- Trump lawyers slam impeachment as attempt to overturn election as House calls him 'threat to nation' 01/18/2020Trump's lawyers, responding to a formal Senate summons, slammed impeachment as a "dangerous attack on the right of the American people to freely choose their president" ahead of the presidential election this November.
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will no longer use 'royal highness' titles or receive public funds 01/18/2020The deal comes just 10 days after Prince Harry and his wife Meghan announced they will step back as 'senior members' of the Royal family and split their time between the United Kingdom and North America.
- Winter storm sweeps Midwest and Northeast, bringing snow and ice 01/18/2020A winter storm that has already caused problems at airports in Chicago and Kansas City was expected to bring blizzard conditions to parts of the Plains and Midwest on Saturday and could dump up to a foot of snow in parts of the Northeast by Sunday.
- Amazon reportedly wants to turn your hand into a credit card 01/18/2020While Amazon's plan is in the early stages, the company has reportedly begun working with Visa on testing out the terminals, and has discussed the project with Mastercard, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Synchrony Financial.
- NBCUniversal revealed a critical number about Peacock that sums up the streaming conundrum 01/18/2020The ARPU estimate of $6 to $7 showcases how Peacock is a significant new revenue stream but a lackluster replacement for cable revenues -- unless NBCUniversal can save a lot of money on content.
- How hackers are making millions — legally 01/18/2020When most people think about hackers, they think about criminals. But the past decade has seen a rise in a new type of hacker -- the "ethical hacker." These men and women use their skills for good by helping companies protect themselves.
- Davos elite back corporate social responsibility, but 'their words are bigger than their actions' 01/18/2020As the world battles climate change, homelessness and income inequality, CEOs are still bound by investors and profits.
- Buy these top stocks ahead of earnings, including Netflix and Guess, Wall Street analysts say 01/18/2020Wall Street analysts name their top picks ahead of earnings.
- A theory on who's doing all the buying that's pushing stocks higher and higher 01/18/2020Given a series of new highs for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq, the obvious question is who is doing all this buying?
- Stocks appear detached from reality, rallying for two things that may not happen 01/18/2020"The market is way ahead of its earnings," one market analyst said.
- In the stock market, it's become Apple, Microsoft and Alphabet vs everyone else 01/18/2020There's an unusually wide spread between the valuation of the most expensive stocks and the cheapest ones.
- World leaders in Davos confront a historic moment as critical to the future as the end of WWI 01/18/2020U.S. isolationism, European disunity, and growing nationalism and populism within democracies are among the issues confronting world leaders.
- Floods, road closures in Australia as storms lash some bushfire-hit regions 01/18/2020Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland are now dealing with heavy rain.
- Ex-NY congressman Chris Collins sentenced to 26 months for insider-trading tip to son 01/17/2020Former Rep. Chris Collins was sentenced for an illegal stock tip that he gave his son from the White House lawn about a company's failed drug trial.
- Bloomberg makes push to recruit wealthy donors – but not to take their money 01/17/2020Many of the Bloomberg team's targets are backing other candidates, but the effort could potentially put pressure on the donors to withhold funds from other contenders.
- Earnings will decide whether the market continues to hit new highs after another week of records 01/17/2020Earnings could be the biggest driver for stocks in the week ahead, as big tech, financial, consumer and industrial companies report.
- OPEC secretary general says oil demand has 'upside potential' 01/17/2020OPEC Secretary-General Mohammed Barkindo said Friday to CNBC that worldwide oil demand could surprise to the upside over the course of 2020.
- Here's what happened to the stock market on Friday 01/17/2020The major averages closed out a strong week with slight gains amid strong economic data and earnings results.
- Best Buy board investigating CEO Corie Barry for alleged misconduct 01/17/2020Best Buy's board is probing allegations that the CEO Corie Barry had an "inappropriate" relationship with another company executive, the Wall Street Journal said Friday.
- Trump administration eases firearm export rules 01/17/2020The Trump administration announced Friday that it will pass oversight of some commercial firearm exports from the State Department to the Commerce Department.
- Federal agency looking into Tesla driver complaints of sudden unintended acceleration 01/17/2020The U.S. agency that can mandate vehicle recalls, the NHTSA, is evaluating Tesla drivers' complaints of sudden unintended acceleration.
- Supreme Court to rule whether Electoral College voters can differ from state popular vote 01/17/2020The justices said they will decide if Electoral College voters have the right to cast ballots for candidates who didn't win their state's popular vote.
- Execs tell Congress how they've been burned by tech giants in a rare public rebuke 01/17/2020Representatives from Sonos, PopSockets, Basecamp and Tile told a House panel on Friday about what they see as unfair practices by the Big Tech firms.
- As stocks hit more and more records, there are signs traders may be getting way too euphoric 01/17/2020Wall Street may be getting a bit too excited about the stock market's hot start to the new year.
- Treasury brings back the 20-year bond to pay for the ballooning deficit 01/17/2020The Treasury Department is issuing a 20-year bond for the first time in 34 years to help pay for the ballooning $1 trillion dollar budget deficit.
- Major medical records vendor Epic Systems warns it will stop working with Google Cloud 01/17/2020Epic is phoning customers to explain that it's withdrawing support for Google Cloud, instead focusing on AWS and Microsoft Azure.
- Apple's App Store appeals process would make 'Kafka blush,' entrepreneur tells Congress 01/17/2020The entrepreneurs focused on Apple's App Store, which is the only way for most people to install software on an iPhone.
- The US is running a $1 trillion deficit, but politicians and investors don't see a problem 01/17/2020The U.S. released eye-popping numbers that show the budget deficit on course to cross $1 trillion, yet nobody seems to care.
- Job openings slide by more than half a million as the labor market tightens 01/17/2020Despite the big drop, openings still outnumber Americans considered unemployed by just under 1 million.
- Stocks rise slightly to end a record-setting week 01/17/2020Stocks rose slightly as Wall Street wrapped up a solid weekly performance amid strong economic data and a solid start to earnings season.
