A Federal Reserve split over where its priorities should lie cut its key interest rate Wednesday, but signaled a tougher road ahead for further reductions. Fulfilling expectations of a “hawkish cut,” the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee lowered its key overnight borrowing rate by a quarter percentage point, putting it in a range between…
Halfpoint Images | Moment | Getty Images Millions of student loan borrowers whose payments are paused may soon have to start paying, under a Trump administration proposed settlement announced this week. Experts say the timeline could be short, and borrowers need to start planning. The agreement centers on borrowers who signed up for the Biden…
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia on Wednesday responded to a report that the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has been using smuggled Blackwell chips to develop its upcoming model. The U.S. has…
Oracle CEOs Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia sit down with CNBC’s David Faber on Oct. 13, 2025. CNBC It’s been a rollercoaster year for Oracle investors, as they try to assess the strength of the software giant’s position in the artificial intelligence boom. The stock is up more than 30% for the year even after…
The Starcloud-1 satellite is launched into space from a SpaceX rocket on November 2, 2025. Courtesy: SpaceX | Starcloud Nvidia-backed startup Starcloud trained an artificial intelligence model from space for the first time, signaling a new era for orbital data centers that could alleviate Earth’s escalating digital infrastructure crisis. Last month, the Washington-based company launched…
Construction company Alquist 3D worked with Walmart last year to build a nearly 8,000-square-foot 3D printed addition to its store in Athens, Tennessee. Alquist A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to…
Alessandro Biascioli | Istock | Getty Images Social Security beneficiaries will soon receive statements showing how much of their total benefits received in 2025 may be subject to federal taxes. Changes enacted by Congress this year mean there’s more reason to pay attention to those tax documents. The forms, known as the SSA-1099 or SSA-1042S,…
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, Dec. 8, 2025. Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing to unveil a Republican health-care bill in the coming days for a vote by the end of the month, but the move is unlikely to resolve a congressional deadlock over expiring Obamacare subsidies. Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images Congress is still deadlocked…
The Federal Reserve is poised to deliver its third straight interest rate cut Wednesday, while simultaneously firing a warning shot about what’s ahead. Following a period of remarkable indecision about which way central bank policymakers would lean, markets have settled on a quarter percentage point reduction. If that’s the case, it will take the Fed’s…
In this photo illustration, iPhone screens display various social media apps on the screens on February 9, 2025 in Bath, England. Anna Barclay | Getty Images News | Getty Images Australia on Wednesday became the first country to formally bar users under the age of 16 from accessing major social media platforms, a move expected…
