Packages of Juul mint flavored e-cigarettes are displayed at San Rafael Smokeshop on November 07, 2019 in San Rafael, California. New York state is suing e-cigarette giant Juul, accusing the company of targeting teens, downplaying the presence of nicotine and hooking a generation on e-cigarettes, Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday. James claims Juul “took a page from Big Tobacco’s playbook,” targeting kids in advertising and allowing its products to be sold to minors. “There is no

Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and advisor to Vice President Mike Pence Jennifer Williams are slated to testify Tuesday morning before the House Intelligence Committee in the third day of public impeachment hearings. The investigation focuses on whether President Donald Trump abused his power by a pressuring Ukraine to open an investigation into a political rival. Former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker and former National Security Council official Tim Morrison will testify at 2:30 p.m

The Dreamers path is the fastest way to get richAbout 28% of the individuals in my study were Dreamers. This is the fastest, most rewarding path to wealth — and it’s also the one that guarantees the most money. The Dreamers path, however, also happens to be the hardest, riskiest and most stressful one. What makes the Dreamers path so hard? It takes enormous physical and mental endurance to walk the Dreamers path.

Federal prosecutors say 78-year-old former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers may not be in as bad physical shape as indicated in court filings seeking his early release from prison due to health concerns. In a letter Monday to U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni, Assistant U.S. Attorney Gina Castellano cites a note from a prison psychologist who listened in on phone calls between Ebbers and his daughter in recent weeks. The psychologist notes that Ebbers has presented a much different persona when he k

Former White House economic advisor Gary Cohn is now into cybersecurity and blockchain. Soon after, Cohn met Hoyos Integrity CEO Hector Hoyos, who has built technology and services used by the U.S. military. “When I went to the public sector it’s the same issue. What I found out is the public sector didn’t have a better solution than the private sector. When I left the White House, one of the challenges that I set out to see … is finding a solution for secure data and secure communication.”

Facebook’s ad chief reportedly walked back comments she made at a conference that changing political ad targeting was “not on the table,” saying she shouldn’t have taken such a definitive stance. Carolyn Everson, Facebook’s vice president of global marketing solutions, told Axios reporter Sara Fischer she should not have been so firm in her remarks on stage Monday at the Code Media conference, and that nothing is necessarily off the table. Fischer shared the new remarks in a post on Twitter. At

Uber co-founder and director Travis Kalanick sold more than $170 million worth of stock in recent days, bringing his total sell-off since the company’s lockup expired to about $882 million. When Uber’s 180-day restriction on inside and early investor sales ended this month, Kalanick was among the wave of sellers that drove the stock down. Kalanick sold an additional $171 million in shares over a three-day period beginning Thursday, according to a financial filing submitted to the SEC on Monday.

People pass by a video sign display with the logo for Roku, a Fox-backed video streaming firm, that held it’s IPO at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York, September 28, 2017. Shares of Roku fell as much as 5.3% on Tuesday after the company said it plans to offer up to 1 million shares of common stock. Roku has entered into a distribution agreement with Citigroup to conduct the offering, under which it plans to sell up to 1 million shares of common stock “from time to time,” according to a filing wi

(Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Two senators are asking Facebook to “respect” users’ decisions to keep their location data from the company. Both Google and Apple updated their operating systems earlier this year to give users more control and insight into which apps can access their location data. The senators asked Zuckerberg to explain how Facebook collects data from users when their location settings are limited or turned off for their app. They also asked Facebook

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to guests during a campaign stop at Hempstead High School on November 02, 2019 in Dubuque, Iowa. While federal housing policy has historically emphasized homeownership, on Monday, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a plan addressing the issues that impact renters. “It’s time for big structural change to strengthen tenants’ rights, combat the homelessness crisis and hold predatory lenders and landl

Concerns about Broadcom’s recent acquisition of Symantec’s enterprise software business are overblown and the stock is a compelling buying opportunity, Morgan Stanley told its clients on Tuesday. Lead equity analyst Craig Hettenbach upgraded the stock to overweight from equal-weight and bumped his 12-month price target to $367 from $298, implying nearly 18% upside over the next year. Broadcom stock rose 2% in premarket trading Tuesday following the Morgan Stanley upgrade. Hettenbach calls it “ou

Randall Stephenson, chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. AT&T’s wireless business can’t offset the weakness in the company’s other ailing segments, according to MoffettNathanson. The firm downgraded AT&T to sell from neutral and kept its $30 per share price target. AT&T shares closed at $39.63 per share on Monday.

Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Tuesday:Morgan Stanley named the semiconductor designer and developer as a top pick and said it had “increased” confidence in the company’s strategy. “We upgrade AVGO to Overweight on increased confidence in the company’s software strategy against low expectations. We estimate that AVGO’s current P/E multiple of 13.5X implies risk that Symantec’s revenue will decline from a reset level of $2bn and targeted cost cuts prove aggressive. In contrast, we m

“Our Sensor Tower App downloads and Google search data analysis showed little-to-no impact from the Disney+ launch on Netflix trends, reassuring for Netflix relative to the competitive concerns priced into its stock, in our view,” Credit Suisse analyst Douglas Mitchelson wrote in a note to investors. Sensor Tower is a research firm that provides mobile download data. Netflix shares rose in premarket but later slipped, trading down 0.6% from its previous close of $302.57 a share. Credit Suisse ha

Trade should not be based on protectionism, IBM China CEO says3 Hours AgoAlain Benichou, CEO of IBM’s Greater China Group, tells CNBC “the world should be open.”

Jim Cramer: Vaping regulation needs to be done at a federal levelCalifornia and Los Angeles County are suing JUUL Labs, alleging the vaping brand targeted young people through advertising and failed to give warnings about the health risks. CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” crew discuss the headlines.

Why White Castle, America’s oldest hamburger chain, stayed smallWhite Castle is a fast-food chain with a small footprint in the Midwest and Northeast. It’s famous for its small, cheap hamburger sliders. It’s widely considered to be the first hamburger fast-food chain in the United States. Almost a century later, White Castle isn’t nearly as big as its rivals. Here’s a look at why.

John Williams, Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, speaks at an event in New York, November 6, 2019. New York Fed President John Williams said he is content with the current position of monetary policy and interest rates but said the central bank should be prepared to act aggressively to anticipate negative shocks to the economy. Monetary policy is well-positioned given the recent actions,” he said at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s annual

Asian consumers are driving tech trends in the travel industry, Ming Foong, the regional managing director of travel commerce platform Travelport, told CNBC Tuesday. “The future of travel, the way that we see it, is that it’s going to be far more personalized, far more customizable but also very, very connected and completely driven by technology. So technology plays a huge role in supporting this trend,” he told CNBC’s Geoff Cutmore at the East Tech West conference in the Nansha district of Gua

Industry experts are expecting a much less fragmented cryptocurrency boom in China, compared to other parts of the world, with President Xi Jinping’s government recently backing digital currency initiatives. “I hope that we will have an enlightened infrastructure here,” said Paul Brody, EY global blockchain leader, at CNBC’s East Tech West conference in the Nansha district of Guangzhou, China. “And I hope that we will avoid some of the mistakes that happened in the rest of the world.” With Xi’s