SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster is seen on the launch pad, as Starship is prepared to be placed on top, at the company’s Boca Chica complex, ahead of Starship’s eighth test flight which is targeted for March 3, from Starbase, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. March 2, 2025. Kaylee Greenlee | Reuters For nearly two decades, some…
SpaceX’s initial public offering this week is set to be the biggest ever in history, flooding the stock market with new shares that begs the question: where is the money going to come from? As far as Wall Street is concerned, the stock market has what it takes to absorb the new equity supply. In…
Americans have spent nearly $450 extra per household on rising energy costs during the Iran war, according to an analysis shared exclusively with CNBC’s Steve Liesman. The average household has shelled out $447.19 for additional fuel-related expenses since the conflict began on Feb. 28, data from Moody’s Analytics found. That’s cumulatively cost American consumers nearly…
Choreograph (Konstantin Yuganov) | Istock | Getty Images The IRS has released the 2027 contribution limits for health savings accounts, or HSAs, which offer triple-tax benefits for investors. Starting in 2027, the new HSA contribution limit will be $4,500 for self-only plans, up from $4,400 in 2026, based on the latest inflation adjustments. The HSA limit for…
The so-called K-shaped economy is now linked to “a remarkable increase in food insecurity,” according to a new blog post by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Large segments of the population are facing high levels of financial strain, according to a post published on Wednesday, based on data from the Survey of Consumer Expectations. Among this…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday that his bank could spend up to $20 billion on an acquisition in the coming years. A deal that size would be the largest of Dimon’s 20-year tenure atop JPMorgan and test regulators’ appetite for consolidation among the biggest U.S. banks. “I do think there might be opportunities,…
SpaceX is on the verge of going where no initial public offering has ever gone before. The company, created and led by Elon Musk, is targeting a stratospheric valuation of $1.75 trillion on the Nasdaq Stock Market. SpaceX may be fast-tracked into broadly held indexes like the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 at light speed….
A ship remains anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran. Negotiations between the U.S. and Iran over opening this critical waterway have largely stalled as the countries have rejected each other’s proposals to end the war that began when the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28….
Miodrag Ignjatovic | E+ | David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. consumers will shell out more for everything from fuel to hot dogs and hamburgers heading into Memorial Day weekend as the Iran War reignites inflation. Total inflation for shoppers rose 3.8% in April from the same month a year ago, the…
Consumers with the Tesla Model Y L electric vehicle in Tesla stores in Shanghai, China on October 19, 2025. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images After years of delays, Tesla announced Thursday that its “Full Self-Driving” capabilities are now available for its electric vehicles sold in China, as China’s domestic EV brands have long since rolled…
