This is how you level the playing field. Everyone will be asset light soon enough. www.cnbc.com/2025/03/12/s...

Other ideas: Start doing Duolingo just to get a cursory sense of the language. And do pre-work on restaurants. We were surprised at how late they opened, but we were in Sicily for the majority of the trip, during the off season. But you don't want to be making restaurant decisions the day of.

If you are renting a car, don't leave your suitcases in the car. Get them into the hotel/rental you are staying in. We had our car broken into when we went to Rome in November. Same thing happened to my sister in law.

Most successful business people, particularly in tech, are dismissive of Europe's economy and its regulatory regime. Why would we care if they tariff stuff? It's only led to them falling behind the US.

Ontario's Doug Ford warns of 'Trump recession,' threatens electrical shutoff

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday that if there is a recession ’there’s one person to be blamed, and that’s President [Donald] Trump.”

He also told CNBC that he would not “hesitate” to shut off electricity exports to the U.S. if Trump continues the trade war.

Trump tariffs live updates: Commerce Secretary Lutnick says more one-month tariff exemptions beyond autos are likely The White House said it would grant a one-month delay for tariffs on automakers whose cars comply with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Tariffs are widely panned by economists. The market hates them. But if Trump thinks they are the solution to fighting drugs, immigration, and other issues, he should stand his ground and not back down. www.cnbc.com/2025/03/06/t...

The first quarter is on track for negative GDP growth, Atlanta Fed indicator says The central bank's GDPNow tracker of incoming metrics is indicating that gross domestic product is on pace to shrink by 1.5%.

Not great!

The first quarter is on track for negative GDP growth, Atlanta Fed indicator says

www.cnbc.com/2025/02/28/t...

-.8% is not free fall

Stock is comically flat so far. A perfectly priced in quarter. We'll see what happens on the call!

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith says he would be U.S. president as long as he doesn't have to campaign ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith told CNBC Sport that he is not interested in campaigning but would be interested in being president.

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith says he would be U.S. president as long as he doesn’t have to campaign www.cnbc.com/2025/02/12/e...

How does this work? Does this mean Cowboys are keeping him?

James Bond Outdueled Goldfinger and Dr. No. Can He Win a Battle With Amazon? A clash between the Broccoli family, which has creative control over 007, and the e-commerce giant, which owns the franchise, has put Bond’s future on pause.

The woman who controls the James Bond franchise thinks the people at Amazon are 'fucking idiots' according to the WSJ www.wsj.com/business/med...

Luigi Mangione is escorted by several police officers and Mayor Eric Adams in New York.

seems a bit dramatic

Self driving cars will devastate the podcast industry.

YIKES

Check out Dow Industrials's stock price (.DJI) in real time Get Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI:Dow Jones Global Indexes) real-time stock quotes, news, price and financial information from CNBC.

The Dow getting literally murdered rn. www.cnbc.com/quotes/.DJI

Cocoa prices climb to new record high, prompting fresh warnings about extreme volatility The price of chocolate's key ingredient has skyrocketed this year, prompting analysts to issue fresh warnings about extreme price volatility.

Cocoa is going bananas www.cnbc.com/2024/12/17/c...

I’ve considered leaving X and doing all my posting on Bluesky but I do all my banking through X now, so I’m pretty much stuck in that ecosystem.

Sickened by the politics of the NFL, Belichick aims for a college restart Without an ideal NFL situation available, Bill Belichick decides to shake up the college football world.

Belichick with some 'you can't fire me because I quit' vibes here: www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

If Trump wants to kill inflation, the first thing he needs to do is get more homes built If President-elect Donald Trump is going to push inflation back down to a more tolerable level, he will need help from housing costs.

If Trump wants to kill inflation, the first thing he needs to do is get more homes built www.cnbc.com/2024/12/11/i...

Nasdaq rallies above 20,000 for the first time as tech shares gain: Live updates The S&P 500 rose after November's inflation report met economists' projections.

I guess Big Tech is going to be just fine after all! www.cnbc.com/2024/12/10/s...

I keep finding holes in all my sweaters. What kind of bug lives in my closet and eats my clothes? What can be done about this. Moth ball smell too gross. Any other solutions?

Would you recommend watching Moana 2 in 3D or standard?

I work on a desktop computer all day long. Tweetdeck was and is such a killer app for me. Is there a constantly flowing newsfeed app like that for Bluesky?

Donald Trump Jr. joins PSQ Holdings' board, sending shares skyrocketing 270% PSQ is a microcap stock with a market capitalization of only $72 million as of Monday's close.

Don Jr joining your board is the new adding 'Blockchain' to your name. www.cnbc.com/2024/12/03/p...

What about on X? Any better there?

Blue Sky CEO on CNBC

With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size.

At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.

Is there a reason China has pushed so hard into EVs?

I am flying into Italy on Friday. Is it any good? What should I do there? Flying into Rome, then going down to Sicily.