2020 Democratic White House hopefuls have drilled into foreign policy as U.S. tensions with Iran bubble, and a new poll suggests more primary voters put their faith in Joe Biden to navigate the crisis. Twelve percent say they don’t know whom they trust to tackle foreign policy, while 11% put their faith most in Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. The presidential hopefuls will likely stress their foreign policy credentials again at Tuesday night’s primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa. Since Soleimani’s

President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial could begin as soon as next week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. She and other top Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have loudly voiced concerns about whether Trump’s Senate trial will be legitimate. Bolton said last week that he is willing to testify in the impeachment trial if the Senate subpoenas him to appear. McConnell said last month that he wants the trial to closely resemble former President

Shares of Tesla have doubled in price over the past three months, paving the way for a massive payday for CEO Elon Musk. Musk would earn the first tranche if Tesla’s market capitalization hits and stays at $100 billion. Given the current number of shares outstanding, that means Tesla’s stock would have to hit $554.81, based on FactSet. Musk doesn’t suddenly get paid when Tesla’s stock hits $554.81, though. The company would need to report either trailing-four-quarter revenue of $20 billion or EB

It is unclear how long the NSA knew about the flaw before reporting it to Microsoft. The cooperation, however, is a departure from past interactions between the NSA and major software developers such as Microsoft. “We follow the principles of coordinated vulnerability disclosure as the industry best practice to protect our customers from reported security vulnerabilities. To prevent unnecessary risk to customers, security researchers and vendors do not discuss the details of reported vulnerabili

Mario Tama | Getty ImagesDiscussion on Social Security reform has been largely absent from the Democratic debates. More from Personal Finance:Elizabeth Warren would bypass Congress on student loan debtWhy Social Security’s not enough to pay for basicsLawmakers renew push for mailed Social Security statements In 2019, about 64 million Americans received more than $1 trillion in Social Security benefits. Most of the Democratic candidates have plans to solve those long-range financing difficulties,

For years, Jamie Dimon had a running joke: Ask him when he was going to step down from J.P. Morgan Chase, and the answer was always five years in the future, no matter when the question was asked. Fast forward to now: Dimon appeared uncommitted to that timing when CNBC asked him about it in a Tuesday media call. He built J.P. Morgan into the biggest U.S. bank after the financial crisis, the industry’s 800-pound gorilla across Main Street and Wall Street. The company is fresh off the most profita

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s warning about risks from climate change on investments makes a company like electric auto maker Tesla quite attractive, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday. And more importantly, through that is to provide them with an investment portfolio that will outperform.” Tesla is the ultimate Larry Fink stock,” said Cramer on “Squawk Box.” BlackRock is among the biggest institutional owner’s of Tesla stock, with about 4.6 million shares in its funds. The host of “Mad Money” came out

BlackRock the latest financial firm to get on ESG bandwagon: Raymond James energy analystPavel Molchanov, Raymond James, joins ‘The Exchange’ to discuss sustainability in the energy space and his thoughts on ESG investing.

What happened to Domino’s in Iceland, Sweden and NorwayIceland is a notoriously hard market for international fast-food chains to break into. Domino’s is the exception — the pizza chain has the biggest market share in fast food there. But that love for Domino’s doesn’t extend to the rest of the Nordic bloc. In October 2019, Domino’s Pizza Group, which owns stores in Iceland, Norway and Sweden, announced it’s exiting its business in those markets.

