Turkey opts for new tightening strategy after signaling pause to hikes

Turkey opts for new tightening strategy after signaling pause to hikes

A picture taken on August 14, 2018 shows the logo of Turkey’s Central Bank at the entrance of its headquarters in Ankara, Turkey. ADEM ALTAN | AFP | Getty Images Turkey’s central bank is opting for a different monetary tightening method as it grapples with climbing inflation, after previously signaling that its rate-hiking cycle was … Read more

Tech stocks slide as Nvidia conference and Fed meeting come into focus

Tech stocks slide as Nvidia conference and Fed meeting come into focus

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. (We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) Weakness on Wall Street: Stocks fell … Read more

Young Sydney motorcyclist dies after collision with car on M4 Motorway at Glenmore Park

Young Sydney motorcyclist dies after collision with car on M4 Motorway at Glenmore Park

A young motorcyclist has died in a two-vehicle crash in Sydney’s West. The 21-year-old man sustained critical injuries when his motorbike and a car collided on the M4 Motorway at Glenmore Park, just before the bridge crossing the Nepean River, shortly after 11pm Friday. Police officers were first to respond and performed CPR on the … Read more

Tesla settles racial discrimination lawsuit

Tesla settles racial discrimination lawsuit

Workers assemble cars on the line at Tesla’s factory in Fremont. David Butow (Photo by David Butow/Corbis via Getty Images) David Butow | Corbis News | Getty Images Electric vehicle maker Tesla has settled a racist discrimination lawsuit in which a federal jury previously awarded $3.2 million in damages to Owen Diaz, a Black man … Read more

Former Vice President Mike Pence will not endorse Trump in 2024

Former Vice President Mike Pence will not endorse Trump in 2024

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives to speak at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. October 28, 2023.  Steve Marcus | Reuters WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he would not endorse his former boss for president in the 2024 election. Pence revealed the … Read more

Laid-off techies struggle to find jobs with cuts at highest since 2001

Laid-off techies struggle to find jobs with cuts at highest since 2001

The Google office in New York on February 2, 2023. Ed Jones | Afp | Getty Images Allison Croisant, a data scientist with about a decade of experience in technology, was laid off by PayPal earlier this year, joining the masses of unemployed across her industry. Croisant has one word to describe the process of … Read more

Why Social Security cost-of-living adjustment may be smaller in 2025

Why Social Security cost-of-living adjustment may be smaller in 2025

Peopleimages | Istock | Getty Images Early estimates for the 2025 Social Security COLA New government data points to a 2.4% Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2025, The Senior Citizens League estimates, based on new government inflation data released this week. To be sure, that estimate is subject to change. The Social Security Administration typically … Read more

CEO of top ocean freight carrier says outlook has changed for economy

CEO of top ocean freight carrier says outlook has changed for economy

The Toronto Express container ship, operated by Hapag-Lloyd AG at the Port of Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany, on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Maria Feck | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd, the world’s fifth-largest ocean carrier, tells CNBC he has an improved view on trade for the rest of 2024. Conversations … Read more

Berry, berry big: Massive Australian blueberry shatters world record – National

Berry, berry big: Massive Australian blueberry shatters world record – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size This isn’t your average blueberry. A giant blueberry made the record books this week, capturing the Guinness World Record title of world’s heaviest blueberry for its scale-tipping weight of 20.4 grams — around ten times the average weight of a normal berry. The fruit was picked on … Read more