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CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Three top tech firms on Tuesday announced that they will create a new company, called Stargate, to grow artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison appeared at the White House Tuesday afternoon alongside

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that even more tariffs could be coming as soon as next week: This time China was his target, as Trump threatened to unleash a wave of higher taxes on imports from America’s second-biggest trading partner. In an Oval Office press conference that echoed

By Maria Sole Campinoti and Clare Duffy, CNN YouTube and TikTok star MrBeast is looking to buy TikTok as part of a group of investors, as a 75-day time limit ticks down for the social media company to find a non-Chinese owner or risk being permanently banned. “Okay fine, I’ll buy Tik Tok so it

By Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — Netflix announced Tuesday it will raise prices on most of its subscription tiers in the US and Canada after the streaming giant reported 19 million new subscribers in the last quarter of 2024. The jump in subscribers, Netflix’s biggest-ever, puts the streaming giant at 302 million globally,

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Three top tech firms on Tuesday announced that they will create a new company, called Stargate, to grow artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison appeared at the White House Tuesday afternoon alongside President

By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — JetBlue now accepts Venmo payments for flights, in what it called a first for airlines on Tuesday. Venmo payment options are available on the airline’s website and will roll out on their mobile app “in the coming months,” the carrier announced. Venmo payment options are the latest announcement

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Monday he still intends to move forward with an across-the-board tariff of 25% on Mexican and Canadian goods, though he said those levies would come on February 1 rather than his previous day-one threat, Trump said in an Oval Office signing ceremony. The

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks closed higher Tuesday after the first full day of Donald Trump’s second presidency, as traders absorbed a blizzard of executive orders that so far point to less aggressive action on trade. The Dow soared by around 1.2%, or 538 points. The S&P 500 gained 0.9%

By Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — “Kevin and I have come into your homes for decades — nearly 37 years for me,” Patrece Dayton, a news anchor in Terre Haute, Indiana, told viewers on Friday in front of a box of tissues. “And more than 40 for me,” added Kevin Orpurt, the TV

By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — The extraordinary developments for one of America’s most popular social media apps over this weekend will be one for the history books. The banning — and unbanning — of TikTok involved actions from a former president, a sitting president and a future president and gripped 170 million Americans

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Terry Hodge would have a tough time caring for the 150 or so elderly women at Bethany Health Care Center without the dozens of immigrant nursing assistants, housekeepers, dietary aides and other staffers at the Framingham, Massachusetts, facility. More than 40% of her employees were born abroad, hailing from

By Kayla Tausche, Kevin Liptak, David Goldman and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said in an Oval Office signing ceremony Monday evening that his administration will impose 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada on February 1, an extraordinary change in North American trade policy that could raise prices for American consumers. Trump

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Champagne sales have lost their pop as people around the world aren’t in the mood to say “cheers.” The total number of Champagne shipments from France sank nearly 10% last year to 271 million bottles, marking the second consecutive year of declines as inflation-weary consumers cut back

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Members of the Teamsters union have authorized a strike against Costco on February 1 unless they reach a deal with the warehouse retailer before the current contract expires on January 31. The union said 18,000 Costco workers are set to go on strike at 56 of the

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — When Keith Bussey first opened his Nothing Bundt Cakes location in Northern California in 2019, he exhausted his 401(k) savings, excited to invest in an up-and-coming franchise. And it really helped that the company had a long-standing tradition of offering its franchisees the option to close on

By Clare Duffy and David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — As he promised Sunday, President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive action that delays enforcement of the TikTok ban for 75 days. The action directs the US Justice Department not to enforce the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which passed with broad bipartisan

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — If US Immigration and Customs Enforcement visits a Chicago restaurant in the coming days, Sam Toia wants to know. With the incoming Trump administration planning to kick off an immigration crackdown in major cities, possibly including Chicago, Toia, CEO of the Illinois Restaurant Association, has been fielding calls from

By Lex Harvey, Auzinea Bacon and Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — The incoming first couple have launched a pair of meme coins in the leadup to president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration that are already worth billions of dollars on paper. But the timing of the Trump cryptocurrency launch, just days before taking office and promising to

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Move over billionaires. The first trillionaires are on their way. Five people are expected to amass at least $1 trillion in wealth within the next decade, if current trends continue, according to Oxfam’s annual inequality report, released Sunday. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, currently the world’s richest person

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Instagram has rolled out a number of updates in recent days that appear to be aimed at attracting TikTok users while the short-video app’s future remains in limbo. And on Sunday, Instagram parent company Meta went one step further and announced the launch of a new video