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The Toyota Camry is produced at the automaker’s plant in Georgetown, Kentucky.Provided by: Toyotatoyota motors announced Monday that it will invest $1 billion in two U.S. factories as part of a plan to invest up to $10 billion domestically over the next five years.The new investment includes $800 million in a plant in Georgetown, Kentucky, to increase production capacity for the company’s Camry sedan and RAV4 crossover. The remaining $200 million will be used to increase production capacity for the Toyota Grand Highlander SUV at the company’s Princeton, Indiana, plant.”Toyota’s investment in the U.S. is long-term and tied to our…

Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi speaks on CNBC.CNBCDatabricks has grown from a startup to a leading software company, generating billions of dollars in revenue by processing data and running generative artificial intelligence models for its clients. For its next phase of growth, the company is turning to cybersecurity with a new service called Lakewatch.adobe The statement said Australian Bank and National Australia Bank are currently using it. Anthropic also uses Databricks for cybersecurity purposes, and its models run within Lakewatch. Customers can now inquire about implementing Lakewatch.CEO and co-founder Ali Ghodsi said large language models (LLMs) have “matured to the point…

Arsenal showed their true potential. The Gunners’ 11-game unbeaten run in the Women’s Super League is their highest since 2022. It’s the perfect time to reap the rewards of a season that until recently was in danger of faltering.Much of Arsenal’s recent success has been due to individuals stepping up their game. Chloe Kelly hasn’t found the back of the net in a league game since October, but she scored a hat-trick at the weekend. However, there is also a sense among observers that Arsenal are subtly growing towards their peak. Few were paying attention to the Gunners’ steady rise,…

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink speaks at the company’s 2026 Infrastructure Summit in Washington on March 11, 2026.Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBlackRock CEO Larry Fink said Mr. Trump’s account could be a successful early wealth building tool for American children when combined with other investment vehicles.In his annual Chairman’s Letter to Investors, released on Monday, Mr. Fink said this type of policy could provide a high return on investment. “On average, people who accumulate wealth early are more likely to earn advanced degrees, start businesses, and own homes,” he wrote, citing a 2023 research paper by the Aspen Institute.…

Sky Sports’ Paul Merson believes Arsenal will win the Premier League again this season despite losing to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final, the only trophy the Gunners will lift this season.Two goals from Nico O’Reilly gave City a 2-0 victory at Wembley, ending Arsenal’s unprecedented bid to win the Quadruple. Mikel Arteta’s side have reached the quarter-finals of this season’s Champions League and FA Cup, but remain nine points behind second-placed City, with the two sides scheduled to meet in the Premier League on April 19. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Highlights of the…

Agile Robots has entered into a partnership with Google DeepMind to develop robots at its Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. This is the latest effort in a series of robotics companies. Agile Robots, based in Munich, Germany, announced Tuesday that it has entered into a strategic research partnership with Google DeepMind. The partnership includes Agile Robots implementing Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics foundational model into its bots, and data collected by the robots being used to improve the underlying Gemini AI model. Together, the companies will test, fine-tune, and deploy robots using the Gemini foundation model in industrial use cases across fields such…

The National Women’s Basketball Players Association on Monday approved the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement, calling it “transformative” and “bigger than basketball.”The new CBA begins this season and runs through 2032. When WNBPA Chairman Nneka Ogwumike was asked to comment on the most important outcome of the deal, he had two words: “Bank account.” “Being able to pretty much tie your value to your salary is everything we’ve fought for and been able to accomplish,” Ogwumike said in an interview with CNBC Sports. The deal could increase a player’s average annual salary to $583,000 in 2026 and more…

File photo: Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, second son of late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a rally in Tehran, Iran, on May 31, 2019.Hamid Forutan | via ReutersIran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has joined X Premium on his official English-language account, despite the Elon Musk-owned company’s policy against sanctioned persons. This comes after a blue checkmark was removed from Iran’s supreme leader’s Persian account after the profile’s verified status was highlighted by the Technical Transparency Project (TTP) in March. Khamenei’s English-language X profile currently has about 175,000 followers, more than his Farsi-language account, and is used…

Prices posted on March 18, 2026 at a gas station in downtown Brooklyn, New York, USA. Matthew Hoen | Null Photo | Getty ImagesThe Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Tuesday launched a digital ad campaign targeting President Donald Trump and the Republican Party over rising gas prices during the Iran war.The six-second ad, first shared with CNBC, shows prices at gas pumps increasing and the final image reads, “DC Republicans did it!” Your ad will run on the next day meta The Facebook and Instagram platforms are geo-targeted to show viewers when they are at or near a gas station…

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth at the S&P Global Conference “CERAWeek” held in Houston, Texas on March 23, 2026.Carter Smith | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHOUSTON — Crude oil futures markets are not fully pricing in the scale of the supply disruption caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. chevron CEO Mike Wirth said Monday. “There are very real, physical signs of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz that are reverberating around the world and through the system, but I don’t think it’s fully factored into the oil futures curve,” Wirth said at S&P Global’s CERAWeek conference here. Oil…