The U.S. Capitol is seen on the second day of the federal government shutdown on October 2, 2025, in Washington D.C. Mehmet Eser | Anadolu | Getty Images The shutdown of the federal government is likely to worsen the delays student loan borrowers are already facing in accessing programs required by Congress and mandated in…
DETROIT – Tesla and General Motors are leading the U.S. automotive industry this year in record domestic sales of all-electric vehicles, as consumers hurried to buy EVs before up to $7,500 in federal incentives for each purchase ended in September. New data provided to CNBC from Motor Intelligence shows U.S. sales of EVs, excluding hybrids,…
GM Hummer EV production in Detroit. Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General Motors DETROIT — Shares of the Detroit automakers closed higher Friday following an afternoon report that President Donald Trump is considering “significant tariff relief” for the production of vehicles in the U.S. Stocks for General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler parent Stellantis shifted…
A “draft” from The Treasury Department of a $1 commemorative coin that it plans to mint next year. Courtesy: U.S. Treasury Department The Treasury Department is considering minting a $1 coin bearing President Donald Trump‘s likeness on both sides to honor him and commemorate the United States’ 250th birthday next year. A first draft of…
Students wait in line before the start a career fair at the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images With a Georgetown degree and several internships under her belt, Christina Salvadore thought she’d be starting a career in New York City’s…
An aerial view of Chevron crews attempting to extinguish a large fire and explosion that occurred at Chevron Refinery in El Segundo Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images A huge fire broke out on Thursday night at a Chevron jet fuel production unit in California, one of…
Guvendemir | E+ | Getty Images A wave of defense tech startups in Silicon Valley is drawing billions in funding and reshaping America’s national security. Anduril Industries, recently valued at $30.5 billion following its latest funding round, is among the so-called “neoprimes” — companies challenging the dominance of legacy contractors, dubbed “primes,” such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop…
LONDON — European stocks opened higher on Thursday, building on positive momentum in the previous session. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.5% higher by 9 a.m. in London (4 a.m. ET), with most sectors trading in positive territory. Autos and technology stocks led gains, with their respective indexes each trading around 2% higher. Shares of…
The U.S. government officially shut down on Oct. 1 as Congressional leaders failed to reach an agreement on short-term funding after the end of September, which means many “nonessential” federally funded agencies and programs will stop work and furlough employees until an agreement is reached. The Department of Education will furlough roughly 87% of its…
VIDEO ID CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday said that while headlines continue to swirl around the government shutdown, investors should be paying closer attention to the story the market just finished telling. However, he cautioned that the biggest gains of the year may have passed. “You can tell an awful lot about a market by…
