Oil fell on Friday to cap its worst week since July as tensions in the Middle East over Iran eased for now and investors focused on rising U.S. inventories and other signs of ample supply. Brent crude, the global benchmark, was down 45 cents at $64.92, while West Texas Intermediate crude slipped 52 cents to settle at $59.04. The weekly decline in both Brent and WTI crude futures have sent oil prices back to or below levels seen before the U.S. drone strike killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani

These devices can record brain signals from sensors on the scalp (or even devices implanted within the brain) and translate them into digital signals. This industry is expected to reach $1.5 billion this year, with the technology used for everything from education and prosthetics, to gaming and smart home control. I tried a couple of wearables that track brain activity at CES this week, and was surprised to find they really work. “FocusOne is detecting the subtle electrical signals that your bra

Neil Peart, the prodigiously talented drummer and eclectic primary lyricist for the Canadian rock band Rush, died Tuesday in Santa Monica, California, according to a family spokesman. The cause of death was brain cancer, which he had been battling quietly for three years, according to his spokesman, Elliot Mintz. Peart, who joined Rush in 1974 and helped catapult the group to fame, was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1983, when he was in his late 30s. The celebrated drummer anno

Apple said on Friday that it will provide free replacements for some iPhone cases with built-in batteries because of charging problems. Customers can replace malfunctioning iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR Smart Battery Cases in any color manufactured between January 2019 and October 2019 at Apple stores or authorized Apple service providers, according to a notice posted on Apple’s website. Defective battery cases sometimes will not charge or won’t charge the phone inside the case, accord

Dennis Muilenburg, president and CEO of the Boeing Company, testifies before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee October 30, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on “The Boeing 737 MAX: Examining the Design, Development, and Marketing of the Aircraft.” (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Boeing denied former CEO Dennis Muilenburg severance in his departure last month, the company said in a filing Friday. Boeing fired Muilenburg last month amid a bal

Amazon has a beef with the start-up PayPal recently acquired, Honey. During the height of the holiday shopping season, the e-commerce giant warned some users that the browser extension could be a “security issue.” PayPal paid $4 billion for Honey in December — the largest acquisition in the payment company’s history. It works through a browser extension known as a “plug-in” that automatically searches for discounts as customers shop on sites like Amazon. PayPal was once a part of Amazon competit

A new batch of Pokémon from the Unova region have been added to Pokémon Go, along with the addition of trade evolution. Roggenrola, Tympole, Dwebble, Trubbish, Karrablast, Joltik, Shelmet, and more Pokémon will be found in the wild. With the new trade evolution mechanic, trading Pokémon to evolve them isn’t mandatory, but it will lower the candy cost to evolve them. The Pokémon affected by trade evolution are Haunter, Machoke, Graveler, Kadabra, Boldore, Gurdurr, Karrablast, and Shelmet. Throh w

Flight recorder of the crashed Ukranian plane is displayed during a press conference of Head of Irans of Civil Aviation Organization Ali Abedzadeh in Tehran, Iran on January 10, 2020. Iran, which has denied the Boeing 737-800 was downed by a missile, said it could take one or two months to extract information from the voice and flight data recorders. tmsnrt.rs/39MLwwxThe incident adds to international pressure on Iran, after months of tension with the United States and tit-for-tat military strik

As the health-obsessed CEO of Hint Water and a busy mother of four, they often feel too far away and daunting. Instead, I’m sticking to my existing daily routines — and improving them by adding simple, incremental changes. Below is a glimpse into my daily routine, along with the few tiny upgrades I’ve added. Unlike New Year’s resolutions, the best part about daily routines is that you can’t “fail” at them. But this year, when something unexpected derails my plans, I’ll be more forgiving of mysel

In the U.S., 99% of adults don’t use a financial advisor, according to a recent CNBC Invest in You survey, which polled 2,776 adults nationwide. With the plethora of financial information readily available online and the costs involved with hiring a professional advisor, it might seem overwhelming or unnecessary. Here are four questions to ask yourself to figure out if working with a financial professional makes sense for you. “If you feel you’re lacking in the three T’s, then you should absolut

