TikTok on Wednesday faced a formidable threat to its business, with a new law signed by President Biden that could dramatically change the way the popular video app operates. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has faced scrutiny from U.S. government officials over how it handles the data of its users here as … Read more
PHILADELPHIA — A man who spent 26 years in solitary confinement despite a history of mental illness can sue Pennsylvania prison officials for alleged cruel and unusual punishment, a U.S. appeals court said in reviving the man’s lawsuit. Roy Lee Williams spent nearly all of his time alone from 1993 until 2019, when a legal … Read more
We are about a quarter of the way through the college football season, and there has been no shortage of drama. Three of the 12 teams projected to make the College Football Playoff by my model in the preseason are no longer in the field, and three teams that were on the bubble have also … Read more
A Russian military patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace near Hokkaido’s Rebun Island on three separate occasions on Monday, prompting Japan’s Self-Defense Force to dispatch aircraft in an emergency response and to fire flares. RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT DETECTED, MONITORED FLYING THROUGH AIR ZONE CLOSE TO U.S.: NORAD It is the first time Japan’s SDF aircraft has fired … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Power Lunch CNBC’s Rick Santelli joins ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss how the consumer confidence news is playing out in the bond market. 02:11 5 minutes ago Source link
The US has filed a lawsuit against Visa, accusing the financial giant of illegally stifling competition to maintain a monopoly over the debit card market. It said Visa had punished companies that wanted to use alternative payment networks and paid off potential competitors to keep its hold over the market. The Department of Justice said … Read more
America’s young people face a mental health crisis, and adults constantly debate how much to blame phones and social media. A new round of conversation has been spurred by Jonathan Haidt’s book “The Anxious Generation,” which contends that rising mental health issues in children and adolescents are the result of social media replacing key experiences … Read more
The last week of the MLB regular season is upon us. While some postseason tickets have been punched, there are several spots left to claim and first-round byes to secure for the top two teams in each league. Let’s check in on the 15 teams still in the playoff picture to see what our writers … Read more
The competition among ETF issuers to find a new way to squeeze the most income out of stock portfolios expanded again on Tuesday, with a new fund from Pacer that aims to deliver amplified dividends. The firm launched the Pacer Metaurus Nasdaq-100 Dividend Multiplier 600 ETF (QSIX) , a sister fund to the US Large … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Dryden Pence, Pence Capital Management chief investment officer, joins CNBC’s ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss how much he thinks the Fed needs to cut rates, market outlooks ahead of earnings, and more. Source link