The recovery of the body saw anger pour out onto the streets, with a mob vandalising roads, shops and a local railway station. A young man was beaten to death by the crowd – Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has since said he was innocent. Several police officers were injured and vehicles damaged as they tried…
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora warned that token costs need to drop as much as 90% to promote large-scale artificial intelligence adoption. “I think 54% is a good start,” Arora told CNBC’s Seema Mody on “Squawk on the Street” Thursday, after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC that the frontier lab’s latest model is…
A fire at a shoe factory in the south-eastern Chinese city of Jinjiang has killed at least 28 people, according to the state news agency. Dramatic footage posted by Xinhua showed huge plumes of black smoke rising from a building as well as people who appeared to be trapped on the roof. President Xi Jinping…
Choosing a white puppy is always a joyful experience. One of the first steps that will make your dog feel at home is coming up with a perfect nickname. If you’ve got a fluffy Samoyed, playful Maltese, elegant White German Shepherd, or lovely mixed breed, a special nickname might be based on any of your…
Darrell Sheets, a star of the long-running reality series “Storage Wars” who died by suicide, left a note referencing his cyberbully at the scene of his death, according to an incident report released this week by the Lake Havasu City Police Department. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and…
A Hellenic Air Force F-16 fighter jet has crash-landed at Zakynthos airport, closing one of Greece’s busiest summer holiday terminals. The aircraft – which was on a training flight – landed at about 13:45 local time (10:45 GMT) on Thursday after developing a technical fault, the air force said. It added that the pilot was…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. 1. Stocks rose Thursday as Wall Street tried to rebound despite renewed U.S.-Iran tensions and higher oil prices. The market showed a sharp divide within the technology sector: hardware and…
PepsiCo on Thursday reported mixed quarterly results as the struggles of its North American food and beverage divisions offset strong international demand. “Results were tempered in the quarter as U.S. food and beverage category performance moderated with consumer budgets tightening due to rising inflationary pressures,” CEO Ramon Laguarta said in prepared remarks shared on the…
An aspiring candidate with an architectural background lost a potential position at a firm after asking for clarity on total working hours. In the now-viral Reddit post, the user shared the conversations with the recruiter. Highlighting the firm’s toxic work culture, the screenshots prompted an internet conversation about committing to a role despite long working…
From the gold miners of the 1840s to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Levi Strauss has been the denim brand of choice for iconic American entrepreneurs for nearly two centuries — most of them male. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The company is now trying to…