During his junior year at Scarsdale High School in New York, Wolf Cukier landed a two-month internship with NASA. (The citizen science project allows people who don’t work for NASA to help with finding new planets.) Just three days into his internship, Cukier discovered a new planet. “About three days into my internship, I saw a signal from a system called TOI 1338. “I noticed a dip, or a transit, from the TOI 1338 system, and that was the first signal of a planet,” Cukier explains to NBC 4 New

The tween and early teen years can be a tricky time for kids. “Kids this age are old enough to really understand how money works,” said Chantel Bonneau, a wealth management advisor at Northwestern Mutual. With that in mind, here are 10 money lessons you can use with kids ages 10 to 14. Teach them how to earn moneyHelp your child come up with ways to earn money so that they can start saving toward their goal. “Maybe the child isn’t really recognizing what is going on, but they are starting to at

The last seven days in world events have created a new political paradigm. That’s because the attempts by President Donald Trump’s opponents to rein him in after his decision to take down Iranian general Qasem Soleimani are likely to have the opposite effect. in the polls over Trump. But her question should have spurred Trump’s opponents to look closer at how the strategy of throwing the kitchen sink at him doesn’t really work. It’s not that Trump’s poll numbers are historically good for an incu

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Department of State on November 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON — The State Department said in a statement Friday that the U.S. will not hold discussions with Iraq regarding American troop withdrawal from the country. “At this time, any delegation sent to Iraq would be dedicated to discussing how to best recommit to our strategic partnership — not to discuss troop withdrawal, but our right, appropriate force

E. Jean Carroll visits ‘Tell Me Everything’ with John Fugelsang the SiriusXM Studios on July 11, 2019 in New York. Carroll sued Trump in November, claiming he defamed her by saying she lied about the rape and that she was motivated by money and a political agenda to make up the allegation. In her ruling, Ling-Cohan also rejected Trump’s effort to postpone discovery in the case. Carroll’s lawyer Robbie Kaplan said, “We are pleased, yet unsurprised, that the Court refused to tolerate Donald Trump’

“Primary care needs to be moved to this kind of empowered care, and not just engagement.” Virtual primary care plansSome of the newest primary care models won’t be relying on physical locations at all. Just like urgent care clinic providers, telehealth services are trying to get into the business of more long-term services with virtual primary care. It is offering a virtual primary care employer plan with insurer Humana, and has also partnered with Walmart on a new video-based primary care servi

OLE, which creates one-of-a-kind, luxury Super Bowl packages that include tickets, food, entertainment and even lodging to see the game, expects to make roughly $200 million in revenue off the weekend, according to company officials. Revenue climbsLast year, OLE generated roughly $175 million in revenue from Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. In 2018, the company grossed more than $140 million from Super Bowl LII in Minnesota. Many ticket brokers sell Super Bowl tickets to fans weeks before they actual

The Mercedes-Benz Vision AVTR concept vehicle was unveiled on Jan. 7, 2020 at CES in Las Vegas. ScreenshotSony produced a car, Mercedes-Benz unveiled an out-of-this-world concept vehicle, and Uber teamed up with Hyundai to showcase their visions for a flying taxi. Mercedes-Benz Vision AVTRMercedes-Benz took inspiration from another world to design its most recent all-electric concept car, the Vision AVTR. Mercedes-Benz described the car as a “living creature” that can interact with passengers as

An employee drills holes for rivets in a frame inside a Boeing 737 fuselage during assembly at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas. A key Boeing 737 Max supplier said Friday that it is planning to cut about 2,800 jobs as the planes remain grounded far longer than expected and the financial impact ripples through the aerospace company’s supply chain. The 737 Max accounts for half of Spirit’s revenue. Spirit said it would also make smaller job cuts at two plants in Oklahoma. The job cuts come as

Greycroft’s Alan Patricof on why Tesla isn’t in a bubbleKevin Delaney of The New York Times and Alan Patricof of Greycroft join “Squawk Alley” to discuss Tesla’s success in the market.