• Stocks bounce back from worst drop in nearly 2 years

    Stocks bounce back from worst drop in nearly 2 years

    Aug 06, 2024 10:55 PM EDT

    ... artificial-intelligence technology. Critics have been saying that euphoria has sent stock prices too high in many cases.They’ve pointed in particular to Nvidia, Apple and the other handful of Big Tech stocks in the “Magnificent Seven” that were the main reason the S&P 500 set so may ...

  • Chef René Redzepi explores ingredients that changed the globe in new series

    Chef René Redzepi explores ingredients that changed the globe in new series

    Aug 06, 2024 10:20 PM EDT

    Jeffrey Brown: The fire in a bite of chili, the pleasure in a cup of coffee, the raw wonder of sushi. But what's behind it all? Food is never just food. That's the theme that runs through "Omnivore," an eight-part series on Apple TV+ that takes us ...

  • Tropical Storm Debby slowly moving through southeastern U.S., bringing rain and flood

    Tropical Storm Debby slowly moving through southeastern U.S., bringing rain and flood

    Aug 06, 2024 03:37 PM EDT

    ... rains picked up. Tornadoes knocked down trees and damaged a few homes on Kiawah Island and Edisto Island between Savannah and Charleston. A Walmart, an Applebee’s and other businesses were damaged and several vehicles flipped in Moncks Corner about 30 miles (48 kilometers) inland from Charleston. Charleston police barricaded ...

  • Judge rules Google broke antitrust laws to maintain search monopoly

    Judge rules Google broke antitrust laws to maintain search monopoly

    Aug 05, 2024 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Vanderbilt Law School: It's a really big deal. The Biden administration has five major monopolization cases going right now against Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple. This is the first one to go to trial. And they won. So, in a sense, they're one for one. Amna Nawaz: So ...

  • The data fueling investor concerns as stocks plunge on recession fears

    The data fueling investor concerns as stocks plunge on recession fears

    Aug 05, 2024 10:50 PM EDT

    ... was a mistake. Amna Nawaz: When you look at the impact on the tech markets in particular, there were some of the worst performers on the day today. Nvidia fell over 5 percent. Apple took a hit after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sold off half of its Apple stock.

  • Court rules Google's search engine dominance is antitrust violation and illegal

    Court rules Google's search engine dominance is antitrust violation and illegal

    Aug 05, 2024 07:45 PM EDT

    ... more than Microsoft, but now trails its rival with a market value of about $2 trillion. WATCH: Why the DOJ and 16 states are suing Apple in a landmark antitrust case Besides boosting Microsoft's Bing search engine, the outcome could hurt Google at a critical pivot point that is ...

  • Why financial markets are falling and how we got here

    Why financial markets are falling and how we got here

    Aug 05, 2024 05:23 PM EDT

    ... investors had taken their prices too high and expectations for their profit gains had grown too difficult to meet, particularly with regard to artificial intelligence. Apple fell 5% Monday after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed that it had slashed its ownership stake in the iPhone maker. Nvidia lost more ...

  • Dow drops 1000 points, worst fall since 2022, amid global rout

    Dow drops 1000 points, worst fall since 2022, amid global rout

    Aug 05, 2024 02:33 PM EDT

    Making things worse for Wall Street, Big Tech stocks also tumbled as the market's most popular trade for much of this year continued to unravel. Apple, Nvidia and a handful of other Big Tech stocks known as the " Magnificent Seven " had propelled the S&P 500 to records ...

  • How a political fight is delaying timely mental health treatment in Oklahoma’s jails

    How a political fight is delaying timely mental health treatment in Oklahoma’s jails

    Aug 02, 2024 08:17 PM EDT

    ... beds at a facility in Vinita, a town of more than 5,000 people about an hour northeast of Tulsa. What’s next McCarty and Appleseed are still hoping Stitt and Drummond can come to terms on a solution. She said the proposed solution was done with care and with ...

  • Former State Department official analyzes implications of U.S.-Russia prisoner trade

    Former State Department official analyzes implications of U.S.-Russia prisoner trade

    Aug 01, 2024 10:45 PM EDT

    ... officials today are at pains to say we're getting 16 people out and the Russians are getting eight back. So it's not an apples-to-apples comparison. Nick Schifrin: And yet Putin did not release other Americans, as Geoff was just highlighting, Marc Fogel included. Why might he ...