Markets see worst day in months on FedEx slump

Markets see worst day in months on FedEx slump

A FedEx truck and cars commute on Highway 101 during heavy rain in San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States on December 20, 2023. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything … Read more

Shein grilled on China relationship, data privacy ahead of IPO

Shein grilled on China relationship, data privacy ahead of IPO

A sign hangs outside the Shein warehouse in Whitestown, Indiana, on Nov. 29, 2023. Scott Olson | Getty Images The chair of a powerful House committee is drilling down on Shein’s data privacy practices and its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party as the fast-fashion giant moves closer to a U.S. initial public offering.  Reps. … Read more

Apple fails in bid to delay Apple Watch sales ban

Apple fails in bid to delay Apple Watch sales ban

The Apple Watch Ultra 2 is seen as people lined up to buy the newly launched iPhone 15 and other Apple products at an Apple store in Palo Alto, California, on Sept. 22, 2023. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Apple has lost a bid to delay an impending Apple Watch import ban, … Read more

Pig butchering scam results in four indictments, two arrests: DOJ

Pig butchering scam results in four indictments, two arrests: DOJ

Las Vegas Review-journal | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Federal prosecutors have disrupted a so-called pig-butchering scheme that cost victims more than $80 million, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. Four men have been indicted and two arrests have been made in one of the most sweeping enforcement actions yet on a type … Read more

Pharma had a year full of firsts

Pharma had a year full of firsts

Soumyabrata Roy | Nurphoto | Getty Images Drugmakers are closing out a year when they achieved several historic firsts that will shape the pharmaceutical industry in 2024 and beyond.  The weight loss drug market transformed into the pharmaceutical industry’s newest gold rush this year, as demand for costly but highly effective treatments from Novo Nordisk … Read more

Six industrial-focused stocks in the portfolio — and why we like each one of them

Six industrial-focused stocks in the portfolio — and why we like each one of them

This year will certainly be known for tech reasserting its dominance on Wall Street. However, the powerful snapback rally of 2023 has broadened out over the past seven weeks or so to include companies whose fortunes are more closely tied to the U.S. economy. With the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes on pause and three … Read more

U.S. swaps Maduro ally for ‘Fat Leonard’ in Venezuela prisoner exchange

U.S. swaps Maduro ally for ‘Fat Leonard’ in Venezuela prisoner exchange

U.S. President Joe Biden pauses as he announces the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day for the next six months from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, as part of administration efforts to lower gasoline prices, during remarks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, … Read more

Over a half-billion dollars in rail freight stuck at Texas border

Over a half-billion dollars in rail freight stuck at Texas border

NBC NEWS — Pictured: Border Patrol Agents arrest 8 suspected illegals in Maverick County, near Eagle Pass, TX, as they try to ride a freight train into the United States from Mexico on February 27, 2007 — Photo by: Al Henkel/NBC NewsWire Nbc Newswire | Nbcuniversal | Getty Images Major railroads Union-Pacific and BNSF, a … Read more

10-year Treasury yield rises to start the week

10-year Treasury yield rises to start the week

The 10-year Treasury note yield rose Monday to start the last full trading week of 2023. The yield on the 10-year Treasury was about 2 basis points higher at 3.943%. On Thursday, the yield fell below the 4% level, hitting its lowest since July. The 2-year Treasury yield was little changed at 4.457%, below the … Read more

Tesla drivers had highest accident rate, BMW drivers most DUIs: study

Tesla drivers had highest accident rate, BMW drivers most DUIs: study

Tesla Model Y, equipped with FSD system. Three front facing cameras under windshield near rear view mirror.  Mark Leong | The Washington Post | Getty Images Tesla drivers in the U.S. were involved in accidents at a higher rate than drivers of any other brand of vehicle over the past year, according to a new … Read more