Gwyneth Paltrow attends the 26th annual ELLE Women in Hollywood in Los Angeles, California.Mario Anzuoni | ReutersData company Astronomer may be making lemonade by hiring Gwyneth Paltrow as a “temporary spokesperson” to answer questions in the wake of a viral “kiss cam” video.The company made headlines after internet sleuths identified its CEO and chief people officer as the man and woman seen embracing and then hiding their faces on a “kiss cam” at a July 16 Coldplay concert. Both have since resigned.Paltrow appeared in a television-style spot on Astronomer’s social media on Friday making a pitch for the company’s everyday…
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Members of the police walk near the clubhouse of Trump Turnberry resort, during U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Scotland, in Turnberry, Scotland, on July 26, 2025.Phil Noble | ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump, dogged by questions about his ties to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, arrived in Scotland on Friday for some golf and bilateral talks that could yield a trade deal with the European Union.Trump told reporters upon his arrival that he will visit his two golf properties in Scotland and meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, whom…
American gated communities have evolved to fit a variety of budgets, lifestyles and needs. They aren’t just a haven for retirees or the ultra-wealthy, although those communities are still prevalent. Florida and California have the highest number of gated communities, in part because of weather and space. Retirees in particular chose Florida in the 1970s because of the lower taxes. CNBC toured three gated communities in Palm Beach County, Florida. The most desirable neighborhoods tout amenities like golf access, water access, or “concierge-style living,” said Lindsey Tronolone, realtor at The Jupiter Group at Compass. “The market is changing for gated communities that have really…
Luis Alvarez | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesStudent loan forgiveness may be taxable againThe American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 made student loan forgiveness tax-free at the federal level through the end of 2025. Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” while making other specific kinds of student loan relief tax-free, did not extend or make permanent that broader provision. In theory, lawmakers could move to protect the relief from taxes before the end of the year, but borrowers shouldn’t count on it, experts say.”Republicans do not like [student loan] forgiveness, and are unlikely to make it tax-free,” said higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz.Without action from Congress, student loan…
Ups and Downs by KAWS, estimated£30000-£50000, on display during a preview at the Phillips showroom in central London, ahead of their forthcoming Evening and Day Editions auction. Picture date: Friday January 17, 2025. (Photo by Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images)Ian West – Pa Images | Pa Images | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.Auction sales have been declining for the third year in a row, as dealers, auctioneers and collectors ponder a…
Ursula von der Leyen (CDU), President of the European Commission, stands in the European Parliament building and speaks.Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Scotland over the weekend, seeking to reach a framework trade agreement shortly before a 30% tariff on EU imports comes into effect. In a post on social media platform X on Friday, the EU’s von der Leyen said she had agreed to meet with the U.S. president on Sunday “to discuss transatlantic trade relations, and how we can keep them strong.”Trump…
President Donald Trump on Friday expressed confidence the Federal Reserve will start lowering interest rates, a day after he met with central bank Chair Jerome Powell.The president indicated the meeting took a positive tone and believes the Fed is ready to provide the monetary policy easing he has been seeking for months.”I think we had a very good meeting on interest rates. And [Powell] said to me … very strongly, the country is doing well,” Trump told reporters. “I got that to mean that I think he’s going to start recommending lower rates.”Powell and his fellow policymakers have been reluctant…
The 19-story façade of the Louis Vuitton luxury store stands wrapped in a design reminiscent of their monogrammed trunks in Manhattan, New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesHigh-end spenders are painting a mixed picture when it comes to the luxury market’s long-awaited recovery, with softer sales still weighing on company forecasts. But better-than-feared results from bellwether fashion house LVMH moved luxury stocks higher Friday, as investors bet on the emergence of green shoots of recovery.LVMH posted a 4% year-on-year drop in second quarter sales to 19.5 billion euros after the market close Thursday, slightly below…
Living in The Golden State is not cheap.It’s “impossibly unaffordable” to buy a home in four major California metropolitan areas — San Jose, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego — according to a May study by the Chapman University Center for Demographics and Policy. The study compared the median home price to median incomes of 95 housing markets in the third quarter of 2024.The Honolulu area, where the median home price is 10 times the median income, also made the top 10 list of unaffordable housing markets.Of the markets analyzed, 12 were classified as “impossibly unaffordable,” and not a…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Markets: Stocks are closing out the week in record territory thanks to five straight positive sessions for the S & P 500 . There are no major headlines driving the market other than President Donald Trump teasing more trade deals ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline for higher tariffs kicking in and perhaps some relief around the “more cordial than expected” tour of the Federal Reserve construction project with Jerome Powell on…
