U.S. President Donald Trump looks on on the day he signs an executive order in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. Feb. 25, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersPresident Donald Trump is set Tuesday to address a major meeting of top CEOs, many of whom have seen the value of their companies slashed as Trump’s tariff-heavy economic policy has raised uncertainty and fueled a market sell-off.Trump is scheduled to deliver 5 p.m. ET remarks at the quarterly meeting of the Business Roundtable, a nonpartisan Washington-based economic advocacy group comprising more than 200 CEOs.Apple CEO Tim Cook, JPMorgan…
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The top three in my annual ranking of the best coaches in college football was easy. After that, things got more complicated.How much does recency bias factor in? For me, not as much as it does for Stewart Mandel, whose Top 25 can be found here. I’ve always given coaches more credit for what they did at their previous stops than he does, but I’ve become more of a creature of the moment than I used to be.One caveat: Even with all of the shake-up in the sport, it’s hard to include coaches who haven’t spent at least three seasons…
A senior official at the main U.S. aid agency, which is being dismantled by the Trump administration, told employees to clear safes holding classified documents and personnel files by shredding the papers or putting them into bags for burning, according to an email sent to the staff.The email sent by Erica Y. Carr, the acting executive secretary, told employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development to empty out the classified safe and personnel document files on Tuesday. “Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break,” Ms. Carr…
Dividend-paying stocks are getting some attention from Wall Street as recession worries and anxiety over President Donald Trump ‘s tariff policy rattles the market. This is only the second week of March, but the S & P 500 is already off more than 5% in the month, while the Nasdaq Composite is toting a 6.5% decline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed below its 200-day moving average on Monday for the first time since November 2023. Dividends can give investors some cushioning when tumultuous markets shake up their portfolios. “Dividends can help reduce volatility in a time of greater uncertainty…
The “Wegovy” brand slimming syringe is sold in the Achat pharmacy in Mitte. The “Wegovy” slimming syringe has been available in Germany for a year.Jens Kalaene | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions.Yet another study is zeroing in on the unintended side effects of Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide – the active ingredient in the company’s blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy and diabetes treatment Ozempic. But this time, the study highlights the risk of hair loss. To be…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks during a campaign stop at Walker Construction in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 31, 2025.Carlos Osorio | ReutersOntario Premier Doug Ford on Tuesday said he was temporarily suspending his province’s planned 25% surcharge on electricity exported to the United States after U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick agreed to renewed trade talks.Ford said that he and Lutnick “had a productive conversation about the economic relationship between the United States and Canada” earlier Tuesday.”We have both agreed, let cooler heads prevail,” Ford told reporters, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump escalated an already hot trade war by…
A Delta airline plane is towed into position to prepare for takeoff at Reagan National Airport after an American Airlines plane crashed on approach to the airport on Jan. 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.Tasos Katopodis | Getty ImagesThe National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday made an urgent call to permanently restrict helicopter flights in certain areas around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport following January’s deadly collision of an airliner and Army Black Hawk helicopter.The existing separation between helicopters operating near the airport and arriving aircraft on one of the runways, 33, poses “an intolerable risk to aviation safety by increasing the…
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman stands on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after ringing a bell on the floor setting the share price at $47 in its initial public offering (IPO) on March 21, 2024 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesReddit shares rose more than 10% on Tuesday, reversing a three-day slump that coincided with a broader decline among technology companies.Despite Tuesday’s gains, Reddit shares are still roughly 30% below the close on Wednesday.Reddit’s stock market upswing was likely bolstered by a Loop Capital analyst note published Tuesday that reiterated a…
There’s a scene that replayed itself over and over during last spring’s thrilling Western Conference semifinal series between the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder.The script went like this: Luka Dončić would drive into some contact from Luguentz Dort, Dort would go down, and Dončić would turn to the official and immediately ask for a technical foul for flopping. Sometimes he’d put his hands together for a technical foul signal. Sometimes he’d have his palm flat to the floor, lifting it up and down — the official signal for a flopping violation. One time, he and Kyrie Irving managed to…
The sell-off in stocks is now into its fourth week, and plenty of momentum stocks have broken down amid the carnage. On Tuesday, the S & P 500 , Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite pulled back yet again after President Donald Trump announced he is imposing additional steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, effective Wednesday. The declines came one day after all three major averages were routed amid mounting concern on Wall Street that the U.S. faces an imminent recession. Against this volatile backdrop, CNBC Pro screened for S & P 500 companies whose shares have quickly been…
