How DoorDash, OpenTable, And Resy Are Battling For Tables

From CNBC. OpenTable has long been the largest restaurant reservation platform– but its success has been challenged by competitor Resy and new entrants like DoorDash, which acquired hospitality platform SevenRooms in 2025. The restaurant industry has become a focal point for credit card companies. Resy’s total number of bookable venues has seen more than a…

The Quiet Fallout From Higher ACA Premiums

From CNBC. More than a million Americans have left the ACA marketplace in 2026 as premium payments spike following the expiration of enhanced subsidies. Data analyzed by KFF show average costs for subsidized enrollees who keep the same plan have more than doubled year-over-year. For many households, that means making difficult trade-offs. CNBC’s Greg Iacurci…

What We Still Don’t Know About Trump Accounts

From CNBC. Trump accounts, a tax-advantaged investment account for minors created under President Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill,’ are set to open in July. It’s still unclear when families can expect to see funding from employers and philanthropists, who the custodians for the account will be and how the accounts could impact families’ taxes. CNBC’s Jessica…

Supreme Court Says Trump’s Tariffs Are Illegal. Here’s What Happens Next

From CNBC. The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump Administration lacked the authority to implement liberation day emergency tariffs. The ruling threw out the legal underpinning for many of the tariffs that Trump insists are essential for the U.S. economy and for rebuilding America’s shrinking manufacturing base. Trump’s reciprocal tariffs and his drug-trafficking-related duties both…

Why New Balance sales are soaring while Nike falls

From CNBC. New Balance reported a nearly 20% jump in sales in 2025 as its cultural resurgence continues to take hold. The company’s success over the past five years has been fueled by celebrity partnerships, designer collaborations and nostalgia for the “dad shoe.” CNBC’s Gabrielle Fonrouge spoke with New Balance CEO Joe Preston about the…

How Much Will Your Tax Refund Increase In 2026?

From CNBC. Americans can expect higher refunds as they file taxes this spring. New tax policies, including President Trump’s call for no tax on tips and overtime, are putting more money back into their wallets. But some provisions come with strings attached. CNBC’s Sharon Epperson breaks down what you need to know before filing this…

Inside The Crisis Facing U.S. Auto Giants

From CNBC. CNBC examines the high-stakes decisions transforming the U.S. auto industry. Cars once promised independence and transportation for all Americans. Now, they are a luxury product that cost about $50,000, nearly 30% higher than just a few years ago. Affordable vehicles, especially those below the price of $20,000, have nearly disappeared. And while Automakers…

Inside The Crisis Facing U.S. Auto Giants

From CNBC. CNBC examines the high-stakes decisions transforming the U.S. auto industry. Cars once promised independence and transportation for all Americans. Now, they are a luxury product that cost about $50,000, nearly 30% higher than just a few years ago. Affordable vehicles, especially those below the price of $20,000, have nearly disappeared. And while Automakers…

Why The OpenAI And Anthropic Rivalry Is Heating Up

From CNBC. The gloves are coming off in the high-stakes rivalry between OpenAI and Anthropic as both companies race towards potential IPOs in late-2026. OpenAI’s move to introduce ads into ChatGPT setting off sniping between executives on both sides and a multi-million dollar Super Bowl ad promising Anthropic will not have ads in its Claude…

Why The OpenAI And Anthropic Rivalry Is Heating Up

From CNBC. The gloves are coming off in the high-stakes rivalry between OpenAI and Anthropic as both companies race towards potential IPOs in late-2026. OpenAI’s move to introduce ads into ChatGPT setting off sniping between executives on both sides and a multi-million dollar Super Bowl ad promising Anthropic will not have ads in its Claude…

Why The OpenAI And Anthropic Rivalry Is Heating Up

From CNBC. The gloves are coming off in the high-stakes rivalry between OpenAI and Anthropic as both companies race towards potential IPOs in late-2026. OpenAI’s move to introduce ads into ChatGPT setting off sniping between executives on both sides and a multi-million dollar Super Bowl ad promising Anthropic will not have ads in its Claude…

Can American Airlines Turn Itself Around?

From CNBC. American Airlines has promised Wall Street and travelers that 2026 will be a turnaround year. It’s been trailing its U.S. competitors. In 2025, American made $111 million, while rivals Delta Air Lines and United Airlines posted $5 billion and more than $3 billion in profit, respectively. Pilot and flight attendant unions have questioned…

Can American Airlines Turn Itself Around?

