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A Falcon 9 rocket launches a Starlink mission on January 31, 2023 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. SpaceX Amazon bought three rocket launches from SpaceX for its Project Kuiper internet satellites, the tech giant announced on Friday. The move is a surprise from Amazon, given the company’s Kuiper system aims to compete with

In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Pfizer’s twice-daily version of its experimental weight loss pill has now joined a long list of other scrapped drugs that aimed to treat obesity but came with unintended consequences.  The drugmaker on Friday said it will stop developing

In this article PARA WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Media stocks jumped Friday following a Wall Street Journal report that Apple and Paramount Global are in early-stage talks to offer a bundle of the two company’s streaming platforms. The companies have talked about bundling Apple TV+

A Panera Bread mango yuzu citrus charged lemonade is displayed at a Panera Bread restaurant in Novato, California, on Nov. 1, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Panera Bread has confidentially filed to go public again, people familiar with the matter told CNBC. The restaurant chain, known for its soups, sandwiches and bagels, has been

In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pfizer on Friday said it would stop developing the twice-daily version of its experimental weight loss pill after obese patients taking the drug lost significant weight but had trouble tolerating the drug in a mid-stage clinical study.  The drugmaker observed high rates of adverse side

In this article DIS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nelson Peltz, founder and chief executive officer of Trian Fund Management, during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute Priority Summit in Miami, Florida, US, on Thursday, March 30, 2023. Marco Bello | Bloomberg | Getty Images Activist investor Nelson Peltz and his firm are seeking

In this article NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A 0.25 mg injection pen of Novo Nordisk’s weight loss drug Wegovy is shown in this photo in Oslo, Norway, on Aug. 31, 2023. Victoria Klesty | Reuters Novo Nordisk on Thursday said it sued two compounding pharmacies in Florida for allegedly selling impure and

Pending home sales, a measure of signed contracts on existing homes, dropped 1.5% in October from September. They hit the lowest level since the National Association of Realtors began tracking this metric in 2001, meaning it’s even worse than readings during the financial crisis over a decade ago. Sales were down 8.5% from October of

In this article 7267.T-JP RIVN TSLA 7203.T-JP LCID Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, middle, visits striking UAW Local 551 workers outside a Ford assembly center on South Burley Avenue on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Chicago.  John J. Kim | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The United

Thomas Wilson of the LA Mad Drops hits a volley shot during the MLP Mesa Premier League Championships at Legacy Sports USA on January 29, 2023 in Mesa, Arizona. Bruce Yeung  | Getty Images Pickleball’s rapid growth may be coming back down to reality. Major League Pickleball is requesting that players consent to compensation reductions

In this article GM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT United Auto Workers members strike the General Motors Lansing Delta Assembly Plant on September 29, 2023 in Lansing, Michigan.  Bill Pugliano | Getty Images General Motors expects new labor contracts with the United Auto Workers and Canadian union Unifor to increase its costs by $9.3

Rupert Murdoch arrives at the Sun Valley Resort of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 10, 2018. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Rupert Murdoch is being deposed Tuesday as part of the $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit filed against Fox Corp. by the voting technology company Smartmatic, a

In this article AMZN FOXA CMCSA PARA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, 2023: Birds Of A Feather Stream Together – Peacock Float NBC | NBCUniversal | Getty Images Thanksgiving TV viewership gave media companies a lot to be grateful for this year. A range of events over the holiday broke

In this article RIVN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Rivian electric pickup truck sits in a parking lot at a Rivian service center in South San Francisco, California, on May 9, 2022. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Rivian on Monday started leasing select models of its all-electric R1T pickup truck, a move to

In this article DIS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ariana DeBose stars as Asha in Disney’s new animated film “Wish.” Disney Disney needs to do more than wish on some stars to get out of its animation rut. Its latest animated feature “Wish,” billed as a celebration of 100 years of storytelling, fumbled at

A Shein Group Ltd. pop-up store inside a Forever-21 store in the Times Square neighborhood of New York, US, on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023.  Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shein has confidentially filed to go public in the U.S. as the Chinese-founded fast fashion juggernaut looks to expand its global reach with a

A pharmacist displays a box of Mounjaro, a tirzepatide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes and made by Lilly at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, May 29, 2023. George Frey | Reuters The blockbuster diabetes drug Mounjaro is more effective for weight loss than another highly popular treatment, Ozempic, in overweight or

Target hosted a free “Winter Wonderland” event in New York City to show off the holiday season’s hottest toys. It’s an example of the extra effort that retailers are putting in to motivate shoppers. Melissa Repko | CNBC NEW YORK CITY — On a recent weekend in downtown Manhattan, a long line of families with

Melis82 | Istock | Getty Images It has never been easy for small or independent music venues to turn a profit. Now, with inflated operating costs, some owners are struggling to keep ticket prices affordable for audiences and take chances on lesser-known artists. The past year has seen music fans roaring back to large stadiums

Anastasiia Krivenok | Moment | Getty Images Online spending on Thanksgiving Day jumped 5.5% compared to a year ago, according to Adobe Analytics, a reflection of holiday shoppers who are buying more of their gifts online and responding to discounts. E-commerce sales totaled $5.6 billion on the holiday. That’s nearly twice as much as the