AstraZeneca‘s stock rose over 3% after Britain’s most valuable company said its experimental lung disease medicine met its target in two late-stage clinical trials. The respiratory treatment tozorakimab, reduced flare-ups of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in both former smokers and in the overall population versus placebo, the company said. “This marks a notable shift…
Forty-two years ago, right about now, I was a third-year law student trading options between classes as if they were cold Cokes on a sweltering day. I loved the semiconductors back then — National Semi, Texas Instruments, and Motorola. I also worshipped IBM, always long those calls, and Monolithic Memories was my favorite spec. It’s…
The White House in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images The White House on Friday launched a smartphone app that touts a selection of President Donald Trump‘s second-term accomplishments and curates favorable news articles. It also invites users to report tips to U.S. Immigration and Customs…
A Bank of America branch in New York, US, on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bank of America has agreed to pay victims of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein $72.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that the bank facilitated his sex trafficking operation, a New York…
A tablet screen displays a portrait of Jeffrey Epstein beside the U.S. Department of Justice website page titled Epstein Library, Feb. 11, 2026. Veronique Tournier | Afp | Getty Images A victim of notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein filed a class action lawsuit Thursday on behalf of herself and other survivors against the Trump administration…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer outlined his game plan for the week ahead, warning that a relentless rise in oil tied to the Iran war is continuing to pressure stocks – and could signal more downside. “Another miserable week. Four weeks since the war started and it’s been pretty darn awful,” Cramer said Friday on “Mad Money,”…
Security screening at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, March 27, 2026. Myung J. Chun | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Travelers continue facing long lines at airports across the U.S. as a partial government shutdown drags on. TSA wait time by airport TSA PreCheck vs. regular security lines TSA PreCheck is a program…
President Donald Trump speaks during the Future Investment Initiative Summit in Miami, March 27, 2026. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday winkingly referred to the Strait of Hormuz, the vital oil-shipping route and a key choke point in the Iran war, as the “Strait of Trump.” Iran has to…
Staff works at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on March 13, 2025. Annabelle Gordon | AFP | Getty Images Read more CNBC government shutdown coverage “Today, at the direction of President Trump and @SecMullinDHS, TSA has immediately begun the process of paying its workforce,” DHS said in the post on X on…
MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor speaks at the Bitcoin 2021 Conference in Miami on June 4, 2021. CFOTO | Nurphoto | Getty Images Demand for bitcoin as a corporate treasury asset is once again concentrated in Michael Saylor’s Strategy as the company steps up its bitcoin buying pace. The craze of public companies that once sought…
