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The General Motors global headquarters in Detroit, Jan. 12, 2026.Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDETROIT – General Motors is laying off hundreds of salaried employees in its information technology operations as the automaker reevaluates its workforce needs and cuts costs, CNBC has learned.The global reductions began Monday and will impact about 500 to 600 employees, largely in Austin, Texas, and Warren, Michigan, according to a person familiar with the plans who was not authorized to speak publicly about the layoffs. GM confirmed the cuts, which were first reported by Bloomberg News, but declined to give specific details about the…
Boeing gets FAA approval to return MD-11 cargo planes to service Source link
In a press briefing in Omaha on Monday morning, federal and Nebraska officials corrected the HHS statement, saying that the US has repatriated 18—not 17—people, which includes 17 US citizens and one person who is a dual British/US citizen. The passengers range in age from late 20s to late 70s–early 80s. On the flight to Omaha, two were flown in special biocontainment units “out of an abundance of caution.” That includes the one person who tested “mildly positive,” and a second person who had symptoms. For now, the definition of symptoms is “liberal,” including anything as minor as nasal congestion,…
A sign displays the prices of unleaded, premium, and diesel gasoline at a Speedway gas station in Columbus, Ohio, US, on Monday, May 11, 2026. Brian Kaiser | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are proposing suspending the federal gas tax as prices at the pump continue to soar ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Gasoline and oil prices have jumped since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran broke out more than two months ago. Iran has largely brought the Strait of Hormuz, which normally carries a fifth of the world’s oil, to a standstill since the first…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The closest Vladimir Putin and I have ever been was on May 9, 2005 — Victory Day in Russia.Me, an aspiring 12-year-old dancer, performing in a musical showcasing the entire Great Patriotic War — the part of the second world war involving the Soviet Union — staged on Moscow’s Red Square, a great honour for my provincial dance group. Him, elected to his second term as Russian president, sitting in the stands nearby, just a couple of dozen metres away, surrounded by war…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Markets are chugging along to new record highs again. Pockets of the tech trade are continuing to surge, with Lumentum , Coherent , Corning , Western Digital , Micron , Seagate , Qualcomm , and Qnity Electronics all up 5% or more. Energy stocks traded higher alongside oil after President Donald Trump said the Iran ceasefire is “on life support” after an “unbelievably weak” counterproposal to end the war. Consumer-related stocks…
US issues alert on Iran Guard’s sanction evasion tactics to banks Source link
Boonchai Wedmakawand | Moment | Getty ImagesGoogle’s Threat Intelligence Group said in a report on Monday that it thwarted an effort by hackers to use artificial intelligence models to “plan a mass vulnerability exploitation operation.”The group, known by the acronym GTIG, said it has “high confidence” that it recorded hackers using an AI model to find and exploit a zero-day vulnerability, or software flaw unknown to developers, creating a way to bypass two-factor authentication. “The criminal threat actor planned to use it in a mass exploitation event but our proactive counter discovery may have prevented its use,” Google wrote in the…
False claims are spreading about George Boyd, who was elected as a Reform councillor in the east of England. Source link
The U.K.’s ruling Labour Party should commit to rejoining the EU at the next general election, London mayor Sadiq Khan has told CNBC.In an interview on Monday, Khan acknowledged his party’s disastrous showing in local elections last week. He urged the government to be “bolder and braver,” and deliver on its promises, as party lawmakers openly discuss replacing Prime Minister Keir Starmer.”People are frustrated with the lack of pace of delivery,” Khan told CNBC’s Ritika Gupta.”We have not been bold enough, we’ve not been brave enough. We are in danger of losing the next general election pretty badly.”Khan welcomed a…