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Intel is now in high-volume production of its latest chip node, 18a, at a new fab in arizona, where it hopes to compete with tsmc and bring advanced chip manufacturing back to u.s. soil. but so far, no major external customers are making on 18a. following years of missteps and delays, intel faces an ..WHY AMERICANS ARE OBSESSED WITH DENIM
Levi strauss, american eagle and gap have leaned on a-list celebrities like beyonce and sydney sweeney to drive denim sales, sparking a “denim war” in retail. levi, the company that invented jeans, reported that its beyoncé partnership earned $65 million in media value and contributed 12% grow ..WHY U.S. WORKERS ARE CLINGING TO THEIR JOBS
Fewer americans are quitting their jobs, and hiring has slowed, creating a frozen labor market with limited mobility. economic uncertainty is causing workers to stay put despite growing dissatisfaction.WAYMO LEADS THE 2025 ROBOTAXI SURGE AS ZOOX EXPANDS AND TESLA RACES TO CATC ..
Alphabet-owned waymo scaled up and now leads the american robotaxi market by far, while baidu-owned apollo go dominated in china. in the san francisco bay area, there are now multiple robotaxi services operating, including zoox and waymo, although only waymo provides commercial rides completely free ..HOW TO 'INVEST IN' PRIVATE COMPANIES LIKE OPENAI AND SPACEX
Private companies like openai and spacex have captured enormous investor enthusiasm, driving up their valuations. yet because they’re privately held, they’ve remained largely inaccessible to retail investors. now a new approached called tokenization could change that by giving retail investors ..WHY U.S. SHIPBUILDING COLLAPSED — AND THE PUSH TO REBUILD IT
America used to be a world leader in shipbuilding. but with a shortage of talent, antiquated operating procedures and outdated facilities the industry — essential to u.s. energy security and defense — is in crisis. china dominates the global commercial shipbuilding industry accounting for 53% of ..INSIDE AMERICA’S RACE TO BUILD THE NEXT GENERATION OF AI CHIPS
Cnbc marathon investigates the intricate, high-stakes world of semiconductor manufacturing from the dutch labs powering ai chip breakthroughs to the billion-dollar fabs reshaping u.s. industry. in a highly secured lab in the netherlands, asml spent a decade developing a $400 million machine that’s ..HOW AI IS CHANGING SHOPPING
Consumers' increasing use of ai for shopping ideas and deals is forcing retailers to scramble to stay ahead. walmart and target have partnered with openai to let consumers shop its products through chatgpt, and amazon has created its own tools. cnbc's melissa repko and gabrielle fonrouge break down ..WHY ONE INCOME NO LONGER PAYS FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM
Many americans struggle to make ends meet even with two incomes but it wasn’t always this way. for a lot of the 20th century, a single income could support a middle-class lifestyle for certain workers. historians and economists have traced the rise of dual-income households to long-term shifts in ..HOW BLACK BOXES WORK
Flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders are nearly indestructible. the recorders are widely referred to as the “black box” and are crucial to aviation accident investigations. watch the full video on how black boxes became key to solving airplane crashes.WHY INVESTORS THINK LOANS ARE ABOUT TO GET CHEAPER
At the conclusion of its final meeting in 2025, the federal reserve will release a forecast of future financial conditions. the summary of economic projections will show where the fed’s leadership expects to take interest rates over the coming years. the so-called “dot-plot” foreshadows what a ..WHY YOUNG GRADS ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND JOBS
Even as the u.s. economy adds jobs, there are fewer employment prospects for college graduates just starting out, as those armed with a newly minted diploma are facing one of the toughest job markets in a decade, studies show. "right now is a really difficult time to find a job," cory stahle, senio ..WHY BEEF PRICES ARE OUT OF CONTROL IN THE U.S.
Beef prices are up around 15% compared to overall food inflation of about 3% in 2025. that's mainly due to the lowest u.s. cattle herds in nearly 75 years. direct-to-consumer beef company omaha steaks gave cnbc a behind the scenes look at its operations to learn more about how beef has gotten so exp ..WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALL OF THE AI CHIPS?