From CNBC. American Airlines has promised Wall Street and travelers that 2026 will be a turnaround year. It’s been trailing its U.S. competitors. In 2025, American made $111 million, while rivals Delta Air Lines and United Airlines posted $5 billion and more than $3 billion in profit, respectively. Pilot and flight attendant unions have questioned…

Why Canada Is Allowing Chinese EVs

From CNBC. Canada’s move to allow 49,000 Chinese made EVs into its domestic market at a tariff rate of 6.1% is both a return to an earlier policy, and a sign that the country is diversifying its trade relationships as relations with the United States. Though the agreement is meant to open China’s market to…

Why Canada Is Allowing Chinese EVs

From CNBC. Canada’s move to allow 49,000 Chinese made EVs into its domestic market at a tariff rate of 6.1% is both a return to an earlier policy, and a sign that the country is diversifying its trade relationships as relations with the United States. Though the agreement is meant to open China’s market to…

Why Congress Is Considering A New Voter ID Bill

From CNBC. In February Congress debated the SAVE Act which forces states to fortify voter ID requirements. The act, panned by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as “Jim Crow 2.0” may limit voting access for some 21 million Americans that do not have documents proving citizenship readily available. CNBC’s Justin Papp explains how this law…

Why Cheaper GLP-1 Drugs Are Facing Legal Battles

From CNBC. The push to make weight loss drugs more affordable is running into legal limits. Telehealth company Hims & Hers pulled a less expensive oral version of Wegovy after lawsuits from Novo Nordisk and rising regulatory scrutiny. The dispute centers on pharmaceutical compounding, which is legal for individualized patient needs, and whether it crossed…

America’s Oldest Bank Bets Big On AI

From CNBC. America’s oldest bank is going all in on AI. BNY spends nearly $4 billion a year on technology, or about 19 percent of its revenue – a proportion far higher than any of its big-bank peers. But the big concern around the bank industry’s AI spending right now is what the return will…

What the Return of 2016 Says About Consumers Right Now

From CNBC. 2016 is the new 2026. Abercrombie & Fitch, Victoria’s Secret and Urban Outfitters were some of the most influential brands of 2016. But how are those stocks doing now? CNBC’s Lisa Kailai Han breaks down their stock performance, how consumer sentiment in 2026 compares to that of 2016 and what traders should look…

A Super Bowl Ad Touts Trump Accounts: Who Can Get The Free Money?

From CNBC. A Super Bowl ad touting Trump accounts is hitting TVs this weekend. American families can open one of the tax-advantaged investment accounts for minors when they file their 2025 tax return this season. Here’s what to know about Trump accounts before opting in. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 00:56 Chapter 1: Trump accounts 03:03 Chapter…

Rivian Is Betting Big On This $45K SUV

From CNBC. Rivian’s share price has plunged about 85% since going public in 2021. Now, the EV maker is betting its future on a new vehicle: Rivian R2, a midsize SUV for $45,000. Founder and CEO, RJ Scaringe, gives CNBC’s Robert Ferris an exclusive look at the new, more affordable electric vehicle, hoping to turn…

Why The U.S. Is Spending $12B To Stockpile Critical Minerals

From CNBC. The Trump administration is launching Project Vault, a partnership with private industry to ramp up production of critical minerals in the U.S. CNBC’s Pippa Stevens shares how this effort could impact businesses like GE, Alphabet and General Motors while backstopping large-scale miners like MP Materials and USA Rare Earth. Reporting by: Pippa Stevens…

The Rise Of Extended-Range Electric Vehicles

From CNBC. Detroit truck heavyweights RAM and Ford are dropping EV full-size pickups for a kind of hybrid called an extended-range EV. They are joined by the upcoming Volkswagen backed Scout Motors, and Hyundai plans to make them, too. Despite the name, an EREV is really a type of hybrid but gets far battery range…

Why Software Is Facing A Market Sell-Off

From CNBC. CNBC’s Michael Santoli breaks down why software stocks are facing a sell-off, what Anthropic’s Claude may be capable of and how this can impact the broader tech sector. Produced and Edited by: Andrea Miller Reported by: Michael Santoli Senior Director of Video: Lindsey Jacobson Additional Production Support: Ashley Turner, Lauren Hans Additional Footage:…

How Sanctioned Oil Reaches Global Markets

From CNBC. A hidden network of oil tankers known as the shadow fleet has become a critical force in global energy markets. These vessels move sanctioned oil by concealing their locations, ownership and routes, allowing billions of barrels of crude to reach buyers despite international sanctions. In 2025 alone, shadow fleets transported an estimated 3.7…

