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MAIDSTONE, UK — Izzy Woodrow is a believer.Four weeks ago, he joined a small but growing number of Britons buying Chinese-made cars.”I enjoy driving (and) I have a very comfortable car. It’s very quiet, the fit and finish is great, and I enjoy the technology experience,” Woodrow said in an interview at Lipscomb Cars in Maidstone, England. A Geely dealership in south-east London has opened within the past year.It’s part of a trend as sales of Chinese-made cars soar in the UK. In 2015, Britons bought just 384 Chinese cars imported into the country, according to automotive consultancy Mobility Global.…

California voters will decide in November whether to impose a one-time 5% tax on residents and trusts with net worth of more than $1 billion. The proposal is highly controversial, with opponents on both sides of the aisle warning it would be the first of its kind in the nation and would be a body blow to the state’s competitiveness. But one of the proposal’s authors insists California will be fine. “I think California is likely to be better off if this bill passes than if it were passed,” said David Gammage, a law professor at the University of Missouri.…

Here are some companies that are making headlines in intraday trading. Travelers — The insurance company soared about 8% after reporting significantly improved second-quarter earnings. Travelers earned $10.04 per share, compared to analyst estimates compiled by LSEG of $5.42 per share. Sales also exceeded analysts’ expectations at $11.53 billion. Travelers’ surge pushed the iShares U.S. Insurance ETF (IAK) up 2% on the day. Allstate Insurance and Hartford Insurance followed suit, rising more than 2%. GSK — The biopharmaceutical company’s U.S.-listed shares fell more than 2% after GSK said it would halt further development of its chronic cough treatment drug camlipixant.…

At first, all Miya Pavola could see was a thick wall of smoke. Smoke could be seen nearby from her home in Namaigousisagagun First Nation in northwestern Ontario. But the remote Indigenous community said it was told that Monday, July 13, by the Ministry of Natural Resources that there was no immediate danger. Within hours, they were running for their lives. “Everything was very fast-paced. I didn’t have much time to think about what was going on,” Pavola told CNN. She grabbed a wet towel and climbed into a small aluminum boat with five other people, three dogs and a…

I still can’t shake the words Neil Reimer said during a roundtable discussion I held in Athens in late May. Speaking at a vibrant new technology festival in the city, he said he had a “strong sense that some kind of redistribution is going to happen,” speaking about the wealth accumulating around AI. he continued. “It may be voluntary or involuntary, but it’s going to happen, and I hope it’s voluntary,” he told me, adding that he thinks technology leaders “can play a leading role in getting it done.” To most people, that will sound like standard populism. For Rimer,…

A customer walks into a Taco Bell restaurant on July 14, 2026 in La Cañada Flintridge, California. Tama Mario | Getty ImagesTaco Bell announced Friday that it has removed lettuce linked to an ancyclosporosis outbreak from its restaurants.The outbreak has now affected more than 1,600 people in five states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the CDC, this infection is similar to severe gastroenteritis, and symptoms often begin to appear two to three weeks after being infected with the parasite. No deaths were reported.The agency announced Thursday that an investigation into the source of the…

US forces completed the latest series of attacks against Iran on Friday, making the new bombing campaign the seventh night in a row, Central Command said. Centcom said in a post on X that the attack “hit surveillance facilities, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons caches, and maritime capabilities,” adding that the U.S. military used assets such as fighter jets, drones and warships. This comes after the US launched further airstrikes against Iran with the aim of “continuing to degrade Iran’s military capabilities,” according to the US military. The Iranian government has also launched a new wave of an escalating series…

Times Square billboard celebrates SpaceX’s IPO debut on Nasdaq on June 12, 2026. Adam Jeffrey | CNBC good time space x The stock market is proving to be short-lived, as Elon Musk’s intergalactic IPO is now fodder for bears who argue that the US stock market is not ready to inject $2 trillion in market capitalization.Shares of the satellite and exploration business fell 5.5% on Friday, extending the decline over a 10-day period, hitting a low of $122.12, about 9% below its IPO price of $135. The stock is currently down 44% from its intraday high of $225.64. The Nasdaq…

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayn Mullin doubled down on threats President Donald Trump has made against states that don’t comply with demands for election reform.Marin’s latest speech on Friday largely reiterated what President Trump had said the night before: that his administration would pursue a hard-line policy of redistricting U.S. elections.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listMarin pledged to pursue a “maximum pressure” campaign to ensure compliance, borrowing language from President Trump’s foreign policy platform.He also hinted at the implications for those accused of misleading Americans about the 2020 election, which Trump falsely claimed he won.”This is not about rehashing…

Boeing Co.’s 737 Max aircraft at the company’s manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, U.S., Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. David Ryder Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe US government said on Friday: boeing can once again issue airworthiness certificates for its best-selling 737 Max aircraft and 787 Dreamliner, but that authority was stripped from the manufacturer following fatal 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019.The Federal Aviation Administration announced last September that Boeing could ticket some Max and Dreamliner planes before handing them over to customers, and that the FAA and Boeing would alternate weeks of doing so.”Over the past eight months, the…