Company: Appian Corp. (APPN) Business: Appian provides business process management (BPM) solutions. Its products include BPM software, case management, mobile application development and platform-as-a-service. The company was founded by Matthew Calkins, Robert Kramer, Marc Wilson and Michael Beckley in 1999 and is headquartered in McLean, Va. Stock Market Value: $1.86B ($25.21 per share) Activist: Fivespan…
The Washington Post headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Washington Post publisher and CEO Will Lewis is leaving the newspaper, it announced on Saturday after carrying out widespread layoffs this week. “During my tenure, difficult decisions have been taken in order to ensure the…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., Dec. 29, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday about American talks with Iran, his office…
If you’ve ever considered paying off your mortgage three, five or even 10 years earlier by making extra payments, you’re not alone. Ross Mannino, a financial adviser and managing director at Ameriprise Financial Services, told CNBC Select that clients come to him with this idea all of the time. For some homeowners, like those with…
Issa Rae has a tried-and-true method to setting herself up for success, she says. The 41-year-old writer, actor, producer and entrepreneur categorically organizes her goals and ideas in a notebook at the beginning of the year, and revisits them six months later to check her progress, she tells CNBC Make It. Rae is often a…
When Amanda DeRise’s father sent her a listing for a 140-year-old six-bedroom, two-bathroom house in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, in 2024, her first thought was that it needed a lot of work. Her realtor even called it a “money pit.” But Amanda, 32, and her husband, Vincent, 34, saw potential in the home. Amanda and Vincent…
Pavlo Gonchar | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Saturday endorsed Nexstar Media‘s proposed $6.2 billion acquisition of Tegna, just months after criticizing the deal. “We need more competition against THE ENEMY, the Fake News National TV Networks,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “Letting Good Deals get done…
The Trump administration’s portfolio of equity stakes in U.S. companies has reached a scale that is unprecedented outside economic crisis or wartime. The administration has taken stakes or has agreements to do so with at least 10 companies, most of which are publicly traded. The government announced its latest investment, USA Rare Earth, at the…
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Berkshire shares are near even with the S&P year-to-date, recovering from a deficit of almost 8 percentage points last week. Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards DaVita rallies on strong earnings after Berkshire trims stake Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards That’s good news for Berkshire, which holds a 44% stake in…
Amid recent debate over the so-called “Sell America” trade and capital rotating out of U.S. markets, foreign stocks have received most of the attention. But international bonds, especially emerging market bonds, have also been riding high. “The best performing area in fixed income year to date, and also last year, was emerging markets,” said Joanna…