Nvidia’s blackwell gpu sales are “off the charts” according to ceo jensen huang, but analysts see fast growth for custom ai chips, known as asics. these smaller, cheaper, more narrowly focused ai chips are being designed in-house by google, amazon, meta, microsoft and openai.WANT TO ‘INVEST' IN OPENAI OR SPACEX? WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT TOKENIZATION
Private companies like openai and spacex have captured enormous investor enthusiasm in recent years, driving up their valuations. yet because they’re privately held, they’ve remained largely inaccessible to ordinary investors. now a new approached called tokenization could change that by giving ..HOW AI IS KILLING PROMOTIONS
Companies are replacing entry-level jobs with artificial intelligence — and, in the process, are upending the traditional route to career advancement for many young, white-collar workers, according to labor and ai experts.HOW LEVI’S, GAP AND AMERICAN EAGLE ARE WINNING BACK U.S. SHOPPERS
Levi strauss, gap and american eagle have launched some of their splashiest celebrity campaigns to date, aiming to bring choosy consumers back to their stores and websites. levi, the company that invented jeans, reported that its beyoncé partnership earned $65 million in media value and contributed ..HOW ZILLOW CHANGED THE WAY PEOPLE BUY, SELL AND RENT HOMES
With approximately 250 million unique monthly visitors, zillow is the most widely used real estate portal in the united states. but the company's stock has underperformed the broader market as it wades through a series of legal challenges.HOW AMAZON BUILT A $70 BILLION CLOTHING BUSINESS
Millions of shoppers will turn to amazon on cyber monday for deals on shoes and clothing. the segment is expected to cross $72 billion in sales for the company in 2025. amazon’s apparel and shoe business is about double the size of walmart’s. but the category faces high rates of returns, and the ..HOW DOES THE BLACK BOX SURVIVE AIRPLANE CRASHES
After the search for survivors and recovery of victims in tragic aviation accidents — like that of a ups cargo plane shortly after takeoff from louisville muhammad ali international airport in kentucky last month — comes the search for flight data and a cockpit voice recorder often called the "b ..'GHOST JOBS' ARE ADDING ANOTHER LAYER OF UNCERTAINTY TO THE STALLING JOBS P ..
Judging by current data, you’d think there’s literally a job out there for anyone who wants one. looking deeper under the hood, though, tells a different story. since the beginning of 2024, job openings have outnumbered hires by more than 2.2 million a month, according to bls data that points t ..HOW CHINESE COMPANIES ARE TAKING OVER THE U.S.
Cnbc marathon covers the changing u.s. business landscape as chinese firms continue to influence food and drink, entertainment and artificial intelligence. luckin coffee, the chain that quickly overtook starbucks in china, has opened its first u.s. locations in new york city. while the company, fou ..SHOULD AMERICANS BE BLAMING AI FOR MASS LAYOFFS?
