A third high-profile tech leader is leaving GM as part of a software-product restructuring

A third high-profile tech leader is leaving GM as part of a software-product restructuring

Mary Barra, Chair and CEO of General Motors (right to left), Mark Reuss, President, Sterling Anderson, Chief Product Officer, and Dave Richardson, Senior Vice President Software and Services Engineering at “GM Forward” on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 in New York. GM DETROIT – A third high-profile technology executive is leaving General Motors amid a restructuring … Read more

Why rural Wisconsin is blocking the AI data center boom: ‘Horses are skittish’

Why rural Wisconsin is blocking the AI data center boom: ‘Horses are skittish’

A sign opposing a zoning change for a Microsoft data center appears in Caledonia, Wisconsin, on Sept. 19, 2025. Jordan Novet | CNBC The village of Caledonia, Wisconsin, sandwiched between Chicago and Milwaukee along Lake Michigan, is dotted with corn and soybean fields, single-story homes and traffic signs alerting drivers to horseback riders. In September, … Read more

Execs say OpenAI has first hardware prototypes, plan to reveal device in 2 years or less

Execs say OpenAI has first hardware prototypes, plan to reveal device in 2 years or less

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on July 8, 2025. David A. Grogan | CNBC OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Friday that the artificial intelligence startup has finally finished its first prototypes for … Read more

Sandisk joins S&P 500 following Western Digital spinoff, replacing Interpublic

Sandisk joins S&P 500 following Western Digital spinoff, replacing Interpublic

Atmosphere at the Variety 2025 Power of Young Hollywood Party, Presented by SANDISK held at the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on August 07, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. Michael Buckner | Variety | Getty Images Shares of flash storage vendor Sandisk popped 7% in extended trading on Monday after the company was … Read more

This S&P 500 level is the one to watch in a short trading week, pro trader says

This S&P 500 level is the one to watch in a short trading week, pro trader says

(PRO Views are exclusive to PRO subscribers, giving them insight on the news of the day direct from a real investing pro. See the full discussion above.) The S & P 500 will have to hold a key level at 6,550 for an auspicious start to December, according to New York Stock Exchange insider Jay … Read more

Kohl’s names Michael Bender as permanent CEO after a turbulent year and sales declines

Kohl’s names Michael Bender as permanent CEO after a turbulent year and sales declines

Michael Bender named Kohl’s Interim CEO. Courtesy: Kohl’s Kohl’s said Monday that Michael Bender, who has served as its interim CEO, will become its permanent chief executive as the department store tries to get back to sales growth. He becomes the third CEO for the department store in about three years. The move is effective … Read more

European defense stocks slide as U.S., Ukraine make progress on peace plan

European defense stocks slide as U.S., Ukraine make progress on peace plan

A Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicle on Nov. 20, 2024, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Yan Dobronosov | Global Images Ukraine | Getty Images European defense stocks fell on Monday as Ukraine and the U.S. made progress on peace proposals over the weekend. The Stoxx Europe Aerospace and Defense index was 0.8% lower at the start of the … Read more

‘Wicked: For Good’ soars to $150 million domestic opening

‘Wicked: For Good’ soars to 0 million domestic opening

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star in Universal’s “Wicked: For Good.” Universal Universal’s “Wicked: For Good” defied gravity at the box office, snaring an estimated $150 million from domestic ticket sales. It marks the second-highest opening weekend for a film released in 2025, just behind Warner Bros.’ “A Minecraft Movie,” which tallied $163 million back … Read more

Microsoft faces uphill climb to turn enterprise dominance into widespread AI chatbot adoption

Microsoft faces uphill climb to turn enterprise dominance into widespread AI chatbot adoption

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Microsoft Build AI Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Adek Berry | AFP | Getty Images On Microsoft’s earnings call last month, CEO Satya Nadella boasted about the company’s artificial intelligence products, and said over 150 million people are using its Copilot assistant for productivity, cybersecurity, coding … Read more

‘Stakes are high.’ With shutdown over, airlines predict record numbers of travelers this Thanksgiving

‘Stakes are high.’ With shutdown over, airlines predict record numbers of travelers this Thanksgiving

A travelers check flight information at LAX as the shutdown passes the one-month mark, leaving essential workers unpaid in Los Angeles, California, on November 5, 2025. Grace Hie Yoon | Anadolu | Getty Images U.S. airlines are predicting another record Thanksgiving holiday travel period and are upbeat now that the travel-snarling government shutdown has ended. … Read more