OpenAI is done with Shipmas, faces daunting challenges for 2025

Sam Altman Co-founder and CEO of OpenAI speaks during the Italian Tech Week 2024 at OGR Officine Grandi Riparazioni on September 25, 2024 in Turin, Italy.  Stefano Guidi | Getty…

Elon Musk endorses far-right Alternative for Germany party in election

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk gestures behind protective glass during a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump, at the site of the July…

Tesla shares drop 5%, continuing to slide as post-election rally loses steam

Tesla electric vehicles are parked in a parking lot at the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg plant.  Patrick Pleul | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Shares of Tesla continued to slide on…

Top CFOs say bitcoin isn’t fraud, but they won’t hold on balance sheet

In recent months, billionaire bitcoin investor Michael Saylor tried to convince Microsoft to use some of its more than $78.42 billion in cash and cash equivalents on its balance sheet…

Delhi’s suffocating smog conundrum

TOPSHOT – A rickshaw drives along a road under heavy smog conditions, in New Delhi Sajjad Hussain | Afp | Getty Images This report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside…

Expectations on Fed cuts were the lethal blow to markets

Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor in New York City.  Spencer Platt | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets…

2025 U.S. auto sales expected to be best since 2019

A sale sign is seen at car dealer Serramonte Subaru in Colma, California. Stephen Lam | Reuters DETROIT — U.S. new vehicle sales are expected to rise next year to…

Japan’s Honda and Nissan to reportedly begin merger talks

Makoto Uchida, president and CEO of Nissan Motor, and Toshihiro Mibe, Honda Motor president and CEO, attend their joint press conference in Tokyo, Japan March 15, 2024.  Kyodo | Via…

Stock market today: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on Sept. 5, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Stock futures inched lower after the…

Trump team wants to scrap car-crash reporting rule that Tesla opposes

Car transporters are loaded with new Tesla Model Y electric vehicles at the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg site.  Patrick Pleul | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The Trump transition team wants…