Stephanie Venn-Watson studied longevity long before she realized it, she says. The veterinary epidemiologist was recruited by the U.S. Navy to take care of aging dolphins in 2001.Venn-Watson planned to research the dolphins to get a better understanding of infectious diseases, but “instead, very quickly pivoted to studying chronic diseases and diseases of aging,” which she’s done for more than 20 years, she told CNBC Make It in February.While dolphins in the wild typically live to around 20 years old, Navy dolphins were living much longer beyond the ages of 40 and 50, Venn-Watson says. Though some dolphins were developing…
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Swiss brand On is quickly emerging as a global challenger in the sportswear market.The company, which sells premium-priced athletic shoes and apparel, reported net sales for the three-month period ended March 31 rose over 40% to 726.6 million Swiss francs (US$869 million) compared with the year prior.Analysts say the brand has been able to capture market share from legacy competitors like Nike and Adidas through innovative products and timing. “The main thing they really understood was they went for the aesthetic of the shoe,” said Aneesha Sherman, managing director at Bernstein. “It’s really like no other silhouette that the consumer…
Stocks that investors dumped this week could make a comeback, according to one popular metric. All three of the major averages dropped more than 2% this week. On Friday, the S & P 500 posted a fourth consecutive losing session and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 250 points after President Donald Trump called for a 50% duty on the European Union and threatened 25% tariffs on Apple for iPhones that are made outside the U.S. Although volatility remains in the market, one widely used technical analysis metric indicates that certain stocks look oversold after this week’s losses…
People pose on the Croisette next to an installation of a Palme d’Or symbol during the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 24, 2025.Benoit Tessier | ReutersA major power outage struck southeastern France on Saturday morning, disrupting traffic and briefly halting events at the Cannes Film Festival as the prestigious event prepared to hand out its top prize.Power was restored around 3 p.m., as music began blasting again from beachfront speakers. The end of the blackout was greeted with loud cheers from locals.Earlier, about 160,000 households in the Alpes-Maritimes department lost electricity after a high-voltage line fell…
Elon Musk looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersThe Elon Musk-owned social media platform X experienced outages on Saturday morning, with tens of thousands of users reportedly unable to use the site.About 25,000 users reported issues with the platform around 8:45 a.m., according to the analytics platform Downdetector, which gathers data from users to monitor issues with various platforms.Roughly 21,000 users reported issues just after 8:30 a.m. ET, per the analytics platform.Read more CNBC politics…
FILE PHOTO: A banner celebrating Rocket Companies Inc., the parent company of U.S. mortgage lender Quicken Loans, IPO is seen on the front facade of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., August 6, 2020.Brendan McDermid | ReutersCompany: Rocket Companies Inc (RKT)Business: Rocket Companies is a financial technology company consisting of mortgage, real estate and personal finance businesses. Its segments include Direct-to-Consumer and Partner Network. In the Direct-to-Consumer segment, clients can interact with Rocket Mortgage online, as well as with the company’s mortgage bankers. Rocket markets various brand campaigns and performance marketing channels to clients through its…
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesNvidia will launch a new artificial intelligence chipset for China at a significantly lower price than its recently restricted H20 model and plans to start mass production as early as June, sources familiar with the matter said.The GPU or graphics processing unit will be part of Nvidia’s latest generation Blackwell-architecture AI processors and is expected to be priced between $6,500 and $8,000, well below the $10,000-$12,000 the H20 sold for, according to two of the sources.The lower price reflects its weaker specifications and simpler manufacturing requirements.It will be based on Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000D,…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump convened a Cabinet meeting a day after announcing a 90-day pause on ‘reciprocal’ tariffs, with the exception of China. Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesBedeviled by leaks to the media during his short tenure, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a series of restrictions on the press late Friday that include banning reporters from entering wide swaths of the Pentagon without a government escort — areas where the press has had access in past administrations as it covers the activities…
President and CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang speaks at a forum at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on April 30, 2025.Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesNvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Saturday praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost U.S. technology as the leading chipmaker announced a partnership with a group of Swedish businesses to develop AI infrastructure in Sweden.Nvidia will provide its latest generation AI data center platform to a group of Swedish companies, including telecoms gear maker Ericsson and drug developer AstraZeneca.Nvidia has announced a number of similar partnerships in recent weeks in Saudi…
One place investors can turn to in this volatile market is agency mortgage-backed securities, according to Janus Henderson. The assets —debt obligations created out of a pool of mortgages and backed by the federal government — have historically been resilient in market selloffs, explained John Kerschner, head of U.S. securitized products and a portfolio manager at Janus. Stocks retreated on Friday after President Donald Trump resumed his threat of higher tariffs , this time leveled against Apple and the European Union . Treasury yields, which move inversely to prices, pulled back from their recent highs. Agency MBS are also relatively…
