Facebook owner Meta to share data with UK banks to counter scams

Facebook owner Meta to share data with UK banks to counter scams

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Facebook parent company Meta on Wednesday said that it’s working with two leading banks in the U.K. on an information-sharing arrangement to help protect consumers from fraud. Meta said it was expanding its Fraud Intelligence Reciprocal Exchange (FIPE) to enable U.K. banks to directly share information with the … Read more

Meta sued for hiring employee accused of stalking

Meta sued for hiring employee accused of stalking

A logo of US company’s Meta is displayed during the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on May 22, 2024. Julien De Rosa | Afp | Getty Images A former Meta staffer who was placed on a “Do Not Hire” list after he stalked and harassed … Read more

PayPal CEO Alex Chriss first year praised by Wall Street, stock pop Q3

PayPal CEO Alex Chriss first year praised by Wall Street, stock pop Q3

Alex Chriss, CEO of PayPal Inc. Courtesy: PayPal In January, about a hundred days into his job as PayPal CEO, Alex Chriss told CNBC’s David Faber that the payments company hadn’t had much to celebrate in recent years. But Chriss confidently said he was prepared to “shock the world.” “I love being an underdog,” Chriss … Read more

Cramer sees Abbott becoming a buying opportunity — but timing is key

Cramer sees Abbott becoming a buying opportunity — but timing is key

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. 1. Wall Street started the week off slightly lower on the last day of September — historically the worst month of the year, but not this year. During Monday’s Morning … Read more

These 3 ugly duckling stocks will become beautiful swans Fed cuts rates

These 3 ugly duckling stocks will become beautiful swans Fed cuts rates

It always turns out the same way: No matter what people might say, the beginning of an interest rate cycle always causes a change in command in the stock market. You must always change your mind, hold your nose, and buy what look to be some of the weakest names — the stocks that do … Read more

After a week of records, there’s one main market event that could change everything

After a week of records, there’s one main market event that could change everything

The S & P 500 index dipped Friday but logged its third straight weekly gain on the back of three record closes last week. For the week, the S & P 500 rose just over 0.6%; the Dow Jones Industrial Average , which closed at another record Friday, gained almost 0.6%; the Nasdaq advanced nearly … Read more

OpenAI’s CFO says funding round should close by next week in letter

OpenAI’s CFO says funding round should close by next week in letter

OpenAI’s Sora AI tool allows users to create AI-generated videos from text-based inputs. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar is looking to reassure its investors that the richly valued artificial intelligence startup is still in a strong position and is poised to close a big funding round soon, despite losing top … Read more

Google backs Distance, startup bringing mixed reality to cars, planes

Google backs Distance, startup bringing mixed reality to cars, planes

Distance Technologies develops a product that it says can turn any transparent surface into an augmented-reality display. Distance Technologies Distance Technologies, a Finnish startup that aims to bring mixed-reality technology to any car windshield or plane cockpit, has raised 10 million euros ($11.1 million) of funding from GV, the venture capital arm of Alphabet and … Read more

Facebook’s misinformation problem has local election officials on edge

Facebook’s misinformation problem has local election officials on edge

Voters cast their mail-in ballots at a ballot drop box outside Maricopa County Recorder and Elections Department southeast Mesa office during the Arizona state primary election in Mesa, Arizona, U.S. July 30, 2024.  Rebecca Noble | Reuters Derek Bowens has never had such an important job. He’s the director of elections in Durham County, North … Read more

AI-adjacent companies may be the next big play

AI-adjacent companies may be the next big play

Inside one of Equinix’s internal operations at Equinix Data Center in Ashburn, Virginia, on May 9, 2024.  Amanda Andrade-Rhoades | The Washington Post | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where … Read more