The Commodity Futures Trading Commission headquarters in Washington, Dec. 23, 2022. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images As prediction markets’ volumes grow at a ruthless pace, their businesses are being challenged by states across the country. The federal government is fighting a multifront battle to stop the state actions and assert its regulatory authority. …
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, left, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Getty Images (L) | CNBC (R) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani fired back on Wednesday at Jeff Bezos after the Amazon founder and executive chairman questioned whether raising taxes on billionaires would do anything to help working-class New Yorkers. “You could double the taxes I pay, and it’s…
Ultrabillionaire Jeff Bezos on Wednesday hyped artificial intelligence, blamed government meddling for economic woes and broadly defended himself and his mega-rich peers in an exclusive interview with CNBC. But the Amazon and Blue Origin founder, in a wide-ranging interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, initially struck a populist tone, at times sounding more like some progressive…
Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Supreme Court for a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, December 2, 2025. Curtis Means | Via Reuters A New York state court judge on Monday blocked prosecutors in the murder trial of Luigi Mangione from using some of the evidence from his…
For many people who got their first cellphones in the late 1990s or early 2000s, flip phones were chrome and neon portals into pop culture and newfound social circles with your peers. Now, the digital world — a constantly accessible gateway to millions of other people, information on every subject and breaking news from around…
Cerebras Systems Inc. signage during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cerebras Systems‘ shares sank 10% on Friday after the company completed the largest IPO by a U.S. tech firm in years. The semiconductor firm…
American consumers have been pessimistic for so long that now economists are wondering when — or even if — households will ever feel financially better off. The University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, a closely watched bellwether, hit all-time lows in May, according to a preliminary reading released last week. That is just one of…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks about the fiscal year 2027 budget in New York City on May 12, 2026. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images) Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images From New York to Vancouver to London, a once-niche policy idea is moving into the mainstream…
CLIFTON, New Jersey — Along with aisles of diapers and colorful onesies, Target shoppers in some of the retailer’s big-box stores can now find baby brands typically carried by specialty boutiques. Shoppers can see, feel and test strollers, car seats and high chairs outside of cardboard boxes at about 200 stores, or roughly 10% of…
Data centers are gobbling up land, driving up electric bills, and becoming a lightning rod for public discontent over big tech’s power in society. Maine’s legislature recently passed a data center ban in the state (but failed to override the governor’s veto). According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 14 states spanning the political…
