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A view of a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid on display before the game between the Washington Nationals and the Tampa Bay Rays against the at Nationals Park on April 03, 2023 in Washington, DC. ( G Fiume | Getty Images DETROIT — Second-quarter U.S. vehicle sales are turning into a tale of haves and have nots,

Zeroth W1, produced by Lexiang Technology, has obtained the Wall-E IP authorization for the Disney animated film “RoboCop” and will be unveiled at AWE 2026 in Shanghai, China on March 15, 2026. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Alibaba-affiliate Ant Group is ramping up its move into humanoid robots. Ant has led

A worker at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant on April 30, 2025. Michael Wayland | CNBC The U.S. automotive industry is entering a new phase of uncertainty as the USMCA trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada is not expected to be extended by Wednesday, triggering what could be a yearslong review process or

Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on July 1, 2026, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the ruling Chinese Communist Party. Eunice Yoon | CNBC BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday emphasized the global influence of the ruling Communist Party of China as he marked

Nike on Tuesday posted quarterly earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street expectations, despite another sales decline in its key China market. Here’s what Nike reported for its fiscal fourth quarter compared with analysts expectations, according to consensus estimates from LSEG: Earnings per share: 20 cents adjusted vs. 13 cents expected Revenue: $10.97 billion vs.

U.S.-based cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike has warned of increasing cyberattacks from China-based entities aimed at stealing artificial intelligence to narrow the tech gap with the U.S. Bill Hinton | Moment Mobile | Getty Images Cyberattacks aimed at stealing American artificial intelligence technology are increasingly expanding from tech-based attacks to the exploitation of human-level vulnerabilities, with China-based actors playing

Comcast logo on the wall of a building at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, July 18, 2019. Roberto Machado Noa | Lightrocket | Getty Images Analysts think Comcast is priming for deals. Comcast leadership says they’re wrong. The company announced Monday it plans to separate its two primary businesses — cable broadband and the media

Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 29, 2025. NYSE Small-cap U.S. stocks are capping off one of their strongest first halves in decades. But this is not your ordinary small-cap boom led by traditional businesses linked to the economic cycle. This run, like the one going on with their larger-cap peers,

Eli Lilly and Regeneron are among the first seven companies the U.S. Food and Drug Administration selected for a pilot program designed to accelerate reviews of new domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, CNBC has learned. Lilly, Regeneron, Amneal, Cellares, Fujifilm Biotechnologies, Kriya Therapeutics and Kyowa Kirin are the first companies that will participate in the FDA’s

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images The outlook for an initial public offering from artificial intelligence platform OpenAI is changing after a New York Times report said the company may delay a debut on the public market until next

Woman applying estrogen patch during hormone therapy. Halfpoint Images | Moment | Getty Images Estrogen patches are in short supply as demand for the menopause medications skyrockets, and it could take at least a year for manufacturers to catch up. Prescriptions of estrogen patches have increased 162% over the past two years, according to data

A container ship is berthed at the container terminal in Qingdao, China’s eastern Shandong province on June 25, 2026. – | Afp | Getty Images China’s economy is showing signs of picking up, thanks in part to a rebound in shipments to the U.S. “Manufacturing saw the clearest improvement. Retail sales recovered nicely,” according to

HP computers at a Best Buy store on Black Friday in New York, Nov. 28, 2025. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images As the global artificial intelligence race accelerates, memory chips are getting more expensive. As a result, costs of some consumer electronics are beginning to rise for retailers and consumers alike. Memory

Signage at the Situation Room by Polymarket pop-up bar in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 20, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has an ongoing, extensive investigation into prediction market platform Polymarket, according to a person familiar with the inquiry.  The Wall Street Journal first reported the

Ten years ago, a record 17.6 million cars, trucks and SUVs were sold in the U.S. Some forecasts say the country might not come close to that number again. Analysts at consulting firm Bain & Company said several signs indicate the market is about to shrink even more. Falling birth rates, behavioral changes, high car

The best government bond market may be outside the United States. Allspring Global Investments’ George Bory is pushing clients toward countries whose central banks are raising interest rates or have different inflation dynamics. “Bond markets everywhere have rushed to price inflation. Places like the UK, certainly across Europe, even places like Australia — we’ve seen

Kohl’s was once a retail darling, carving out market share as a department store catering to the middle-income American consumer with coupons and deals that drove loyalty. But over the past five years, Kohl’s stock has lost nearly 70% of its value, plummeting as the retailer reported weak sales. As department stores struggle to stay

The stock of SpaceX continues its consolidation phase on the New York Stock Exchange one week after its Nasdaq listing. Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images SpaceX became one of the quickest additions ever to the Nasdaq-100 index, setting up a fresh wave of buying from passive investors less than a month after the

Hollywood is having its best summer since before the pandemic, and that hot streak is putting the annual box office on pace to cross $10 billion for the first time in seven years. The season, which runs from the first weekend in May through Labor Day, has tallied $1.8 billion so far through Sunday. That’s

Veteran investor Jeremy Grantham thinks the artificial intelligence boom has pushed the U.S. stock market to its most expensive level ever and could eventually lead to a historic decline. “Based on the value of the stock market compared to GDP, with modifications, this is the most expensive market in American history,” Grantham told CNBC’s “Squawk