The FDA changed Gottlieb’s official twitter handle @SGottliebFDA to @SteveFDA. Another account @FDACommissioner appears to contain the agency’s tweets from Gottlieb’s interim replacement from April 5 when he left to Dec. 17. The FDA made Gottlieb’s tweets available for download as an HTML file on its website after several reporters noticed the deleted tweets earlier this week and tweeted their outrage. Social media content meets that definition, according to the U.S. government. In a statement,

The 2020 playbook for President Trump and D.C.CNBC’s Eamon Javers reports on the 2020 outlook on Trump’s trade deal with China.

Record rally continues as the Nasdaq hits 9,000The Nasdaq crossed over the 9,000 threshold today. With CNBC’s Brian Sullivan and the Fast Money traders, Tim Seymour, Gina Sanchez, Victoria Fernandez and Dan Nathan.

Boeing 737 MAX airplanes are stored on employee parking lots near Boeing Field, on June 27, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. After a pair of crashes, the 737 MAX has been grounded by the FAA and other aviation agencies since March, 13, 2019. Boeing said on Thursday Michael Luttig, who was appointed senior adviser to the planemaker’s board amid the 737 Max crisis in May, will retire at the end of the year. The 737 Max has been grounded since March after two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 34

Twenty-year-old Dallas Mavericks player Luka Doncic, who is originally from Slovenia, grew up admiring Michael Jordan — as many do. “We’re very pleased to welcome Luka to the Jordan Brand,” Craig Williams, president of the Jordan Brand, said. “He is an undeniable talent, and he’s already demonstrated a fearlessness in the clutch that we prize in the Jordan Brand family.” “We are excited to welcome [Doncic] to the Jordan Brand family,” Michael Jordan said in the release. “He rounds out a roster

ESPN said the reporter, Ed Aschoff, died on Tuesday after a brief illness, without elaborating on a cause of death. The virus itself can cause viral pneumonia, but having the flu can also put at person at risk for bacterial pneumonia, which is considered more severe. It’s unclear if Aschoff had bacterial pneumonia, but he said in his Dec. 5 tweet that he was taking antibiotics. Not every case of pneumonia is severe, however, and many can be treated with outpatient care, Choi said. “It must be re

The electric car maker said it has also signed agreements for an unsecured revolving loan facility of up to 2.25 billion yuan, adding that both the loans will be used for its Shanghai car plant. Tesla entered into agreements with lenders in China for a secured term loan facility of up to 9 billion yuan ($1.29 billion), according to a regulatory filing on Thursday. Besides construction and production at the Shanghai factory, the loan may also be used to repay the 3.5 billion yuan debt due to be r

The S&P 500 also hit a fresh record, rising 0.51% to close at 3,239.91. The Dow Jones Industrial Averaged climbed 105.94 points, or 0.37%, to 28,621.39. The number is slightly higher than estimates of 220,000 in a Dow Jones poll of economists. Still the data provided another sign that the U.S. labor market remains strong. President Donald Trump also said Tuesday the deal is “getting done,” adding there will be a signing ceremony with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. Kalanick co-founded Uber in 2009, then took over as CEO the following year. The second actMarc Andreessen, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz, speaks at Recode’s 2017 Code Conference. Then, a decade ago, Andreessen co-founded Andreessen Horowitz, where he used his hard-gained knowledge as an entrepreneur to build one of the most successful venture capital firms in Silicon Valley. Kalanick sold less than $3 billion worth of Uber stock, which barely buys an NBA team these d

According to the people, Bloomberg himself prodded the financiers to open up their donor networks to the Democratic National Committee and state Democratic parties. The aides showed a map highlighting Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as states Bloomberg could pick up during the primary. Bloomberg, who founded financial services and media company Bloomberg LP, has known several of these business leaders for years. In California, one of the most delegate-rich Super Tuesday states, Bloomb

Amazon stock gained more than 4% Thursday after the company claimed a record holiday shopping season. This was the best day for Amazon stock since January 30th, putting the company positive for December after a bumpy start to the month. The company also claimed that more people signed up to try Amazon Prime, its subscription service, than ever before. Today’s gains put Amazon stock up 37% since its 52-week low of $1,363.01 per share this day last year. Amazon stock faltered at the beginning of t

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. said Thursday that a TV version of the Christmas movie “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” which erased a cameo from President Donald Trump, was edited years before Trump became president. The president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., pushed the story on Twitter, as well. “As is often the case with feature films adapted for television, Home Alone 2 was edited for time,” Thompson said. “The scene with Donald Trump was one of several that were cut from the movie as no

Bill Gates has outdone himself yet again: For Reddit’s annual Secret Santa gift exchange, in which Reddit users are matched up with Internet strangers to give presents, the billionaire shipped an 81-pound package to one lucky recipient, u/szor. Gates, who lives in Washington, sent the package via Fedex overnight “across eight shipment zones,” Szor posted on Reddit. It was her 95th Reddit gift exchange, a detail Gates acknowledged by labeling each side of the box with the number. Gates also sent

Despite disagreements on both sides, Kutaragi designed the console, and a couple hundred prototypes were produced of the Super NES CD-ROM System, colloquially known as the SNES-CD or Nintendo Play Station. After shuttling the console around to gaming conventions for years, Diebold is now ready to part with the Nintendo Play Station. None of the games created specifically for the console prototype have ever been found, but the device is able to play games. Grid View Nintendo Play Station Prototyp

When it comes to habits, breaking the bad ones is just as important as establishing the good ones. If you want to build your wealth in 2020, start by eliminating these five costly habits. If your company doesn’t offer one, or you’re self-employed, consider other options, like contributing to a traditional or Roth IRA. But the less you pay now, the more you’ll pay later. If your goal is savings specific, figure out how much you’d have to save per month or per paycheck over the course of the year

If you’ve been consistently saving for retirement for years (or even decades), you may start to wonder whether it’s possible to over-invest in your future. “How much to save (and whether to save) for retirement is entirely based on the goals and priorities of the individual,” Samantha Gorelick, a certified financial planner at Brunch & Budget, tells CNBC Make It. Ensure your retirement plan makes senseIf you aren’t sure where you’re headed with your retirement plan, Boneparth recommends taking t

Migraine sufferers now have a new tool in their arsenal to fight the debilitating headaches with federal approval of Allergan’s first oral medication proven to ease migraine symptoms within two hours — even after they’ve started. The Food and Drug Administration approved Ubrelvy, the company’s ubrogepant treatment, on Monday. The oral medication is aimed at treating migraines in patients who are unresponsive to common migraine treatments, such as triptans, or are at risk of cardiovascular disord

Piper Jaffray: Netflix will grow subscribers next quarter despite increase competitionMike Olson, senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray, explains his bullish stance on Netflix on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.”

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Russian President Vladimir Putin opens rail route linking country’s two biggest cities to Crimea2 Hours AgoRussian President Vladimir Putin just opened a rail line that linked the country’s two biggest cities to the Crimean Peninsula. He built the $13.4 billion project against the wishes of Ukrainian leaders, and said the route was proof Russia could deliver on big infrastructure projects.