T-Mobile CEO John Legere (L) and Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure pose for pictures on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange April 30, 2018. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The group of attorneys general looking to block the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile lost one more ally on Monday, as Texas announced it has come
People walk past a board with the logo of Bitcoin in a street in Yerevan, Armenia September 9, 2019. Anton Vaganov | Reuters What a tough month it has been for bitcoin. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency sank to $6,558.14 on Monday, its lowest level since May, according to industry site CoinDesk. It lost $3,000
If you’re daydreaming about how you’d celebrate winning the Mega Millions jackpot, remember that Uncle Sam has a way of crashing the party. After about two months of twice-weekly drawings with no one matching all six numbers, the top prize has climbed to $226 million for Tuesday night’s drawing. Of course, the advertised amount isn’t
China’s hand in cementing a phase one trade deal with the U.S. keeps getting weaker even though many American media outlets keep reporting otherwise because they seem to like Chinese President Xi Jinping better than President Donald Trump, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Monday. Cramer said on “Squawk Box” the mainstream media wrongly thinks that
A pedestrian passes in front of a Charles Schwab Corp. office building in New York. Gabriella Angotti-Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Charles Schwab’s proposed acquisition of TD Ameritrade is stirring up worry among financial advisors. Schwab on Monday announced it would acquire TD in a $26 billion all-stock transaction. Together, the firms will serve
Guido Mieth | DigitalVision | Getty Images With a New Year comes a new start, and your retirement is no exception. That’s because the limits for pre-tax saving have gone up for aspiring retirees. And those already in retirement will see a modest boost to their Social Security retirement benefits, along with increased Medicare Part
TAMBOV REGION, RUSSIA – JUNE 17, 2019: A nurse and an elderly woman view a photo album at a nursing … [+] home for the elderly and the disabled in the village of Sosnovka. Alexander Ryumin/TASS (Photo by Alexander RyuminTASS via Getty Images) Alexander Ryumin/TASS Have you ever heard someone talk about a role reversal
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – NOVEMBER 20: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) (L), former Vice President Joe Biden … [+] and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (R) participate in the Democratic Presidential Debate at Tyler Perry Studios November 20, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. Ten Democratic presidential hopefuls were chosen from the larger field of candidates to participate in the
Don’t try this at home. Photo by Annie Gray on Unsplash Here’s a quick tip for anyone trying to finish up a DIY project quickly: Step One: Open up your wallet. Congratulations! You’re finished. On television and social media, DIY projects look so easy. And they are, if you’re an expert. However, unless your last
Luxury goods are the new consumer “staples” for Chinese consumers, according to Raphael Pitoun, portfolio manager at CQS New City Equity. Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” after confirmation that Louis Vuitton owner LVMH had agreed a $16.2 billion deal to buy Tiffany & Co, Pitoun said LVMH’s experience growing the Bulgari brand internationally would