Corporate america is getting rocked by historic rounds of white-collar layoffs, leading some to wonder: has ai finally come for their jobs? while the proliferation of generative and agentic artificial intelligence is playing a role, recent job cut announcements from companies like amazon, ups and t ..INSIDE AMAZON'S MASSIVE ANTHROPIC DATA CENTER, TRAINING AI WITHOUT NVIDIA
Amazon’s biggest ai data center is now operational in indiana, with half a million aws trainium 2 chips entirely devoted to powering openai rival anthropic. just over a year ago, it was nothing but cornfields. once complete, 30 buildings will consume 2.2 gigawatts of power there. cnbc talked to a ..WHY MANHATTAN CONDOS ARE SELLING AT A LOSS
1 of 3 condos recently sold in manhattan sold at a loss according to luxury real estate firm brown harris stevens. over the past 10 years, condo values across new york city have grown 16%, while many other major cities saw higher price growth according to zillow data on condominiums and co-ops. expe ..HOW SUBSEA CABLES POWER THE GLOBAL INTERNET
Over 95% of international data and voice call traffic travels through nearly a million miles of underwater communication cables. these cables carry government communications, financial transactions, email, video calls and streaming around the world. demand for subsea cables is increasing as tech g ..HOW AI IS KILLING THE VALUE OF A COLLEGE DEGREE
Youth unemployment in the u.s. is rising. for 16-to-24-year-olds, the unemployment rate jumped from 6.6% in april 2023, the lowest since the pandemic, to 10.4% in september, according to the bureau of labor statistics. recent college graduates are particularly struggling to find jobs, prompting econ ..WHY THE U.S. IS RUNNING OUT OF TNT
The war in ukraine is making it harder for the u.s. defense, mining and construction industries to source high explosives like tnt. the shortage could increase the cost of cell phones, electricity, home and infrastructure construction and other essentials.HOW NVIDIA GPUS COMPARE TO GOOGLE’S AND AMAZON’S AI CHIPS
Nvidia’s blowout earnings wednesday affirmed its place as the world’s most valuable company, thanks to “off the charts” sales of gpus that excel at ai workloads. but as inference needs outpace training, a smaller cheaper ai chip is gaining ground. custom asics are now being designed by all t ..HOW AI LAYOFFS COULD BACKFIRE ON EMPLOYERS
Generative ai is speeding up how people work, but that efficiency can prevent some workers from climbing the corporate ladder. nearly 40% of workers’ core skills will be disrupted by 2030 due to ai and digitalization, according to the world economic forum. it may become more difficult for entry-le ..HOW TACO BELL IS BETTING BIG ON SPECIALTY DRINKS WITH ITS LIVE MáS CAFéS
Taco bell is going all in on beverages, starting with its live más café concept. the yum brands chain unveiled the drink-focused store format last december, and it's now projecting that it will have 30 live más cafés in its portfolio by the end of 2025, with generation z and millennials driving ..WHY IMPRESSIVE SPEED WON’T BE ENOUGH TO SELL EVS IN THE U.S.
Ev’s have quicker acceleration than gas cars and reaching higher top speeds. once the “green choice,” they have now put a tremendous amount of power at the feet of even ordinary car owners. cnbc drove three of them at m1 concourse in pontiac, michigan – a kia ev6 gt-line, a porsche macan 4s ..HOW AI DRONES COULD BE THE FUTURE OF WARFARE
Shield ai is trying to shake up the defense industry. the company, which is valued at $5.3 billion after securing $240 million in its latest round of funding, unveiled its next generation, autonomous fighter jet known as the x-bat in october. cnbc got exclusive access to the company’s headquarte ..INSIDE NIKE'S SECRETIVE SPORTS RESEARCH LAB
As part of an exclusive interview with new nike ceo elliott hill on the company's comeback attempt, cnbc's sara eisen got a rare look inside the nike sport research lab in beaverton, oregon and got a walkthrough of how nike studies athletes and designs new innovations. nearly a year into his tenure ..AI BUBBLE ANXIETY ON THE RISE: TWO AI CEOS WEIGH IN
Ai euphoria is giving way to something else. the industry that once looked unstoppable is starting to bleed from a thousand tiny cuts. short sellers like michael burry and jim chanos are circling, warning that the ai buildout isn’t a one-time investment but a recurring cost wave. and now debt is q ..HOW WAWA IS TAKING MARKET SHARE FROM FAST FOOD
One of america’s largest convenience store chains, wawa, boasts a cult-like following, inspiring merch, tattoos, songs and even marriage proposals. the company — with deep roots in philadelphia and south jersey — has built a reputation on fresh, high-quality food and beverages — items not t ..HOW SOARING U.S. DRUG PRICES FUELED WHAT FEDS CALL AN ILLEGAL IMPORT OF MED ..
