Bessent SNAP food benefits could restart by Wednesday

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks as he and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer hold a press conference on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 15, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters SNAP food benefits could restart as early as Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday morning….

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U.S. wastes $400 billion in food each year

Millions of Americans are living in fear that they will go hungry due to potential delays in SNAP food assistance benefit payments, even after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to make payments in November. That’s in a nation where close to $400 billion in food is wasted every year. ReFED, a U.S.-based nonprofit…

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is Novo Nordisk past its ‘peak uncertainty’?

At one point, it was Europe’s most valuable company. Now, as Danish pharmaceutical group Novo Nordisk prepares to publish its third-quarter earnings on Wednesday, the picture looks very different. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images CNBC’s Charlotte Reed will travel to Copenhagen to speak with the company’s new CEO Mark Doustdar, a 30-year veteran…

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Where the Nexperia auto chip crisis stands now

The logo of Chinese-owned semiconductor company Nexperia is displayed at the chipmaker’s German facility, after the Dutch government seized control and auto industry bodies sounded the alarm over the possible impact on car production, in Hamburg, Germany, Oct. 23, 2025. Jonas Walzberg | Reuters Netherlands-based chipmaker Nexperia is at the heart of a standoff between…

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‘Trump effect’ raises hopes for cannabis rally

Oils containing CBD (Cannabidiol). Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt | AFP | Getty Images Cannabis stocks could be poised for a rally after years of stagnation, fueled by investor optimism over the possibility for new federal rules for hemp-derived products and signals that President Donald Trump could take a more permissive stance on marijuana. Publicly traded…

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