FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Aaron Rodgers received a phone call from a close friend a little after midnight on Monday and, still irritated after a 23-20 loss to the Buffalo Bills, he ignored it.“I wasn’t in the mood,” Rodgers said.His friend called again around 1 a.m.; this time Rodgers answered it. Since last year, Davante Adams and Rodgers would get on the phone after most of Adams’ Las Vegas Raiders games, often on FaceTime, and they’d recap what happened, what they saw, what they missed, what they needed to know. That’s how the conversation started on Monday, and they chatted…
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Customers shop at the new store of Costco on May 28, 2024 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China.Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesChina reported better-than-expected retail sales and industrial production for September.The National Bureau of Statistics said retail sales grew 3.2% from a year ago, better than the 2.5% growth projected by analysts in an LSEG poll. That was also a faster clip than last month’s 2.1% growth rate.Meanwhile, industrial production expanded 5.4% in September from a year ago, more than the 4.5% expected by analysts.From January through September, fixed asset investment grew 3.4% from a year ago,…
Billionaire Elon Musk promoted debunked conspiracy theories about election fraud Thursday at the first of a series of planned campaign events across Pennsylvania meant to rally support for former President Donald Trump’s campaign. At a town hall hosted at a high school outside Philadelphia, Musk referred to the false conspiracy theory that Dominion Voting Systems was part of a plot to rig U.S. elections in recent years.”When you have mail-in ballots and no proof of citizenship, it’s almost impossible to prove cheating,” he said, responding to an audience member’s question about election fraud. “Statistically there are some very strange things that…
Pat Gelsinger, CEO, of Intel Corporation, testifies during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on semiconductors titled Developing Next Generation Technology for Innovation, in Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday, March 23, 2022.Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesIntel is looking to sell at least a minority stake in its Altera subsidiary that would raise several billion dollars in cash for the struggling firm, according to people familiar with the matter. This move that would represent a sharp about face from its earlier public messaging about the larger company’s prospects.The storied semiconductor firm has made overtures to…
MINNEAPOLIS — Sabrina Ionescu didn’t initially remember the details of the biggest shot of her career. She wasn’t sure how far she pulled up from or with which hand she was dribbling.But rest assured, everyone who watched the New York Liberty star’s game-winning 3-pointer with a second remaining in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals will be able to fill in any missing details for Ionescu or anyone who missed Wednesday night’s thriller against the Minnesota Lynx.Ionescu was the lone player to put the ball on the floor during the Liberty’s final possession, needing only nine dribbles to create enough…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 16: Traders and others work on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThis report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.What you need to know todayECB cuts rate, as expectedThe European Central Bank on Thursday lowered its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.25%, as markets had expected. That’s its third 25-basis-point cut this year,…
Amazon Web Services CEO, Matt Garman speaks during CNBC Power Lunch on July 1, 2024.CNBCAmazon’s cloud boss on Thursday gave employees a frank message about the company’s recently announced five-day in-office mandate.Staffers who don’t agree with Amazon’s new policy can leave, Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman said during an all-hands meeting at the company’s second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.”If there are people who just don’t work well in that environment and don’t want to, that’s OK, there are other companies around,” Garman said, according to a transcript viewed by CNBC. “At Amazon, we want to be in an environment…
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Four words came to Curt Cignetti’s mind as he tried to follow along from 800 miles away the path of a tornado that was closing in on his youngest child.“What have I done?”It was April 27, 2011. Cignetti was at a function at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), where he had recently started as head football coach, taking a 60 percent pay cut from the $250,000 he was making on Nick Saban’s staff at Alabama. His family was still back in Tuscaloosa finishing out the school year. Son Curtis was an Alabama student and was bunkering down…
The skyline of the central business district in Beijing on August 13, 2019. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)WANG ZHAO | AFP | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets opened mixed Friday, as investors awaited key economic data from China and assessed Japan’s inflation numbers.China’s third-quarter GDP is expected to come in at 4.5%, as estimated by economists in a Reuters poll, compared with 4.7% growth in the prior quarter.China is set to release its house prices index for September at 9:30 a.m. local time.For September, economists expect a mixed picture in China’s economy, with urban investment estimated to grow 3.3% year on…
EconomyEnvironment26 September 2024, 5:56 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that at least five African countries are working on what could be the world’s first joint “debt-for-nature” swap to raise at least $2 billion to protect a coral-rich swathe of Indian Ocean. Debt-for-nature deals are becoming increasingly popular for poorer nations to pay for conservation. Market ImpactEcuador, Barbados, Belize, Gabon and Seychelles have all made such swaps in recent years, but the African initiative would be the first to involve multiple countries sharing a distinct ecosystem. Article TagsTopics of Interest: EconomyEnvironmentType: Reuters BestSectors: Climate ChangeEconomy & PolicyRegions: AfricaWin Types: ExclusivityStory…