Around the country, a pervasive question being asked: how can i afford my prescription drugs? the high cost of those medications, particularly very expensive drugs to treat serious diseases like multiple sclerosis and cystic fibrosis, have fueled a nationwide business in which insurance programs are ..HOW ZILLOW MAKES MONEY
With over 277 million active daily users, zillow is the most widely used real estate app in the united states. the seattle-based tech firm provides property price estimates and a wealth of data previously available only to realtors in the multiple listing services system. today, many real estate age ..WHY AMERICANS ARE TURNING AWAY FROM SWEETGREEN
Fast-casual salad chain sweetgreen is struggling to reverse a downturn in sales and traffic as consumers turn away from its pricey bowls. while the concept has been popular among office workers in big cities, it is yet to be profitable, reporting a $36.1 million net loss in q3 2025. watch the video ..COULD CRYPTO-BACKED MORTGAGES PUT THE U.S. HOUSING MARKET AT RISK?
Buying a home can be expensive. until now, the roughly 15% of americans who invest in digital assets haven’t been able to include crypto when applying for a mortgage, but that could soon change. a june directive issued by the federal housing finance agency ordered mortgage giants fannie mae and fr ..WHY THE U.S. IS RUNNING OUT OF EXPLOSIVES
The war in ukraine is making it harder for the u.s. defense, mining and construction industries to source high explosives like tnt. the shortage could increase the cost of cell phones, electricity, home and infrastructure construction and other essentials. watch the video above to learn more about t ..HOW A MILLION MILES OF UNDERSEA CABLES POWER THE INTERNET — AND NOW AI
Subsea fiber-optic cables are the world’s information superhighways with over 95% of the world’s international data traveling through them. this not only includes email, video calls, and streaming but also financial transactions and government communications. tech giants including google, amazo ..THE TRUE COST OF TRUMP’S TARIFFS: SMALL BUSINESSES SPEAK OUT
Small businesses are reeling under the weight of trump tariffs. eunice byun is the ceo of material kitchen, a small business that sells kitchenware for the home. she says the complexity of her supply chain has increased tenfold. anjali bhargava the owner of anjali’s cup which sells chai concentrat ..A TANGLED WEB OF AI DEALS
The pace and scale of artificial intelligence deals lately has been staggering, with chatgpt-maker openai alone racking up around $1 trillion-worth of ai deals this year. these interconnected investments have dramatically lifted the valuations of many of the companies involved and sent u.s. stock in ..WHY AMERICANS ARE SUDDENLY ALL IN ON THRIFT CLOTHES
At thredup's 600,000-square-foot warehouse in suwanee, georgia, roughly 40,000 pieces of used clothing are processed each day. the resale company's logistics network, four facilities across the u.s., now rivals that of some fast-fashion giants. the global secondhand apparel market is expected to rea ..THE TRUTH ABOUT AI AND THE MASS LAYOFFS
Between january and september 2025, there have been 946,426 job cuts announced, with roughly 300,000 from the government sector, according to challenger, gray & christmas. but some economists don't buy that recent layoffs are caused by ai. economic uncertainty, tariffs and less consumer spending mig ..ARE CITY-RUN GROCERY STORES A GOOD IDEA?
Grocery prices in u.s. urban areas have tripled over the past 40 years, straining household budgets, according to the u.s. bureau of labor statistics. zohran mamdani, the democratic winner of new york city’s mayoral primary, is proposing city-owned grocery stores to "keep prices low, not make a p ..WHY THIS PRICE TAG COULD BRING SURGE PRICING TO GROCERIES
Electronic shelf labels, digital screens that display the price of an item, are replacing traditional paper price tags in grocery stores across america.WHY STELLANTIS IS POURING $13 BILLION INTO A U.S. COMEBACK
Stellantis, the euro-american parent of jeep, ram, dodge and chrysler, is forking over $13 billion to fix its money-losing u.s. business, which is responsible for more than half of stellantis's total profits. formed in 2021, the company was a star--every year made more money than the one previous. b ..WHY AMERICANS WON'T QUIT THEIR JOBS
Americans aren’t quitting their jobs — and that trend is changing the way the labor market functions. "job hugging" is masking widespread disengagement, costing employers billions and weakening productivity, innovation and future workforce development.