US President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order to drastically shrink two national monuments in Utah, paving the way for fossil fuel extraction and mining. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The United States is imposing additional 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods in response to alleged trade discrimination against…
Paramount Skydance‘s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery hit its first official roadblock when a judge granted a temporary restraining order on the merger as part of a lawsuit brought by state attorneys general. California District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín signed off on the order Monday after hearing arguments from both sides in an Oakland courtroom…
Archer Aviation CEO Adam Goldstein said the company is laser-focused on getting its air taxis certified and flying by the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. “It’s always been an ambitious goal,” he told CNBC’s Phil LeBeau on Monday at the Farnborough Air Show in the U.K. “It’s still an ambitious goal, but we’re certainly going…
U.S. Treasury yields edged higher on Monday as Wall Street monitors the latest developments amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note — the key benchmark for U.S. government borrowing — rose over 1 basis point to 4.558%. The 2-year Treasury note yield, which more closely tracks short-term…
Markets are underestimating the impact of climate volatility across asset classes, commodity strategists warn, as extreme heat grips Europe and meteorologists flag the risk of a powerful El Niño this year. The World Meteorological Organization expects a “strong El Niño event” in the tropical Pacific between July and September this year. El Niño is a…
Andy Burnham speaks after being confirmed as the Labour Party’s new leader and the country’s next prime minister, during ‘Labour’s Special Conference’ in central London on July 17, 2026. Henry Nicholls | Afp | Getty Images Hello, this is Leonie Kidd coming to you from London. Football may not have come home this time, but…
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) sails behind the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), June 27, 2026. Frank E. Petersen Jr. is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East. Courtesy: U.S. Navy The U.S. military…
An aerial view taken from an helicopter during a media visit shows five platforms over the Johan Sverdrup oil field in the North Sea some 140 kilometres west from the town of Stavanger, Norway, on December 3, 2019. (Photo by Tom LITTLE / AFP) (Photo by TOM LITTLE/AFP via Getty Images) Tom Little | Afp…
Wendell Huang, chief financial officer of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), during a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images TSMC is racing to accelerate capacity at its Arizona factory as the company continues to see a “multi-year demand mega trend” from its customers, Chief Financial…
Momo Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images Using artificial intelligence can make people “boring,” according to Sandra Matz, a professor at Columbia Business School. Her research on the topic indicates two direct consequences for workers: stagnation and mediocrity. “When employees use it to outsource critical thinking or creative reasoning, there’s a real risk of gradually…
