Oil falls as renewed diplomatic efforts to end Mideast conflict ease supply concerns
Renewed diplomatic efforts to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran pushed oil prices lower
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RedotPay weighs confidential US IPO filing by year-end: Bloomberg
The stablecoin payments company previously disputed reports that its US listing had been delayed.
HSBC reports third-quarter pretax profit in line with estimates on net interest income boost
HSBC announced its third-quarter earnings on Tuesday.
China industrial profits post strongest growth in three months, rising 14.4%
The global AI boom and higher commodity prices stemming from the war in Iran have lifted earnings at miners, chipmakers and raw-material suppliers.
Netflix Taps Former Apple Exec Steve Wilson To Lead Podcast Acquisitions
Steve Wilson has been tapped to head Netflix’s podcast division as it seeks new growth opportunities, Deadline has learned. The former Apple Podcasts executive has been contracted by the streamer to lead the company’s podcast acquisitions. Wilson had spent 15 years at Apple, where he worked across editorial, partner relations, and marketing. He left in […]
China and Russia are redrawing Arctic trade. Can Europe fight back?
China and Russia are tightening their grip on Arctic shipping routes, turning the rapidly warming region into a new geopolitical battleground with Europe.
Netflix Hires Steve Wilson to Lead Podcast Content Acquisition
Netflix has hired Steve Wilson to head its podcast expansion, Variety has confirmed. Wilson will lead the company’s podcast content acquisitions on a contract basis. Before heading to Netflix, Wilson spent 15 years at Apple, where he worked across editorial, marketing and partner relations for the network’s shows. He left Apple in Dec. 2020, and […]
Bank of Japan is expected to hold rates this week — but stay hawkish: CNBC survey
All survey respondents said they expect the BOJ to set the stage for a rate hike in December or January, as inflation and wages continue to rise.
CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: The 'cliff' beneath China's cities
Beijing has room to borrow, but heavily indebted local governments are cutting back, raising the stakes for growth and for how China manages its local debt.
Brick has become essential for reducing screentime during the day. Its new device is curbing you pre-bed scroll
Since it launched in September 2023, Brick—the NFC-enabled productivity tool that lets users tap their phone to block a set list of apps—has become a popular way to get people to limit their screen time. Now, the company wants to bring the simplicity of its flagship product into the bedroom to help people get a good night’s sleep sans smartphone. Brick Night, launched Oct. 22, is only the second product from Brick, and it’s designed to make cutting out smartphone distraction effortless—removing the need to tap your phone at all. “After years of using Brick and talking with the people who use it, we’ve seen that boundaries work best when they’re built into your life,” Brick Co-founder TJ Driver tells Fast Company. “A natural next step was protecting physical spaces, so Brick Night builds on that foundation by automatically blocking distracting apps when you’re in your set space.” Brick Night uses Bluetooth to automatically block apps on a phone when the user enters their bedroom—or whatever room they want to be distraction-free. [Photo: Brick] To set up, users choose a list of apps to be blocked and set a duration for the block. Then, once Brick Night detects their phone nearby, th…
Netflix Hires Former Apple Exec Steve Wilson to Lead Podcast Acquisitions
The streaming giant made its first big move into podcasts in fall 2025.
Israeli election draws tens of thousands of citizens flying back to vote
Tens of thousands of Israelis are returning home to vote in a tight election.
Jim Cramer warns this overlooked danger could threaten the market rally
CNBC’s Jim Cramer warned that a flood of massive IPOs could threaten the bull market's rally.
Bessent dines at Cheesecake Factory, slams Obama over Trump joke
Cheesecake Factory has emerged as a campaign talking point before next week's election, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dining there Monday.
Microsoft offers buyouts to nearly 30% of workforce in ongoing AI shift
Software giant has been cutting headcount to trim costs while investing billions to build out AI data centers.
Trump offers $1 million for tipoffs leading to vote fraud conviction as midterms approach
US President Donald Trump on Monday pledged a $1 million reward for information on voter fraud leading to conviction ahead of the upcoming 2026 US midterms on November 3. The president gave no details of how the reward would be funded or administered. The comments follow his repeated false claims that he won the 2020 presidential election.
Wendy’s store closures: Franchisee could close another 60 locations in Chapter 11 bankruptcy
One of Wendy’s biggest franchisees is moving to potentially close as many as 60 restaurants, adding to the dozens of stores that it has already closed this year. The move comes after the franchisee, Meritage Hospitality Group, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan on September 17, 2026. At the time of its September bankruptcy filing, Meritage operated 314 Wendy’s locations. Michigan-based Meritage is seeking approval to close at least 20 but no more than 60 stores, with potential closures to take place over the coming weeks through November 13. Which Wendy’s restaurants will close? The latest filing doesn’t name specific locations. It notes that specific closings will be determined and disclosed later. As Fast Company previously reported, Meritage has already closed 33 underperforming stores since filing for bankruptcy last month. The closures across nine states were required by the company’s lenders as a condition for Meritage to continue using cash during the bankruptcy process. In addition, the franchisee had shuttered around 60 underperforming stores before its September bankruptcy filing. Those cl…
JetBlue posts bigger loss on fuel costs, but CEO says margins improving
JetBlue Airways is in the middle of a plan that aims to cut costs and increase premium revenue.
