Haslam family sells Berkshire Hathaway Pilot Travel Centers share

Jimmy Haslam, CEO of Pilot Flying J. and Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Lacy O’Toole | CNBC The Haslam family on Tuesday said its Pilot Corporation had closed the sale of its remaining 20% ownership interest in truck-stop giant Pilot Travel Centers to Berkshire Hathaway. The same, whose terms were not disclosed, … Read more

Haley pressured by donors to beat Trump in New Hampshire

Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley is facing pressure from some of her top fundraisers to either seriously compete with, or outright defeat, Donald Trump in next week’s New Hampshire primary, after finishing third on Monday in the Iowa caucus. “I would still like to see her get somewhere, but the mountain she has to … Read more

Fed’s Christopher Waller advocates moving ‘carefully’ with rate cuts

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller acknowledged Tuesday that interest rate cuts are likely this year, but said the central bank can take its time relaxing monetary policy. The comments, delivered during a speech in Washington, D.C., seemed to counter market anticipation for aggressive easing this year. “As long as inflation doesn’t rebound and stay elevated, … Read more

Why 2024 will be ‘a very good year for savers,’ particularly with CDs

Simpleimages | Moment | Getty Images Higher interest rates were good news in 2023 for savers who were able to earn the best rates on their cash in years. Even with the possibility of looming rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, 2024 still stands to be a great year for returns on cash. “Yields are … Read more

Boeing 737 Max 9 review gets independent advisor

Alaska Airlines N704AL is seen grounded in a hangar at Portland International Airport in Portland, Oregon, on Jan. 9, 2024. Mathieu Lewis-rolland | Getty Images Boeing on Tuesday appointed retired Admiral Kirkland Donald to serve as a special advisor while the company grapples with the fallout from an Alaska Airlines midflight accident on a 737 … Read more

OpenAI quietly removes ban on military use of its AI tools

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, during an interview at Bloomberg House on the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 16, 2024. Chris Ratliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI has quietly walked back a ban on the military use of ChatGPT and its other artificial intelligence tools. The shift … Read more

Red Sea crisis poses “very real risk” to oil, Chevron CEO says

The crisis in the Red Sea poses serious risks to oil flows and prices could change quickly if tensions lead to a major supply disruption in the Middle East, Chevron CEO Michael Wirth told CNBC on Tuesday. “It’s a very serious situation and seems to be getting worse,” Wirth said in an interview at the … Read more

China’s Taiwan approach ‘has been counterproductive’

Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State, speaks with CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that China’s growing aggression toward Taiwan has undermined the country’s own interests. “I think the approach that they’ve shown in recent … Read more

We’re raising our Morgan Stanley stock price target despite post-earnings decline

Morgan Stanley on Tuesday morning reported an adjusted earnings-per-share beat. But as we saw with Wells Fargo on Friday, EPS had initially looked like a miss. That, coupled with Morgan Stanley’s new CEO expressing macro caution, set the tone for a tough session for the stock. Revenue for the three months ended Dec. 30 increased … Read more

Pentagon awards satellite contracts to L3Harris, Lockheed, Sierra Space

Lockheed Martin’s Tranche 0 Transport Layer satellites are seen in one of the company’s processing facilities. Lockheed Martin The Pentagon on Tuesday announced about $2.5 billion in contracts will go to L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, and Sierra Space to build satellites for an expanding military system. The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency is having the … Read more