US president has upped rhetoric as Iran maintains it will push forward with nuclear programme after US strikes. United States President Donald Trump has re-upped threats against Iran, just weeks after launching military strikes on three of the country’s nuclear facilities. The statement on Monday was in response to Tehran’s position that it will continue…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are hanging near record highs Monday after the United States agreed to tax cars and other products coming from the European Union at a 15% rate, lower than President Donald Trump had earlier threatened. Many details are still to be worked out, however, and Wall Street is heading into a…
Imagine ditching power windows for a sub-$20K electric pickup—sounds crazy, right? But Bezos-backed Slate Auto thinks it’s genius, especially with that $7,500 tax credit vanishing soon. Slate Auto, a Michigan-based startup backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is introducing a minimalist electric pickup truck priced under $20,000, but the impending expiration of a $7,500 federal…
The U.S. government has reportedly halted the curbs on technology-based exports to China in order “to avoid hurting trade talks with Beijing” and help secure a face-to-face meeting between President Trump and Xi Jinping, according to the Financial Times. This follows what is described as “months” of encouragement by the administration to the industry and…
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. When people think of real estate investing, they usually picture massive commercial buildings, towering apartment complexes, or high-end developments backed by hedge funds and private equity. But the truth is, most landlords in the U.S. aren’t corporations. They’re…
It is one of the leading super yachts of the world and its owner is one of the wealthiest. Jeff Bezos‘ superyacht Koru has been spotted off the picturesque coast of Cala Pi, in Mallorca. The sighting of the 127-meter sailing yacht generated significant attention from both yacht enthusiasts and tourists, who were drawn to…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Reuters — Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the U.S. automaker had signed a $16.5 billion deal to source chips from Samsung Electronics, a move expected to bolster the South Korean tech giant’s loss-making contract manufacturing business. Samsung’s shares jumped as much as 6.8% to their highest since September last year after…
Jeff Bezos’s lavish wedding to Lauren Sanchez last month may have cost him a pretty penny—but even on the day of his nuptials the Amazon founder was generating millions. On June 27, the day Bezos and Sanchez said their vows, the billionaire sold millions of shares in online giant Amazon as part of a wider…
Elon Musk posted a meme that joked about the death of billionaire George Soros, a 94-year-old Democratic donor, following several celebrity deaths. The tech CEO shared an image of the Grim Reaper looking for Soros in a claw-grabber game on Sunday, days after the deaths of Hulk Hogan and Ozzy Osbourne. Newsweek contacted Musk for…
Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok went on a hateful tirade earlier this month. The AI-powered account praised Hitler and posted a series of antisemitic comments over X, the digital platform also owned by Musk. The company’s CEO, Linda Yaccarino, resigned the next day – though it’s unclear whether her exit was directly related to the bot’s…