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China’s Singles Day shopping festival is more than halfway over. Here’s how consumers are spending

Employees package and sort express parcels at an e-commerce company on Nov. 1, 2024, around the Double 11 Shopping Festival in Lianyungang, Jiangsu...

CNBC Daily Open: Eve of Election Day

Voters cast their votes during early voting in the U.S. presidential election at a polling station in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. November 3, 2024. Rebecca...

From nuclear to quantum computing, how Big Tech intends to power AI’s insatiable thirst for energy

Industrial chiller at Yotta Data Services Pvt. data center, in Navi Mumbai, India, on Thursday, Mar. 14, 2024.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA...

Move over Black Friday: Consumer interest in ‘Travel Tuesday’ soars

First there was Black Friday — then Cyber Monday.Now deal-thirsty consumers have a reason to shop online one day longer. "Travel Tuesday" —...

Affirm expands buy now, pay later service to the UK, heating up local competition

PayPal Inc. co-founder and Affirm’s CEO Max Levchin on center stage during day one of Collision 2019 at Enercare Center in Toronto, Canada.Vaughn...

China gears up for a big week as markets await U.S. elections and stimulus details

A flag stall at the Yiwu Wholesale Market in Zhejiang province, China, on May 10, 2019.Aly Song | ReutersBEIJING — The size of...

How F1 can help engineer the world’s net-zero future

Formula One has always tried to be more than just a good sport. When Britain's National Health Service needed accurate ways to monitor...

Trump says RFK Jr. plan to remove fluoride from public water ‘sounds okay to me’

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attend a campaign event sponsored by conservative group Turning...

Trump’s closing campaign message is hampered by distractions, disconnect

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his campaign rally at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan, U.S., November 1,...

Why flights to Europe are the cheapest they’ve been in years

A tourist takes a photo as the Acropolis’ Propylaea are seen in the background, in Athens, Greece, on June 28, 2024.Elias Marcou |...

Nearly $1 billion has been spent on political ads over the last week

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, greets supporters during a campaign rally at The Expo at World Market Center Las Vegas...

Shock poll shows Harris leading Trump in Iowa

Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a "When We Vote We Win" campaign rally at Craig Ranch Amphitheater...