Ford workers produce the electric F-150 Lightning pickup at the automaker’s Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center on Dec. 13, 2022. Michael Wayland | CNBC DETROIT — Ford Motor plans to halt production of its all-electric F-150 Lightning from mid-November until early next year to address bloated inventories and narrow losses on the pickup trucks. The…
The US Department of Treasury in Washington, DC, on February 22, 2024. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images How I bond rates work I bond rates have a variable and fixed rate portion, which the Treasury adjusts every May and November. Together, these are known as the I bond “composite rate.” You can see…
Comcast is exploring a separation of its cable networks business, President Mike Cavanagh said Thursday. During the company’s third-quarter earnings call with investors, Cavanagh said the company is exploring creating “a new, well-capitalized company owned by our shareholders and comprised of our strong portfolio of cable networks.” The possible separation would not include broadcast network…
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi speaks at a product launch event in San Francisco on Sept. 26, 2019. Philip Pacheco | AFP via Getty Images Uber reported third-quarter results on Thursday that beat Wall Street’s expectations for revenue but missed on analysts’ projections for gross bookings. Shares of the company were down more than 5% pre-market…
Marco Bello | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — Block, the payments company owned by tech billionaire Jack Dorsey has launched its corporate card service in the U.K. in a bid to deepen its expansion into the country and take on big incumbents like American Express. The firm’s business-focused payments arm, Square, told CNBC that it…
RIYADH — National debt is a major threat to markets in the near future, Saudi Arabia’s finance minister said, expressing particular concern over lower income countries as well as what he described as rapidly growing global fragmentation. “I think globally, the serious, serious issue that we need to watch is sovereign debt issues, particularly in…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, right, speaks as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Microsoft‘s massive investment in OpenAI is weighing on earnings. Following Microsoft’s quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, CFO Amy Hood said she expects the company to…
Chinese smartphone company Honor has released devices that fold up to be nearly as thin as an iPhone. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese smartphone company Honor on Thursday announced backing from new investors as the Huawei spinoff prepares for an initial public offering. The new backers are: China Telecom — one…
Robots manufacture auto parts at a factory in Ningde, China, on Oct. 17, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s official purchasing managers’ index for October came in at 50.1, in expansionary territory for the first time since April, according to National Bureau of Statistics data released Thursday. The reading was expected…
Elon Musk wears a black “Make America Great Again” cap while attending a campaign rally with Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5, 2024. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Elon Musk must attend an emergency court hearing in Philadelphia on Thursday morning…
