Billionaire investor Ron Baron asked Shotwell why Blue Origin, which is owned and funded almost entirely by the Amazon founder, hadn’t accomplished what SpaceX has. Blue Origin, on the other hand, has only flown suborbital rocket flights of at altitudes of a few hundred thousand feet. But she believes Blue Origin has not taken on nearly as much risk. Still, the conversation included her views of Bezos’ other company Amazon, in addition to Blue Origin. SpaceX is using its own Falcon 9 rockets to

As negotiators work to flesh out the “Phase One” trade deal President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping are expected to sign next month, trade hawk Peter Navarro has been fighting the deal behind the scenes, according to three people close to the talks. Navarro has urged Trump to force China to recommit to previous promises on IP protection or walk away from a deal. “He’s been agitating to drive a harder line” since the partial deal was announced, said one former administration offic

Microsoft has emerged victorious in a dramatic competition for public cloud resources for the U.S. Defense Department, beating out market leader Amazon Web Services, the Pentagon said on Friday. Microsoft has also won major deals from companies like Walmart even as AWS has kept growing. Other, smaller cloud rivals like IBM and Oracle were kicked out earlier in the process, which has been contentious. In July President Trump said he was looking at the contract after companies had protested the co

When Facebook first announced it was getting into the crypto business—with a basically unregulated currency called Libra—the reaction from Wall Street and government bankers was about as expected. Fast-foward a few months, and Libra is in trouble. The social media giant had lined up a long list of corporate backers for the initiative, including major players in the payments space. And in October 2019, several prominent backers began to back out. Watch the video above to find out how Facebook’s c

How Facebook’s libra lost major partners and provoked the US government3 Hours AgoFacebook’s Libra is in trouble. The social media giant had lined up a long list of corporate backers for the digital currency initiative, including major players in the payments space. And in October 2019, several prominent backers began to back out. Here’s how Facebook’s crypto future got into serious trouble.

Why this trader is bullish on Twitter despite earning sink1 Hour AgoCNBC’s Melissa Lee and the Options Action traders discuss why they think Twitter may or may not see a comeback.

The company plans to develop roof tiles in other styles, such as earth tones and French slate. CEO Elon Musk and other executives said that the new roof , which includes solar panel tiles that blend in alongside regular roof tiles, would be produced at its factory in Buffalo. Tesla’s earlier attempts to deliver glass Solar Roof tiles sputtered. The webcast follows a blockbuster third-quarter earnings call for Tesla where Musk announced:”One last item is that tomorrow afternoon, we will be releas

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers gave final approval Friday for a new four-year labor contract with General Motors. The ratification brings to an end the union’s 40-day strike, which cost the automaker well over $2 billion. The contract was supported by 57% of members who voted, according to final results from the union. Both companies had agreed to contract extensions so the union could concentrate on talks with GM. The union will use the GM deal as a template for negotiations with the other D

Howell brushed aside arguments made by Trump’s supporters that the impeachment inquiry is illegitimate because the House has not held a formal vote authorizing such a probe. “Even in cases of presidential impeachment, a House resolution has never, in fact, been required to begin an impeachment inquiry,” the judge wrote. She wrote that the White House’s refusal to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry made it even more important to give the House panel the grand jury materials that it was seekin

The Trump Organization said Friday that it is exploring selling its lease rights for its Washington hotel, in part due to ethics concerns related to President Donald Trump profiting from business there, which includes visits by officials of foreign governments. The company is aiming to obtain more than $500 million for the lease rights to the Trump International Hotel, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported news of the potential sale. The building is owned by the federal gove

The first monthly Social Security check was cashed in 1940 for a grand total of about $23. Fast forward to 2019, and the average retired worker gets almost $1,500 a month from Social Security. Remember: Social Security was not intended to be your sole source of income for retirement, and the totals are always changing, so you still need to be diligent about saving for retirement. So how much should you expect to receive if you make $75,000 a year? More from Invest in You:How Walmart and other bi

The U.S. Treasury on Friday said that the federal deficit for fiscal 2019 was $984 billion, a 26% increase from 2018 but still short of the $1 trillion mark previously forecast by the administration. The government said corporate tax revenues totaled $230 billion, up 12%, thanks to a rebound in the second half of the year. Individual tax revenues rose 2% to $1.7 trillion. As a percentage of U.S. economic output the deficit was 4.6%, 0.8 percentage points higher than the previous year. The White

The text size in The Outer Worlds is too small, and folks are speaking up about it online. Obsidian’s newest role-playing game, which evokes the action of Bethesda’s Fallout 3 while simultaneously evoking the narrative and pacing of the original Fallout and Fallout: New Vegas, is a lot of fun. But the font size is way, way too small. Players on console can use system-level zoom functions on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but that solution can be tedious. Here’s hoping it’s something that can be pat

The preliminary patch notes for Final Fantasy 14’s patch 5.1 released, showing that a lot of old content is going to be tweaked to be a bit easier. For one, Thornmarch, the fight that pits you against Good King Moggle Mog XII (he of the regal whisker) has been tweaked so players can’t just bum-rush him immediately. Most of the confusing crafting skills are also getting tossed this patch, simplifying all the crafting classes. Patch 5.1 for Final Fantasy 14 will release in-game on Oct. 29. The Nie

Payday 2, a game that’s been out for six years and remains astoundingly popular, is getting more DLC. The news comes courtesy of Starbreeze CEO Mikael Nermark, who let fans know that development is going to restart on Friday morning. Despite its popularity, development on the game’s content was wound down in December of 2018, as Starbreeze faced financial troubles. Now, almost a year later, the company is afloat and Nermark says it’s time to look to the future, which includes more Payday 2 DLC.

Homestuck now has an official sequel: Homestuck^2: Beyond Canon. The new series continues the infamous webcomic, following the epilogues that creator Andrew Hussie released earlier this year. The last page of the current update includes a prompt for readers to choose what Dirk should do next — following the original format of Homestuck. Hussie eventually ditched the element of reader input to avoid distracting from the comic’s actual plot, but that interactivity is returning for Homestuck^2. Hom

You can get a Mewtwo in Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! Ahead of Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield’s Nov. 15 release date, it’s giving away Mewtwo to folks that head over to Best Buy with the Pokémon Pass app on iPhone or Android. Launch the Pokémon Pass app at Best Buy and you’ll get a code to obtain Mewtwo. Here’s exactly what you’ll need to do once you’ve got the code, straight from The Pokémon Company:Launch your Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! Elsewhere, the Pokémon Pass app can get you a Shiny Luna

In the latest This Week at Bungie post, the Destiny developer revealed a new multiplayer mode coming to Destiny 2: Momentum Control. While previous Destiny 2 modes like Mayhem put the focus on abilities and Supers, Momentum Control is all about guns. In this mode, which is a variant of the regular Control mode, every weapon has significantly higher lethality, which means they’ll take out opponents much faster than normal. Momentum Control is also going to be a little bit more sneaky since the Tr

Facebook announces dedicated news section38 Mins AgoFacebook announced a news product as part of a broader push to address criticism for spreading fake news, while also growing an ad business that’s stolen marketshare from publishers. CNBC’s Julia Boorstin reports.

Global index provider MSCI is pushing back against criticism that it’s helping funnel American investment dollars into Chinese companies involved in human rights violations. We are an agent helping our investors figure out how to invest around the world in a good way … We cannot tell clients what decisions to make.” His comments came after a bipartisan group of legislators led by Sen. Marco Rubio who are pushing for divestment in China. Rubio has singled out MSCI’s All Country World ex-U.S. In