Why Josh D’Amaro Is Taking Over Disney

From CNBC. Disney’s new CEO is longtime company veteran Josh D’Amaro. After several leadership roles within the company, he took over the lucrative “Experiences” division during a pivotal time in the pandemic. CNBC’s Sarah Whitten breaks down why Bob Iger likely picked him over other candidates and what he will take on once he comes…

Why Disney Needs To Get It Right With Its New CEO

From CNBC. For the past nearly 20 years, Disney has been led by Bob Iger, who spearheaded some of the company’s most important acquisitions to date, including Marvel and Lucasfilm. After the unsuccessful hire of Bob Chapek as his successor in 2020, Iger now says he is leaving for good. CNBC’s Lillian Rizzo breaks down…

What to know before investing in private credit

From CNBC. The sudden collapse last fall of a string of American companies backed by private credit has thrust a fast-growing and opaque corner of Wall Street lending into the spotlight. Private credit, also known as direct lending, is a catch-all term for lending done by nonbank institutions. The practice has been around for decades…

Why The American EV Dream Is Falling Apart

From CNBC. Automakers, battery makers and suppliers have been directing billions of dollars to factories and other facilities across the United States – mostly in Republican areas, especially in the South. But EV sales forecasts are dropping, and federal support has dried up. Automakers are pivoting away from EVs and toward hybrid and gas vehicles.…

Why America’s ‘K-Shaped’ Economy Is Here To Stay

From CNBC. America’s wealth gap has been widening for decades, but the COVID-19 pandemic intensified the unequal disparity between the rich and the rest of the country, something classified as a “K-shaped” recovery. Today, the wealthiest consumers are spending at record-highs, while the rest of the country struggles to afford basic necessities like housing and…

Why It Feels Like Every Movie Is Just Another Sequel

From CNBC. Movie studios are increasingly opting to build out their beloved franchises with spinoffs and sequels rather than taking a gamble on original storylines. It is a major reason as to why Paramount and Netflix are fighting for control of Warner Bros, which is home to some of the most valuable intellectual property in…

How Kevin Warsh Became Trump’s Fed Chair Nominee

From CNBC. Trump’s pick for chair of the Federal Reserve Kevin Warsh has a hawkish track record and called for major reforms at the U.S. central bank. The President has asked the Fed, currently led by Jerome Powell, to lower interest rates at a faster pace. CNBC Economics Editor Jeff Cox details what to expect…

Here’s What Could Be Affected If The Government Shuts Down

From CNBC. If Congress doesn’t pass the government funding bill by Friday at midnight, agencies that would close include the Department of Homeland Security, the Treasury Department, the Defense Department, the Transportation Department, the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Health and Human Services. ICE and other…

After ICE Violence, CEOs Face The Risks Of Speaking Out Against Trump

From CNBC. In the wake of violent confrontations between federal agents and protesters over President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, corporate leaders are starting to do something they’ve rarely done in the first year of Trump 2.0: disagree with the president. CNBC’s Hugh Son and Melissa Repko take a look into why there’s a “climate of…

How GameStop Mania Changed The Stock Market

From CNBC. Five years after the GameStop saga, the most enduring legacy of the so-called "dumb money" era is a structural shift in how markets function. Retail investors did not overthrow Wall Street like they had hoped but they also didn’t vanish completely. Instead, retail became a permanent and influential participant in modern markets. CNBC’s…

Government Shutdown Risk Grows After Another Fatal Minnesota Shooting

From CNBC. The U.S. government is heading for a partial shutdown as Senate Democrats vow to oppose a funding package that includes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security following a second fatal ICE shooting in Minnesota. Other parts of the government that would be affected include Defense, Treasury, State, Health and Human Services, Labor,…

China’s Next DeepSeek Moment Is In AI Hardware

From CNBC. China’s next AI shock isn’t another DeepSeek-style model. It’s hardware. After DeepSeek proved China could compete under constraints, that approach is moving from software to chips, power, and infrastructure. Instead of chasing the most advanced GPUs, China is scaling what it controls: domestic chips that are good enough, cheap power, and systems designed…

How Boeing Turned Things Around After Years Of Decline

From CNBC. After years of safety crises, production delays and quality defects, Boeing finally seems to be turning a corner. Boeing’s net orders for 2025 were for 1,173 planes, the first time it outsold Airbus since 2018. Boeing delivered 600 planes, also the most since 2018 but still falls behind Airbus which delivered 793. Investors…

Why every brand now has a cafe

From CNBC. Uniqlo and Coach are among the prominent retail names that have opened branded cafe concepts in recent years. They’re joining Ralph Lauren and Capital One who began opening retail cafes over a decade ago. In a shifting post-pandemic retail landscape, experts say that brands now more than ever need to create ways to…