J.P. Morgan — Shares of J.P. Morgan jumped nearly 2% after the nation’s biggest bank by assets reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results. J.P. Morgan’s fourth-quarter profit rose 21% to $8.52 billion, or $2.57 a share, compared with the $2.35 estimate of analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. Citigroup posted fourth-quarter earnings of $1.90 per share, compared to $1.84 per share expected by Refinitiv. Wells Fargo — Wells Fargo shares were on track for their worst day since August after the ban

The size of the stock market relative to the size of the economy is at its highest level ever, raising concerns that the market’s recent all-time highs are detached from reality. The likes of legendary investors Warren Buffett and Paul Tudor Jones have measured the stock market in this, or similar ways in the past to determine if it is overvalued or undervalued. While some valuation measures are based on fickle analyst estimates, the equity market cap-to-GDP ratio is based on concrete and simple

Retail sales were strong in December, and for the holiday shopping period they could be up close to 5%, slightly better than other industry forecasts, according to Bank of America economists. Using BofA aggregated credit and debit card data, BofA Securities economists said December sales increased 0.3% over the month earlier and 3.2% year-over-year. The economists expect to see a similar 0.3% gain in Census Bureau retail sales, when they are reported Thursday. “Assuming our forecast is correct,

A 475 megawatt (MW) section of what is being described by energy firm the Enel Group as South America’s “largest” solar photovoltaic (PV) facility has started operations. Work on an additional 133 MW section of the project began last August and will bring Sao Goncalo’s total capacity to 608 MW when finished. There is currently a debate taking place in Brazil on the topic of solar power and how to price it. Brazilian power regulator, Aneel, has previously said it was thinking of cutting incentive

Underlying this bullish view is a belief that Tesla will not lose its considerable share of the electric-vehicle market, she said. Initially, Wood said she thought Tesla would lose about one-third of its 17% market share last year. Wood first predicted in February 2018 that Tesla would one day trade at $4,000 per share. Based on 180 million shares outstanding, Tesla over $6,000 would put the electric-auto maker firmly in the $1 trillion stock market value club. Tesla’s stock hit another all-time

For all of 2019, Boeing lost orders for 87 commercial airplanes, meaning it had more cancellations than new purchases, the company said Tuesday. The negative number is especially painful when compared with European rival Airbus, which logged orders for 768 new planes for 2019. Boeing ended 2019 with a commercial airplane backlog of 5,406 planes. In December, Boeing failed to log any 737 Max orders as airlines and aircraft leasing companies continued to steer clear of the grounded airplane. The n

SpaceXPrivate funds are pouring money into space companies, with 2019 marking a record year of investment in extraterrestrial ventures. Space companies received $5.8 billion across 198 investment rounds last year, topping $5.1 billion of investment in 2017, according to a report Tuesday by New York investment firm Space Angels. The firm itself has stakes in nearly two dozen space companies and publishes comprehensive quarterly updates on private investment in the industry. Space Angels highlight

Workers listen during a briefing inside the Congress Center, the venue for the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. JOHN THYS | AFP | Getty ImagesThe newly-appointed head of the European Central Bank is a well-known figure at WEF. Chris J Ratcliffe | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe 17-year old Swedish climate activist is due to return to Davos this year. NICHOLAS KAMM | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Bulgarian national was appointed head of the International Mo

Climate change poses a real risk to long-term viability, and companies can no longer afford to ignore these risks. The firm is also moving away from thermal coal companies. BlackRock already offers sustainable investing strategies, but its new products are designed to make it even easier for investors to choose socially responsible funds. “We want to make sustainable investing more accessible to all investors and lower the hurdles for those who want to act,” the letter said. “Clients are now ask

The pair have pointed out there is precedent to holding a royal title and also earning a living externally. Harry and Meghan have said they will give up the 5% of funding they receive from the Sovereign Grant, which is the money the royal family receives from the government, and therefore British taxpayers. The total grant amounted to £82.2 million ($106.5 million) in 2018-19, working out at over £1 per U.K. taxpayer. Prince Harry is reported to receive £5 million a year from the estate, though

But Trebek, 79, has no plans to retire “in the near future,” he said in a panel for the Television Critics Association winter press tour Wednesday. “Drink,” Trebek joked on Wednesday during the winter press tour. “No, I’ll work around the house,” he said. Trebek is scheduled to host the show until 2022, according to the New York Times. As someone who’s worked as a game show host for more than 50 years, naturally Trebek has thought about retirement.