Day: November 23, 2025
Dow futures rise 200 points as market attempts rebound into the holiday week: Live updates
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 4, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures climbed in overnight trading Sunday as the market seeks to rebound into the Thanksgiving holiday week after a slide that’s knocked the air out of this year’s AI bull run. Futures on the Dow Jones […]
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Google’s new AI model puts OpenAI, the great conundrum of this market, on shakier ground
Almost every night, for almost a decade, I got a phone call between 7:00 and 7:01 p.m. ET. I didn’t have to look at the three letters on my phone screen to know who was ringing. It was the old man we called Pop, or more like “The Old Man of the Mountain,” as he […]
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Bessent believes there won’t be a recession in 2026 but says some sectors are challenged
Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, arrives to speak during a site expansion groundbreaking ceremony at the Boeing South Carolina (BSC) manufacturing facility in North Charleston, South Carolina, US, on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. Sean Rayford | Bloomberg | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday the U.S. was not at risk of entering […]
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‘Wicked: For Good’ soars to $150 million domestic opening
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star in Universal’s “Wicked: For Good.” Universal Universal’s “Wicked: For Good” defied gravity at the box office, snaring an estimated $150 million from domestic ticket sales. It marks the second-highest opening weekend for a film released in 2025, just behind Warner Bros.’ “A Minecraft Movie,” which tallied $163 million back […]
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Mining giant BHP makes renewed takeover bid for rival Anglo American, source says
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mining company BHP has made a renewed takeover approach to rival Anglo American, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday, just months after the London-listed miner agreed merger plans with Canada’s Teck Resources to create a global copper-focused heavyweight. Anglo American declined to comment. BHP did […]
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Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing economy
If you are holding onto your aging printer or cracked smartphone longer than you had planned, you are not alone. Heather Mitchell, 69, retired and living in Tucson, Arizona, is content with her phone even though it is old by smartphone standards. “My Samsung Galaxy A71 is six-years-old. It’s hanging in there surprisingly well for […]
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More companies are shifting workers to passwordless authentication
It’s safe to say that no one is crazy about passwords. For chief information security officers, there’s the nightmare of employees leaving lists of passwords on their desks or putting them on Post-it notes on their computers. For workers, there’s the inconvenience of having to enter multiple passwords to gain access to various devices and […]
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Stop saying ‘don’t cry’—to raise confident, emotionally intelligent kids, use these 5 phrases instead
It’s natural to want to comfort a child when they’re crying. When parents see their kid hurting physically or emotionally, they often want to do anything in their power to stop their heartache. As a dual certified child life specialist and therapist, I’ve heard parents and even health care workers telling kids “don’t cry” while […]
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‘Painful’ ambition can ruin your career, leadership coach says—how to heal your relationship with success
Amina AlTai has always been a high achiever. As a child of immigrants, she was told to “keep your head down, work really hard, and if you do that, you’ll have everything you want,” she tells CNBC Make It. Her early career looked “great on paper,” she says: AlTai opened her own marketing agency in […]
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Microsoft faces uphill climb to turn enterprise dominance into widespread AI chatbot adoption
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Microsoft Build AI Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Adek Berry | AFP | Getty Images On Microsoft’s earnings call last month, CEO Satya Nadella boasted about the company’s artificial intelligence products, and said over 150 million people are using its Copilot assistant for productivity, cybersecurity, coding […]
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