Tag: CNBC
How Russia's war exposed the dark side of luxury London
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and resultant sanctions on President Putin's oligarch elite, a spotlight has been firmly cast on the British capital and its complicity as a store for dirty money. Now, the British government is seeking to salvage i...
Why Bill Gates Is Buying Up U.S. Farmland
Bill Gates made headlines for becoming the largest private farmland owner in the U.S. But he’s not the only one. Some of the wealthiest landowners including Jeff Bezos, John Malone and Thomas Peterffy are buying up forests, ranches and farmlands across th...
Ukrainians say at least 60 dead after blasts at air base in Crimea
CNBC's Kayla Tausche reports Ukrainian officials say at least 60 are dead after blasts at a Russian air base in Crimea. Meanwhile, Russia continues shelling near a Ukrainian nuclear plant.
Can Sea Water Desalination Save The World?
Today, one out of three people don’t have access to safe drinking water. And that’s the result of many things, but one of them is that 96.5% of that water is...
Former President Trump may have violated the Espionage Act
Danya Perry, former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and former New York deputy attorney general, joins Kayla Tausche on 'The News with Shepard Smith' to discuss the severity of the potential espionage charges against former P...
Secretive Giant TSMC’s $100 Billion Plan To Fix The Chip Shortage
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company makes 24% of all the world's chips, and 92% of the most advanced ones found in today's iPhones, fighter jets and s...
Esports is growing into a $1 billion industry | CNBC Sports
The electronic sports sector has grown massively in recent years and is expected to turn into a billion-dollar industry by the end of 2019. CNBC's Uptin Saiidi visits an annual gaming festival in Hong Kong where tens of thousands of excited fans eagerly w...
The Hidden Costs Of Amazon Shipping And Returns
Buying and returning on Amazon may seem extremely easy, but that simplicity comes at a cost.But once you receive your Amazon order, if there's any reason you are on happy, more than likely it can be returned. Sending back an online order has never been ea...
How The U.S. Made Inflation Worse
In recent months, the Federal Reserve made avoidable mistakes that fueled inflation. That's the view of a range of economists and policymakers, including some voting members of the Federal Open Market Committee. In the spring, some FOMC members called for...
Why Big Tech Is Pouring Money Into Carbon Removal
The market for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is expanding rapidly, as major tech companies are funneling nearly a billion dollars to early-stage startups that are experimenting with various methods of carbon capture and sequestration to figh...
Why China's Shein is beating ASOS, H and M and Zara at fast fashion
Shein is a Chinese fashion e-commerce company outperforming many of its competitors. In fact, its reported valuation in April 2022 was $100 billion – more than H&M and Zara combined.
