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Get CNBC Sports newsletters straight to your inboxBy Alex Sherman The CNBC Sports newsletter delivers the biggest news and exclusive interviews from the world of sports business and media to your inbox every week.Get access now by subscribing here.The Disney+ and ESPN+ logos can be seen on the Super Bowl LXI poster.Gabby Jones Bloomberg | Matthew Huang | Icon Getty ImagesDisney knows that business, like soccer, is a contact sport. In some cases, feuds between management teams can create hits within a company. A dispute with the Federal Communications Commission may also lead to a court appearance. And Disney, which…

This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Is it what you see? You can subscribe here.Jensen fans are busy.Nvidia’s GTC in Berlin was the grand finale of a week and a half long European tour. Huang met with world leaders including British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, unveiled new products and spent time conversing with a small robot duck on stage.The head of Nvidia must be tired. During a media Q&A Thursday morning, he gave reporters some insight into his beliefs. “Try sleeping less, that’s what I’m doing,” Huang…

Russia and Ukraine continued heavy attacks on civilian and energy infrastructure overnight, less than a day after both sides signaled that U.S.-brokered peace talks were making progress.Ukraine’s Energy Ministry announced on Friday that Russia has launched a major attack on energy facilities in Ukraine, leaving more than 500,000 people without power after attacks on energy facilities in the Zhytomyr, Volyn, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Khmelnitsky and Rivne regions.The ministry added that emergency recovery work has begun once the security situation allows.DTEK, one of Ukraine’s largest private energy companies, announced that unspecified thermal power plants had ceased generating electricity due to Russian shelling.DTEK’s…

As the Starshield issue, which began during the conflict between President Trump and President Zelensky, continues, Ukraine plans to partner with a Finnish company.Published October 23, 2026October 23, 2026Ukraine has announced plans to build an independent satellite communications system amid reported continuing problems affecting the US-operated StarShield system.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced on Friday that his country had agreed to partner with a Finnish company to develop the system. On the same day, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense complained of lingering problems in Starshield’s military service.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listU.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that tech…

As the saying goes, the only constant is change, and that leaves workers stretched thin.Organizational change is nothing new, but since the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have experienced significant disruption, including hybrid work and return-to-office mandates, mass layoffs, restructuring and reassignment of responsibilities, and the introduction of AI. “Everyone is experiencing change fatigue,” Lorraine “Ro” Stomski, Walmart’s chief people officer, told CNBC Make It at Forbes’ Future of Work Summit in New York City on Oct. 6. “The environment is changing so rapidly.” Managers and employers need to think about “really helping their employees get through this,” she added.What is…

Visual China Group | Getty ImagesElon Musk said tesla Shareholders on Wednesday said the following regarding a potential merger with: space xhe has already “said all there was to say.” Tesla’s head of investor relations told analysts that executives “have no intention of addressing” the issue before answering their questions.A day earlier, Musk had already ensured that the partnership between the multitrillion-dollar companies would be a major topic of conversation on Wall Street for some time to come, after endorsing a possible merger during SpaceX’s third-quarter earnings conference.”Do you think that’s a good idea? Yes,” Musk said on Tuesday, revealing…

A Kansas resident fills out a midterm election ballot during the first day of in-person voting at the Douglas County Clerk of Elections Office on October 14, 2026 in Lawrence, Kansas. Austin Johnson | AFP | Getty ImagesVoters are now more concerned about government corruption than any other issue, including rising food and gas prices, according to the final CNBC National Economic Survey before the Nov. 3 midterm elections.The discovery came after a months-long messaging campaign by Democrats to link widespread economic discontent to rampant corruption by President Donald Trump and his Republican allies.A CNBC survey of 1,000 registered voters…

Reuters — France on Thursday reported its first human case of Chamonda virus, which is usually found in livestock, and a hospitalized patient died, but authorities said there was no risk to the general population. The government said in a statement that the victim was suspected of being bitten by a midge mosquito that carries the virus, which was prevalent in animals in eastern France this spring and summer. A French Health Ministry official told reporters the man had been hospitalized in Lyon with a serious, unrelated illness. Local newspaper Le Progress reported that the victim was in his 60s…

Check out some of the companies making the biggest moves at noon: American Airlines — America’s largest airline by passenger numbers increased 3%. American Airlines expects its deficit to widen this year and plans to slow capacity growth next year as record profits fail to offset rising fuel costs. Southwest Airlines — The Dallas-based airline rose 5%. Southwest now expects adjusted earnings per share of $2.60 to $2.85 this year, down from its July forecast of $3.25 to $4.25 per share. Procter & Gamble — The Ivory soap and Tide detergent maker rose 6% after outperforming both sales and bottom…

Check out some of the companies making the biggest moves at noon: American Airlines — America’s largest airline by passenger numbers increased 3%. American Airlines expects its deficit to widen this year and plans to slow capacity growth next year as record profits fail to offset rising fuel costs. Southwest Airlines — The Dallas-based airline rose 5%. Southwest now expects adjusted earnings per share of $2.60 to $2.85 this year, down from its July forecast of $3.25 to $4.25 per share. Procter & Gamble — The Ivory soap and Tide detergent maker rose 6% after outperforming both sales and bottom…