FAA grounds more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s after section of Alaska Airlines plane blows out
The FAA ordered airlines to ground 737 Max 9 planes for inspections after a section blew out midair on an Alaska Airlines flight.
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Apple shares slip on report U.S. government preparing antitrust lawsuit
The agency’s lawsuit could target how the Apple Watch works exclusively with the iPhone, as well as the company’s iMessage service.
U.S. payrolls increased by 216,000 in December, much better than expected
Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 170,000 in December, according to a Dow Jones consensus estimate.
Deadly Iran blasts and U.S. warning over Red Sea attacks deepen fears of a wider Middle East war
Deadly blasts in southern Iran have added to growing international concerns about the prospect of a broader Middle East conflict.
Killing of senior Hamas leader in Lebanon stokes fears of Gaza war spreading beyond enclave
The killing of a senior Hamas leader in Lebanon’s capital of Beirut has sparked fears that the war in Gaza could spread far beyond the Palestinian enclave.
Five dead as planes collide at Tokyo airport; all passengers evacuate Japan Airlines flight
A Japan Airlines aircraft carrying hundreds of passengers caught fire Tuesday on a runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport.
These are the boldest bitcoin predictions for 2024 — one calls for a 1,000% rally to $500,000
Commentators CNBC spoke to, both inside and outside of the cryptocurrency industry, have given various bitcoin price predictions for bitcoin in 2024.
Heroes to zeroes in 12 months: How the two biggest crypto billionaire CEOs proved the critics right
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried and Binance’s Changpeng Zhao both went from industry titans to convicted frauds in the span of 12 months.
Tech stocks just wrapped up one of their best years in past two decades after 2022 slump
The Nasdaq climbed 43% in 2023, one of the sharpest rally for the tech-heavy index in 20 years.
Russia pummels Ukraine with ‘massive’ wave of airstrikes; 16 reported killed
“Today, Russia used nearly every type of weapon in its arsenal,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.