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Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X speaks during the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 6, 2024.  David Swanson | Reuters If a voter in Michigan performs a search on Google, a somewhat shocking ad might pop up.

Apple CEO Tim Cook opens WWDC 2024 in Cupertino, California, on June 10, 2024. Source: Apple The topic of greatest interest to analysts on Apple’s quarterly earnings call on Thursday was a product that’s not even available to the general public yet. Apple Intelligence, the company’s forthcoming artificial intelligence system, could spur a fresh cycle

An Eli Lilly & Co. Zepbound injection pen arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Thursday, March 28, 2024.  Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eli Lilly‘s weight loss drug Zepbound showed benefits in patients with a common type of heart failure and obesity, according to late-stage trial data the company

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, right, greets OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Microsoft‘s relationship with OpenAI has officially become more complicated. On Tuesday, Microsoft added the artificial intelligence startup to the list of competitors in the

Boeing has named Robert “Kelly” Ortberg to replace CEO Dave Calhoun, picking a longtime aerospace veteran from outside the company as the manufacturer struggles to regain its footing from its safety and manufacturing crises. He will start Aug. 8. Ortberg, 64, previously led major aerospace supplier Rockwell Collins, which later became Collins Aerospace, leading major

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to supporters in Atlanta, Georgia in her first visit to the city since accepting the candidacy. Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Ben Hendren | Sipa USA | via AP Images Vice President Kamala Harris pledged to lower costs for consumers by cracking down on high consumer prices and hidden fees, taking

Procter & Gamble on Tuesday reported weaker-than-expected quarterly revenue as disappointing demand in China weighed on the company’s results. Shares of the company fell 5% in morning trading. Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.40 adjusted vs. $1.37 expected

Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at West Allis Central High School on July 23, 2024 in West Allis, Wisconsin.  Jim Vondruska | Getty Images A “White Dudes for Harris” online fundraising and organizing rally raised well more than $3 million for the presidential campaign of

Airplanes from United and JetBlue and Delta populate the taxiway at Laguardia Airport in the Queens borough of New York City.  Bruce Bennett | Getty Images U.S. airlines are reducing their capacity through the end of the year in a bid to cool an oversupplied domestic market that has led to lower fares and reduced

Donald Trump during his speech at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, TN. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images NASHVILLE — Former President Donald Trump stopped short of promising to establish an official U.S. bitcoin strategic reserve currency during his Saturday keynote speech at the biggest bitcoin conference of the year.

The McDonald’s logo is displayed at a McDonald’s restaurant in Burbank, California, on July 22, 2024. Mario Tama | Getty Images Subway started phasing out its $5 footlong sandwiches a decade ago. But these days, other fast-food chains have revived the $5 price point, hoping to win over customers who have cut back their spending.

Wherever you stand on the issue of climate change, chances are you are already paying for it. Take the cost of homeowners insurance, up 27% nationwide since 2021, according to data compiled by online insurance marketplace Insurify. And in some states, it’s far worse, like Louisiana, where premiums are projected to rise 23% this year

Dexcom shares sank more than 40% on Friday, their steepest decline ever, after the diabetes management company reported disappointing revenue for the second quarter and offered weak guidance. The stock fell $43.85 to close at $64, wiping out more than $17 billion in market cap. Prior to Friday, the biggest drop came in September 2017,

An important gauge for the Federal Reserve showed inflation eased slightly from a year ago in June, helping to open the way for a widely anticipated September interest rate cut. The personal consumption expenditures price index increased 0.1% on the month and was up 2.5% from a year ago, in line with Dow Jones estimates,

Federal prosecutors have criminally charged the activist short seller and analyst Andrew Left with securities fraud related to allegedly using his public platform to illegally profit to the tune of at least $16 million from manipulating stock market activity contrary to positions he presented to the public from 2018 through 2023. Left and his hedge

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speech at the American Federation of Teachers’ 88th national convention in Houston, Texas, U.S. July 25, 2024.  Kaylee Greenlee Beal | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris debuted an official TikTok account on Thursday, underscoring the social broadcasting app’s importance to the 2024 presidential campaign as a way

Southwest Airlines on Thursday forecast a potential drop in unit revenue for the third quarter as an oversupplied U.S. market has forced airlines to discount tickets during what is usually the most lucrative period of the year. Southwest said unit revenue for the current quarter could fall as much as 2% over last year and

President Joe Biden will delivered a speech from the Oval Office to explain his decision to drop out of the presidential race against former President Donald Trump, and laid out his plan for the remaining months of his term. It was the first time Biden has addressed the nation since exiting the race and endorsing

Google parent company Alphabet reported second-quarter results after the bell Tuesday that were in-line with analyst estimates on revenue and earnings, but missed on YouTube advertising revenue. Alphabet shares were down about 2% in after-hours trading. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings: $1.89 a share vs. $1.84

Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.  Apu Gomes | Getty Images As Tesla CEO Elon Musk continues to make lofty promises about his company’s future in autonomous driving and