Trump promised 300,000 tons of beef imports at lower tariff rates to reduce grocery costs. Instead, shipments have lagged and prices haven’t budged
“The simple assumption there was that if we can just increase supply of beef in the U.S., that should lower prices. Unfortunately, the beef industry is much more complex than that.”
Pentagon orders bases to plan for 90 days without the grid as Britain urges families to stockpile food and water
From nuclear microreactors on military bases to canned food in British kitchens, two allied governments are bracing for cyberattacks and sabotage that could knock out essential services before a shot is fired.
A $44 million superhero horror film won the box office this weekend. A $7 million documentary came within $5 million of beating it
DC Studios’ R-rated ‘Clayface’ opened at No. 1, Laika’s ‘Wildwood’ debuted in third, and Paramount’s ‘Street Fighter’ lost nearly three-quarters of its audience, while A24’s ‘You Can See Everything’ grew 25% in its second weekend.
‘The President is not above the law’: Judge finds DOJ illegally fired James Comey’s daughter
Comey, an assistant U.S. attorney for a decade, was fired in July 2025 despite her work on some of the nation’s highest-profile cases.
France has a plan to calm furious students. There’s just one catch: Macron won’t be president when it happens
After weeks of protests over education and living costs, France promised to overhaul university admissions in 2028, after Macron leaves office.
Why Marissa Mayer’s AI parenting anecdote received such a strong reaction on social media
Many people use AI for routine tasks like drafting emails or answering quick questions. But former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer used it for something that users on social media aren’t necessarily thrilled about. In a New York Times interview published over the weekend, Mayer revealed that when tasked with coming up with three bullet points to summarize what made her 10-year-old daughter special, she asked AI for help. “It came back and was like, your daughter is empathetic, creative, and an animal lover,” Mayer told the New York Times. Mayer served as Yahoo’s CEO from 2012 to 2017 and was Google’s first female engineer. She now runs an AI startup called Dazzle, which launched in September after raising $8 million in seed funding last year. “This is so bleak” To source the bullet points, Mayer used Dazzle AI, an AI personal assistant that relies on one’s camera roll rather than text. While Mayer allegedly found the response perfect, users on social media are thinking otherwise, with most pointing out the bizarre or disappointing nature of offloading human emotions and parenting to an agent. “This is so bleak,” political commentator Keith Edwards wrote on X, in a post with 1.9 million vi…
‘Imposed significant financial harm’: 20 states join the FTC in suing Dollar General for ‘deceptive pricing practices’ despite ‘corporate knowledge’
The complaint said that Dollar General failed to correct the issue despite what it said was “extensive corporate knowledge of the problem.”
Two of three appeals judges appear skeptical of Justice Department push to hold California ballots from 20,000 flagged voters
The Trump administration has made efforts to identify noncitizen voters a priority this year, even though noncitizen voting is exceptionally rare.
It’s not just journalists suing Trump over White House media bans anymore. Now their readers are too
A teacher, a student journalist and four others argue Trump’s White House media bans violate the public’s First Amendment rights.
NBA partners with Kalshi and Polymarket as official prediction markets
The NBA has struck deals that will make Kalshi and Polymarket the league’s preferred prediction markets, along with an agreement with a federal agency tasked with regulating those exchanges. Those agreements, announced Monday, are intended to provide “significant integrity protections for NBA-related markets,” including limitations on what can be offered on those exchanges, transparency when it comes to suspicious patterns by site users, and banning league and team personnel from making trades related to league events. The prediction markets will have “information-sharing obligations relating to investigations and suspicious trading,” the NBA said. The NBA has had similar guardrails in place with its sportsbook partners for some time and has cited instances where that system has flagged irregularities in betting patterns. “If you’re going to be betting on our games or trading on our games or playing fantasy around our games, it’s better for it to be regulated than unregulated,” said Scott Kaufman-Ross, the NBA’s head of media distribution and partnerships. “And clearly, our fans have interest in this activity. So, we’re in a better position to protect the integrity of our games in…
Democrats train tens of thousands of poll watchers as the Justice Department plans its largest-ever Election Day monitoring
“We’ve never done this before,” said DNC vice chair Jane Kleeb, as Democrats prepare for possible federal interference at polling places.
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