Mortgage rates move to highest level in 5 weeks, but homebuyers shake it off

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Gold dips as rising oil price adds to interest rate uncertainty

Gold prices were ⁠under pressure on Tuesday as fading hopes for an Iran peace deal pushed oil prices higher, adding to concerns ​about inflation and the ​prospect of higher global ​interest rates. "Higher oil prices are raising the risk that the U.S. central bank and others...

Combat Rated

Kamala Harris Says Trump Is the First President Since World War II to “Thumb His Nose” at America’s Allies and Abandon International Rules and Norms — and She Says It Has Made America “Unreliable”

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is making the sharpest version yet of her foreign policy indictment of President Donald Trump, arguing that he stands alone in modern American history as the first commander in chief of either party to systematically abandon the alliances and international rules that have underpinned American power since 1945 — and […]

Thomas Smith

Macy’s is Closing 14 Stores. Is Your Town’s on the List?

The landscape of American retail is shifting once again as Macy’s moves forward with its sweeping restructuring plan. As part of its multi-year strategy to revitalize the brand, the department store giant has identified the next wave of locations set to shutter their doors.

The Mary Sue

Los Angeles woman finds 1-bedroom apartment for $2,500, but she still has to pay a subscription just to use her house key: ‘Lost their minds’

Apartment hunting in this day and age, especially in a big city like Los Angeles, can truly test your patience. According to Apartments.com, the cost of living in Los Angeles is 52.3% higher, and housing is 135.4% more expensive than the national average. According to one woman who’s currently searching for a place to rent […]

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Maryland man goes to Harbor Freight for knee pads. Then he realizes they’re completely different now: ‘Designed with a woman in mind’

'I don’t know why women think hardware stores and tool stores are for men only...'

CNBC

These three artworks could sell for $100 million each next week as May auctions begin

Nearly $2 billion worth of art is headed to auction at Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips. Three works are estimated to sell for up to $100 million, including headline works by Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock. The wild card for the May auctions is the Middle East, with the Iran war...

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Hantavirus fears put Moderna vaccine efforts in focus

Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC’s healthcare reporter, says Moderna’s hantavirus vaccine research remains in early stages, while health experts raise concerns about the CDC’s response to recent outbreaks.

Eat Like No One Else

Things to Know Before You Put Watermelon in Your Grocery Cart

Discover what you need to know about buying watermelon before you put it into your cart. You can find them year-round, but it is not until near the end of May when the melons get good. I would say you want to do the bulk of watermelon buying starting then and into September. The rest of the year, the watermelons are subpar and are shipped from far away.

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EBay rejects GameStop's audacious $56 billion takeover bid

The rejection could lead to a hostile bid, as GameStop CEO Ryan ⁠Cohen ‌last week said he ⁠was willing to take the offer directly to eBay shareholders. Analysts and investors have doubted whether the half-cash, half-stock bid ‌from the $12 billion videogame retailer for a company nearly four times its market ​value would close. EBay stock has been trading $20 below the offer price of $125 per share.

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Social Security COLA for 2027 may be higher as inflation rises, new estimates find

New government data shows the pace of inflation increased in the month of April. Experts say that may drive up the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2027. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or CPI-W, which is used to calculate the Social Security COLA, was up 3.9% over the past 12 months, the April data shows.

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Novo Nordisk says high-dose Wegovy helped some patients lose nearly 28% of their weight

A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest healthcare news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. It comes just one month after the launch of that 7.2-milligram shot in the U.S. Certain patients on that higher dose lost...

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UFC's Dana White urges Trump to reverse gambling tax law. His letter moved the prediction market

Dana White in a letter to President Donald Trump urged him to reverse a cap on gambling loss deductions approved as part of his signature tax law. Odds that the cap is reversed this year jumped on prediction markets platform Kalshi. UFC President Dana White penned a letter to President...

The Money Overview

37,000 workers lost their jobs in the first 10 days of May — the companies cutting them have committed $725 billion to AI spending this year

On May 7, Cloudflare told the Securities and Exchange Commission it would eliminate roughly 20% of its workforce. The reason was not falling revenue or a missed earnings target. In its 8-K filing, the company said it was restructuring around what it called an “agentic AI-first operating model.” The expected cost: $140 million to $150 […]

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How retail giant DFI is adapting to Asia’s shopping shake-up

Retail in Asia is changing fast, with weaker consumer sentiment, rising costs and shifting shopping habits forcing companies to adapt. For. , that means rethinking where it can win — and how it stays relevant across a vast network of supermarkets, convenience stores, health and beauty outlets and restaurants.

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Hantavirus outbreak isn't another Covid pandemic – but experts say it's testing U.S. readiness

A cruise ship outbreak of hantavirus has rattled the public and reignited fears of another global health scare, but health experts aim to tamp down fears of another pandemic. For some experts, the outbreak is raising broader concerns about how equipped the U.S. is to respond to future infectious disease threats.

