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Israeli police question Netanyahu aide over alleged October 7 call tampering

Probe comes as prime minister is already under pressure over separate investigation into leaks from his office

Trump plan to ‘end all taxes’ on overtime would benefit millions, but it’s going to be uphill battle

President-elect Trump has many tax cut plans and a promise to ‘end all taxes on overtime’, but in Congress, it’s ...

Mortgage rates may be stabilizing after the election. Here’s what to expect into early 2025

The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage was 6.78% on Nov. 14, unchanged from a week ago.

Shell’s Pyrrhic victory may well set the stage for more corporate climate accountability

The Court of Appeal found that it could not order Shell to reduce its emissions by 45% by 2030. Read ...

GM lays off 1,000 employees amid reorganization, cost-cutting

The layoffs, which were announced Friday morning via email to those impacted, were across the business.

The Trump trade that could have more to run as overall market loses steam

Stocks were closing out a losing week as last week’s election rally fizzles. But bank stocks could keep their momentum, ...

MassMutual’s first female CFO is retiring. Her successor is a woman too

Mary Jane (MJ) Fortin was named the next finance chief. Read More

British Museum chief Nicholas Cullinan: ‘I start with the idea that everything is possible’

The new director on transforming one of the world’s biggest cultural institutions, last year’s scandal over thefts — and what ...

Valuations at Musk’s SpaceX and xAI set to soar in new deals

Billionaire’s rocket builder plots huge share sale while AI start-up closes in on $5bn funding round

Goldman initiates a buy rating on this one-time pandemic stock darling, sees more than 50% upside

A number of catalysts could drive gains for Teladoc Health in the coming months, according to Goldman Sachs.

Chair of Labour Friends of India: The U.K. and India are close to a free trade agreement. It’s time to get it done

14 rounds of talks between the U.K. and India since 2022 have made good progress on 24 of the 26 ...

Ofsted proposes assessing schools on 10 areas of performance

System would replace old single-word assessments of overall standards

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Alibaba, Applied Materials, Ulta Beauty and more

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in premarket trading.

Elon Musk is hiring for his DOGE taskforce—but you’ll need to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting 

Only the smartest Americans most ideologically dedicated to the cause of shrinking government should consider polishing up their resumés, DOGE ...

Alibaba shares rise 5% in premarket after Chinese tech giant posts 58% jump in profit

The results come at a tricky time for Chinese commerce businesses, given the broad sluggishness in the world’s second-largest economy.

Bank of America says Trump’s win will unlock small-cap M&A and names possible takeover candidates

President-elect Donald Trump’s victory could boost merger and acquisition activity, and Bank of America thinks some small-cap stocks may benefit.

Meta is slapped with a $839 million antitrust fine for favoring one of its own services

Plus: The rise of Bluesky and Threads, another fine for Cruise, and Elon Musk’s own AI says he’s the chief ...

Jamie Dimon reveals why he wouldn’t take a job in the Trump administration 

President-elect Donald Trump has also ruled Jamie Dimon out of a place in his cabinet. Read More

The top 10 family offices for startup investments

CNBC partnered with Fintrx to analyze single family offices that made the largest number of investments in private startups in ...

How to trade in the Trump era

From bitcoin to navigating the new president’s Tudor court, investors should bear the following in mind

5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

This Berlin company is pioneering a chilling new €50-a-month cryogenics subscription

No one has ever been brought back to life after being cryopreserved, but proponents say recent advances in technology have ...

Trump Media has lost almost 50% of its value since a preelection rally sent the stock soaring

Many traders hoped to cash in on a possible Trump win—and once it happened, they sold. Read More

The FBI just raided the home of Polymarket’s founder. What does the future of electoral betting markets hold? 

VCs from Sequoia and Dragonfly on the future of prediction markets. Read More

Treasury yields tick higher as investors digest Powell’s comments, await further data

U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday as investors digested Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s latest comments, and await further economic ...

Bitcoin thief sentenced to 5 years in prison for stealing $1 billion in crypto and laundering it with his social-media rapper wife ‘Razzlekhan’

In August 2016, Ilya Lichtenstein hacked into a virtual currency exchange, Hong Kong-based Bitfinex, and stole approximately 120,000 bitcoin. Read ...

COP29 reveals world’s most polluting states and provinces are all in China—except for one U.S. exception

Seven states or provinces spew more than 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases, all of them in China—except Texas. ...

Advance Auto Parts is closing 500 stores and shedding 200 independent locations to try to turn its business around

North Carolina-based Advance Auto said that it would be reducing its U.S. footprint as part of a “strategic plan to ...

Donald Trump looks for one quality above all else as he fills his new administration

“I think he’s placing a premium on loyalty over governance. And that’s dangerous for the country.” Read More

U.S. finalizes $6.6 billion chips award for TSMC ahead of Trump return

The U.S. Commerce Department said it has finalized a $6.6 billion government subsidy for TSMC’s U.S. unit for semiconductor production ...