of tax cuts and also cut…
Taco Bell is launching a new value-focused menu nationwide later in January, adding 10 items priced at $3 or less as part of its new Luxe Value Menu. The Luxe Value Menu arrives at U.S. locations on January 22 and includes five new menu items alongside five returning value favorites. The launch replaces Taco Bell’s…
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a citywide network of tenants have opened a new front in a fight to block the sale of more than 5,000 rent-stabilized apartments from a bankrupt landlord to a company they say has a checkered ownership history — this time enlisting the support of New York Attorney General Letitia James. The…
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The discount grocery chain Aldi is expanding rapidly and plans to open more than 180 U.S. stores this year as more Americans skip nights out at restaurants and cook at home due to anxiety over the nation’s economy. The chain, with U.S. operations based outside of Chicago, went on an expansion tear soon after inflation…
An indie app with only one function is currently all the rage in China. It’s called si le ma (死了吗), which translates literally to “Are You Dead Yet.” The app asks users to tap a button once every day, and if they fail to do so for two consecutive days, it automatically sends an email…
Today, Epic and a group of healthcare providers are taking legal action to defend patient privacy and protect sensitive medical information. The lawsuit states that Health Gorilla, a health information network, enabled Mammoth, RavillaMed, and other companies to improperly access and monetize nearly 300,000 patient medical records from members of the Epic community. This is…
In brief A draft version of the”Clarity Act” draft creates a “non-ancillary” legal status for crypto assets that were part of a listed exchange-traded product as of New Year’s Day 2026. Experts say the primary impact would be on institutional compliance and access, not short-term price moves, by providing clear regulatory pathways. The provision’s fate…
Google is now worth an almost unimaginable amount of money. By Alex Perry Alex Perry Tech Reporter Alex Perry is a tech reporter at Mashable who primarily covers video games and consumer tech. Alex has spent most of the last decade reviewing games, smartphones, headphones, and laptops, and he doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon….
The NYC token’s value peaked at about $580 million, before dropping to $130 million. The NYC token’s value peaked at about $580 million, before dropping to $130 million. Jan 13, 2026, 4:06 PM UTC Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she…
In this article BRK.A Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Warren Buffett and Greg Abel walkthrough the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025. David A. Grogen | CNBC In the final stretch of his tenure atop Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett was still pursuing that elusive elephant. The 95-year-old legendary…
Central banks across the world have joined together to declare that they stand in “full solidarity” with the Federal Reserve’s chair after the US launched a criminal investigation into Jerome Powell. The heads of the Bank of England, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Canada are among 11 senior bankers who have signed…
President Trump’s proposal to cap credit card interest rates at 10% for one year could save consumers billions of dollars but hurt Americans with lower credit scores, according to financial experts. The idea, which drew rare support on Monday from Democrats such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, would prevent Americans from being “ripped off”…
New York — Microsoft says it will ask to pay higher electricity bills in areas where it’s building data centers, in an effort to prevent electricity prices for local residents from rising in those areas. The move is part of a broader plan to address rising prices and other concerns sparked by the tech industry’s…
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Gold eased from a record high as traders assessed the path of US interest rates after an inflation reading came in weaker than expected and the Trump administration renewed attacks on the Federal Reserve. Silver topped $89 an ounce before paring some of the advance. Bullion traded just above $4,600 an ounce…
In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Boeing Co. 737 Max airplane at the company’s manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, US, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing logged net orders for 1,173 airplanes last year, marking the first time it outsold its European rival…
2 days ago Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent Getty Images Competition among lenders suggests that mortgage rates could be cut in the coming weeks, according to brokers and analysts. In a newly-published report, financial information service Moneyfacts said “expectations are high for a booming market in 2026”. Its data shows the choice of mortgage products…
Here are Monday’s biggest calls on Wall Street: Morgan Stanley upgrades Datadog to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said it sees robust growth trends for Datadog. “The return of digital transformation & cloud migration initiatives and an emerging opportunity to monitor agentic apps are fueling accelerating core growth which should sustain thru 2027.” Wells…
Washington — After cutting interest rates three times in a row last year, the Federal Reserve indicated last month it probably won’t lower interest rates again for a while. A months-long pause, cemented by key economic data released Friday, may indeed be the best-case scenario for the world’s largest economy. The December jobs report showed…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: JPMorgan Chase — The banking giant rose around 1% on fourth-quarter figures that beat analyst expectations. JPMorgan earned $5.23 per share, excluding items, on revenue of $46.77 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG expected a profit of $5 on revenue of $46.2 billion. JPMorgan’s beats were driven…
Tesla’s robotaxi service has been mostly hypothetical so far, but it’s certainly taking the company’s shareholders for a real ride. Tesla debuted its ride-hailing service using cars with its so-called full self-driving (FSD) tech in Austin, Texas, in June. At the rollout, CEO Elon Musk announced the ambitious goal of serving half the US population…
In this article JPM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Dado Ruvic | Reuters JPMorgan Chase CFO Jeremy Barnum hinted Tuesday the industry could fight President Donald Trump’s demand for credit card price controls, saying “everything’s on the table.” “If you wind up with weakly supported directives to radically change our business that aren’t justified,…
US inflation stayed at 2.7 per cent in December, according to data that suggested price growth is being contained even as it remains above the Federal Reserve’s target. Tuesday’s annual consumer price index figure was unchanged from November and in line with the expectations of economists polled by Bloomberg. Core inflation, stripping out volatile food…
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on January 12, 2026. Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images The S&P 500 fell on Tuesday as investors sold JPMorgan despite better-than-expected numbers and grappled with volatility from a flurry of President Donald Trump proposals floated in the…
Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be reducing their presence in the state where they co-founded Google. The New York Times reports that in December, 15 limited liability companies overseeing Brin’s investments and interests were terminated or converted into Nevada entities. Those include LLCs that manage one of his superyachts and his interest in…
With everyone anticipating Donald Trump‘s whims seemingly every second of his second term, the former Apprentice host just brought his thumb down hard on the scale of the bids to buy Warner Bros. – and it may have made David Ellison‘s day. Earlier Sunday, as Hollywood put on the spanx to fit into the frocks…
Both sides agreed it is necessary to provide general guidance on price undertakings for Chinese exporters shipping passenger BEVs to the EU. This will contribute to the healthy development of China-EU economic and trade relations and uphold the rules-based international trade order, a statement said. (File photo shows a Nio ES6. Image credit: CnEVPost) China…
Image: Nintendo Life The coming of the new year is a good time to take stock and look at the 12 months ahead with a sense of optimism. According to a new report from Polygon, however, GameStop has instead decided to kick off 2026 by shutting hundreds of its stores in the US. News of…