MP Materials 10X Magnet Manufacturing Facility, Northlake TX. Source: MP Materials MP Materials has chosen Northlake, Texas, for its new $1.25 billion rare earth magnet manufacturing campus, the company announced Thursday, amid a rush to shore up domestic supplies of metals critical for everything from data centers and defense to personal electronics. The facility, dubbed…
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai arrives to speak at the Google Midlothian Data Center on Nov. 14, 2025 in Midlothian, Texas. Ron Jenkins | Getty Images Google parent Alphabet on Monday announced it will acquire Intersect, a data center and energy infrastructure company, for $4.75 billion in cash in addition to the assumption of…
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Health costs have emerged as the top financial anxiety for U.S. households, according to a new survey. It’s a dynamic that experts say could pose a threat to the Republican majority in Congress during this year’s…
The world’s longest robot: Autohaul, Rio Tinto’s autonomous heavy-haul train Rio Tinto Rio Tinto and Glencore have confirmed they are back in talks about a possible $260 billion megadeal that could form the world’s largest mining firm. “Rio Tinto and Glencore have been engaging in preliminary discussions about a possible combination of some or all…
The Lucid display is seen at the New York International Auto Show on April 16, 2025. Danielle DeVries | CNBC Lucid missed Wall Street expectations for second-quarter deliveries on Wednesday, hit by softer demand for its luxury electric vehicles as consumers grapple with economic uncertainty and higher costs. The company delivered 3,309 vehicles in the…
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters Postal traffic into the United States plunged by more than 80% after the Trump administration ended a tariff exemption for low-cost imports, the United Nations postal…
A grocery store in the Manhattan borough of New York on Dec. 13, 2025. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Progress in the fight to throttle back inflation appeared to stall in December amid price pressures from groceries, dining out, utility gas, clothing and other categories of consumer spending. The consumer price index, a…
A view of the logo of HSBC bank on a wall outside a branch in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 14, 2024. Henry Romero | Reuters Europe’s largest lender HSBC on Wednesday reported annual pre-tax profit of $29.91 billion, beating the estimates on the back of a strong performance in its wealth division and Hong…
In May, country singer Martina McBride appeared before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law at a hearing to speak out against AI-generated deepfakes. Last week, she expanded on her testimony at the CNBC AI Summit in Nashville. McBride, along with Recording Industry Association of America chief policy officer Morna Willens, spoke…
Bobby Witt Jr. made an incredible slide that avoided the Seattle Mariners’ tag at home plate that extended the Kansas City Royals’ lead to 3-1. <