Mediaite

Fox News’ Laura Ingraham Shares Post Saying Trump Is ‘On Verge of Making Massive Error’ With Potential China Deal

Fox News host Laura Ingraham lamented a report that President Donald Trump was considering making a deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping to allow China to build factories in the U.S. The post Fox News’ Laura Ingraham Shares Post Saying Trump Is ‘On Verge of Making Massive Error’ With Potential China Deal first appeared on Mediaite .

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Most people only need these 5 low-cost longevity tips for healthier, longer lives, doctors say

As life expectancy in the U.S. rises, so does the country's broader conversation around the pursuit of longevity. Billionaires are spending big in hopes of extending their lifespan for as long as they can. The world's longest-living people share their "secrets" to longevity, intended for the average person to achieve optimal health, too. For some people, being healthy entails a lot more than it used to these days — from wearable devices to track your "good" hours of sleep to at-home DNA tests for measuring your biological age based on individual health markers.

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Cramer's lightning round: Buy Chevron

It's that time again! "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he's giving his answers to callers' stock questions at rapid speed. Sign up now for the CNBC Investing Club to follow Jim Cramer's every move in the market. Questions for Cramer?. Call Cramer: 1-800-743-CNBC.

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China to buy U.S. oil to feed its 'insatiable appetite,' Trump tells Fox News

Trump said China has agreed to buy oil from the U.S. as the two nations push for tangible wins at the two-day summit. Trump said that the Chinese president would like to see the Strait of Hormuz open and free of tolls. U.S. crude oil exports to China plunged 95%...

The Maine Monitor

Susan Collins changes her vote curbing Trump’s war powers citing 60 day deadline

This story was produced as part of apartnershipwith NOTUSand the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute. Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins voted Thursday to introduce a measure to curb the Trump administration’s military operation in Iran, a sign of wavering support among Republican lawmakers as the war is set to reach its 60-day mark at midnight.

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China will order 200 Boeing jets, Trump tells Fox News

Trump told Fox News that Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to buy 200 Boeing airplanes. Wall Street analysts had expected China would soon make a massive order for even more Boeing planes in the near term, with Jefferies estimating up to 500 aircraft. President Donald Trump told Fox News that...

Fortune

The Bezos family just donated $100 million to help achieve one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top campaign promises

The parents of billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos have deep ties to Robin Hood, one of Wall Street’s favorite local charities.

Malcontent News

Moscow can't hide it anymore, Russia's economy is falling apart

The Big Story: Moscow can’t hide it anymore, Russia’s economy is finally falling apart. Dr. Robert Nigmatulin presented a grim assessment of the Russian economy at the Moscow Exchange Forum. He said Russians now have the lowest per capita salaries in Europe, and poverty in eastern Russia is worse than in the poorest regions of China.

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CNBC Daily Open: Trump-Xi summit delivers Wall Street boost

Dow surges 370 points to reclaim 50,000; S&P 500 notches first close above 7,500. Trump and Xi signal easing of trade tensions as Trump says China ordered 200 Boeing jets. Xi tells U.S. CEOs including Musk and Cook that China will “open wider.”. China to quietly help reopen Strait...

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CNBC TechCheck Evening Edition: May 13, 2026

CNBC's TechCheck brings you the latest in tech news from CNBC's 1 Market in the heart of San Francisco.

Eat Like No One Else

Don’t Ruin Your Peaches: What to Do as Soon as You Get Home

Learn what you should be doing when you bring your peaches home from the store or market. The 2026 peach season is underway now with fruit beginning to arrive in stores from places like California, Georgia, and South Carolina. I wanted to share with you some tips on how to handle your peaches when you bring them home from the store.

CNBC

For Chinese exporters, Iran worries eclipse tariff woes as Trump, Xi prepare to meet

Chinese exporters are pinning their hopes on a negotiated end to the Iran war, aided by Trump and Xi's meeting. After a year of tariff whiplash, exporters have found workarounds and adjusted to the tariff regime. The supply chain disruption caused by the Iran war is inflicting more pain than...

CNBC

Council on Foreign Relations President talks takeaways from Trump-Xi meeting

Michael Froman, Council on Foreign Relations President, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk his takeaways from Pres. Trump's meeting with China's Xi.

USLife

Strangers hosted a yard sale on my lawn, so I activated the sprinklers.

I woke up early on a Saturday and looked out my front window. There were folding tables and clothes racks set up right in the middle of my front lawn. A woman was organizing a massive yard sale. I walked out, and she told me someone posted on the LocalAll app that this grassy lot was a free public market zone. She was using my private property to make cash. I didn't argue with her. I just walked over to the side of my house and manually turned on all the high-pressure lawn sprinklers. The water blasted her cheap clothes and cardboard boxes, and they packed up their wet mess immediately.

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World of Hyatt’s award chart is changing soon, and many stays are getting more expensive. Here's what you need to know

For the first time in five years, World of Hyatt is changing its award chart. The hotel loyalty program, which includes over 1,500 hotels and resorts across 83 different countries, is keeping its fixed award chart, but the changes may require you to spend more points. World of Hyatt is...