A popular influencer admitted that she regrets not installing a fence around her family’s pool because it ‘could have saved’ her toddler from drowning – after it was revealed that her husband was distracted by the TV when the boy died. Mommy blogger Emilie Kiser broke her silence Thursday in a lengthy social media post detailing the unimaginable pain she …
Read More »KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cincinnati will be playing a home game in Nebraska’s own backyard Thursday night. The crowd, most of which will be making a relatively short drive south to Arrowhead Stadium, will be almost entirely behind the Huskers. So, why did the Bearcats agree to play in Kansas City, Missouri? Money, for one thing, and that’s no …
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Key takeaways: Bitcoin surged 5% to $117,300 after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted at an upcoming interest rate cut, liquidating $379.88 million in shorts. Analysts say the BTC “uptrend is back,” with the potential to hit $200,000 before the end of the year. Bitcoin (BTC) took out the ask liquidity above $117,000 on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome …
Read More »Matt Hutton was living the millennial homeowner dream. He scrimped and saved until he was able to buy his first place in 2019, paying $324,000 for a two-bedroom townhome in a suburb west of Denver. When mortgage rates dropped to record lows during the pandemic, he refinanced to slash his interest costs. Then home values ballooned, enabling him to sell …
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday confirmed the U.S. government is vying for a 10% stake in Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in an unusual deal that would deepen the Trump administration’s financial ties with major computer chip manufacturers and punctuate a dramatic about-face from the president’s recent push to oust the company’s CEO. READ MORE: …
Read More »SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday confirmed the U.S. government is vying for a 10% stake in Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in an unusual deal that would deepen the Trump administration’s financial ties with major computer chip manufacturers and punctuate a dramatic about-face from the president’s recent push to oust the company’s CEO. The ambitions …
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Samsung managed to claw back some US market share from Apple recently, and it comes as the company’s efforts with foldables are finally seeing some level of success. Data shared by Canalys late last month showed that Apple shrunk year-over-year in Q2. The company still commands a whopping 49% of the US market, but that’s down from 56% the year …
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(Bloomberg) — Some of the world’s wealthiest people joined Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in buying shares of embattled insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. in the second quarter. Most Read from Bloomberg George Soros’ investment firm, the family office of a Swedish packaging dynasty and Michael Platt’s BlueCrest Capital Management all increased their stakes in UnitedHealth last quarter, according to 13F …
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A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Sport newsletter with Alex Sherman, which brings you the biggest news and exclusive interviews from the worlds of sports business and media. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. The big sports business news this week was Paramount’s surprising $1.1 billion-per-year acquisition of UFC rights, starting in …
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BET Networks is no longer being shopped to third-party buyers, the new leadership regime at Paramount-Skydance confirmed Wednesday as top executives gathered for a wide-ranging Q&A with journalists. David Ellison, CEO of the studio that he acquired last week, told reporters that BET and its content franchises would be a key part of the new regime’s streaming strategy. Ellison said …
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