- Brent crude oil jumps nearly 13% after drone strikes disrupt Saudi crude production 09/15/2019Drone strikes attacked an oil processing facility at Abqaiq and the nearby Khurais oil field on Saturday.
- Trump authorizes release of oil from strategic petroleum reserve after Saudi attacks 09/15/2019Trump said oil would be released if needed to keep the market well supplied and he would expedite the approval of pipelines in Texas and other states.
- Saudi Arabia reportedly aims to restore one-third of lost oil output by Monday 09/15/2019Saudi Aramco is aiming to restore by Monday about a third of its crude output that was disrupted after drone attacks on two key oil facilities, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday,
- Keyllanne Conway says Trump administration ready to tap strategic petroleum reserve if necessary 09/15/2019Saudi Arabia shut down half its oil production Saturday after drone strikes hit the world's largest oil processing facility in an attack claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels.
- Apple is becoming a camera company 09/15/2019Apple's new iPhones can still send texts, download apps, and make video calls, but the company spends a lot of time and effort marketing its new phones as powerful photography machines.
- Meet the lawyer who is pouring millions into an effort to get a $15 minimum wage on Florida's ballot 09/15/2019Supporters of a $15 minimum wage ballot initiative in Florida argue the state's inflation-tied pay hikes have not gone far enough.
- 'It's not a free market': These manufacturers say tariffs help level the playing field with China 09/15/2019Some U.S. manufacturers say tariffs, if targeted, will help address longstanding unfair trade practices like intellectual property theft.
- BlackBerry CEO says mobile company's turnaround has hit a tipping point 09/14/2019BlackBerry has reinvented itself to become a leader in securing mobile communications and in embedded communications. Next year it plans to roll out new products. CEO John Chen says he expects revenue to grow 23% to 27% in fiscal 2020.
- The top tech IPOs this year have outperformed the S&P 500, despite Uber and Lyft 09/14/2019Thanks to the performance of Beyond Meat, investors who focus on venture-backed tech IPOs have done well this year despite some notable disappointments.
- Biohackers fell for a company selling hydrogen water, but many now say it's all a big scam 09/14/2019Trusii's hydrogen water machines were supposed to help users with their health problems, but customers claim the company is running a scam.
- Value is outperforming growth but the trend may not last, experts warn 09/14/2019"I wouldn't chase" value stocks as they win out over growth, says top ETF consultant Chris Hempstead.
- TurboTax creator is up over 850% in the past decade and its stock just won't go down 09/14/2019Software company Intuit, maker of tax helper TurboTax, is in its eleventh year of stock gains and up 36% this year.
- Movie trailers are a cult phenomenon. Just ask Star Wars fans 09/14/2019Trailers have become a cult phenomenon. Even short teasers that reveal little about the plot of the upcoming film are headline-worthy. Blogs and forums have become devoted just to dissecting every frame of a studio's trailer.
- Osama bin Laden's son Hamza was killed in a US counterterrorism operation, Trump says 09/14/2019U.S. officials learned that Hamza bin Laden was dead in July. He was killed sometime during the first two years of Trump's presidency, but details on the strike are still unclear.
- Uber Freight is making trucking more efficient and could help Uber turn a profit 09/14/2019The trucking industry is worth hundreds of billions of dollars per year. Uber is going after this market with Uber Freight, an online platform that matches truckers with shippers looking to move cargo from one place to another.
- Wall Street analysts say these stocks have upside potential 09/14/2019CNBC did a deep dive through the most recent Wall Street research to find stocks with upside potential.
- The US-China trade war has set in motion an unstoppable global economic transformation 09/14/2019The decoupling of the world's two weightiest economies seems as inescapable as its extent and global impact remains incalculable.
- Hong Kong protesters plan mall sit-ins, gathering outside British consulate 09/14/2019Hong Kong pro-democracy activists plan sit-ins at shopping malls and student rallies on Saturday after a night in which protesters took to the hills to form lantern-carrying human chains, the latest demonstrations in months of unrest.
- Disney CEO Bob Iger resigns from Apple board 09/13/2019Disney's forthcoming Disney+ will compete with Apple's Apple TV+ in the online streaming service market.
- Bottles of Cristal and steak dinners mark UAW corruption as prosecutors detail misused union funds 09/13/2019U.S. prosecutors accuse UAW officials of living lives of luxury that included high-end liquor, private villas, lavish dinners and golf outings — all paid for with money from the blue-collar union workers they were supposed to represent.
- 'The most important chart in the world' offers a warning sign for stocks 09/13/2019The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield tested 1.5% in late August and early September. Another challenge could signal tough times.
- Cyberattacks against US helped fund North Korea's weapons program, feds say 09/13/2019Those groups are "responsible for North Korea's malicious cyber activity on critical infrastructure," the Treasury said in a news release.
- Dow notches 8-day winning streak, nears record on growing optimism around US-China trade 09/13/2019The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose on Friday amid improving sentiment around U.S.-China trade relations.
- Investors starved for income may find it in their favorite place: tech stocks 09/06/2019The technology sector could be a good place to look for yield, thanks to its growing dividends.
- This record-breaking Dow stock could just be getting started, traders say 09/06/2019Traders Matt Maley and Mark Tepper are betting on more gains for Dow stock — Walmart.
- Hurricane Dorian makes landfall over North Carolina 09/06/2019Hurricane Dorian briefly made landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Friday, hitting the beach resort with powerful winds and battering waves days after reducing parts of the Bahamas to rubble.
- Iraq is pumping record oil, creating a 'fully-blown migraine' for OPEC 09/06/2019Iraq, OPEC's second-largest oil producer, needs the increased revenues after years of war. OPEC wants it to get with the cutting program.
- Former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe dies at the age of 95 09/06/2019The former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has died, according to a tweet by the current president Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday. He was 95.
- Growing backlash in China against A.I. and facial recognition 09/06/2019China's seemingly unfettered push into facial recognition is getting some high-level pushback.
- Amazon is testing a 'New' badge to highlight newly released products 09/05/2019The badge, which shows up next to certain new products, is Amazon's latest attempt at labeling products to help shoppers decide what to buy.
