Month: August 2022
Your iPhone may finally show the battery percentage on the home screen again
Apple’s iOS 16 Beta 5 shows battery percentage Todd Haselton | CNBC The fifth beta version of iOS 16 has a feature many iPhone users have been missing: The battery percentage in the status bar at the top of the screen. The notched display in the iPhone X, released in 2017, left little room for […]
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Carried interest provision is cut from Inflation Reduction Act. How this tax break works, and how it benefits high-income taxpayers
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., on Capitol Hill on Sept. 30, 2021. Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images Senate Democrats passed a historic package of climate, healthcare and tax provisions on Sunday. But one proposed tweak to the tax code — a modification of so-called carried interest rules […]
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Trump complained U.S. generals lacked the loyalty German generals showed Hitler, book says
Colonel General Kurt Zeitzler talking to Adolf Hitler, prior to the revolt of Hitler’s generals, circa 1944. Keystone | Hulton Archive | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump complained to then-White House Chief of Staff John Kelly that American generals were not as loyal to him as he believed German generals had been to Nazi […]
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Biden authorizes largest yet weapons package for Ukraine, bringing U.S. commitment to $9.8 billion
Ukraine was already stocking up on U.S.-made Javelins before Russia invaded. Here a group of Ukrainian servicemen take a shipment of Javelins in early February, as Russia positioned troops on Ukraine’s border. Sergei Supinsky | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – The Biden administration announced a $1 billion security assistance package for Ukraine on Monday, […]
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More human remains are found in receding reservoir near Las Vegas
A formerly sunken boat is currently stuck nearly upright in a now-dry section of lakebed at the drought-stricken Lake Mead on June 23, 2022 in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada. The U.S. Mario Tama | Getty Images Lake Mead, a federal park as well as the country’s largest reservoir, has unveiled yet more secrets as […]
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Boeing Dreamliner deliveries to resume in the ‘coming days,’ FAA says
An American Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner approaches for a landing at the Miami International Airport on December 10, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Boeing is expected to resume deliveries of its 787 Dreamliners in the coming days, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday. Deliveries of the wide-body jetliners have been suspended […]
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3 takeaways from the Investing Club’s ‘Morning Meeting’ on Monday
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. Nvidia’s warning is a reset The bad news didn’t tank the market The Inflation Reduction Act could be bad for the market 1. Nvidia’s warning is a reset Nvidia (NVDA) […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Bed Bath & Beyond, AMC, First Solar, Palantir and more
An AMC theatre is pictured amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 27, 2021. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Bed Bath & Beyond, AMC — Shares surged 41% and 13% respectively as social media traders appeared […]
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Consumer confidence in the housing market hits the lowest point in over a decade
A sign stands outside an upscale home for sale in the Lake Pointe Subdivision of Austin, Texas. Ed Lallo | Bloomberg | Getty Images Consumer confidence in the housing market dropped to the lowest level since 2011, as both prospective buyers and sellers have become more pessimistic, according to a monthly survey released Monday by […]
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Japanese giant SoftBank dumps its entire stake in Uber as losses mount at its investment unit
SoftBank on Monday disclosed that it sold its remaining stake in U.S. ride-hailing giant Uber as the Japanese conglomerate looks to raise cash amid mounting losses at its investment unit. The move comes after SoftBank’s Vision Fund, its technology investment vehicle, reported a 2.93 trillion Japanese yen ($21.68 billion) loss for the June quarter, one […]
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