CBS canceling Colbert raises questions about late night

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A marquee featuring “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” is seen outside the Ed Sullivan Theater, where Colbert’s show is produced, in New York City on July 18, 2025. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images There are two schools of thought around CBS’ decision to end “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” The first […]


Space startup Varda raises $187 million to make drugs in orbit

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Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Space startup Varda announced on Thursday that it has raised $187 million in Series C funding, led by venture capital firms Natural Capital and Shrug Capital, to continue advancing drug manufacturing in space. The latest round included participation from Peter Thiel, Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures and Caffeinated Capital. […]


Elon Musk’s xAI raises $10 billion in debt and equity

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Elon Musk announced his new company xAI, which he says has the goal to understand the true nature of the universe. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images XAI, the artificial intelligence startup run by Elon Musk, has raised a combined $10 billion in debt and equity, Morgan Stanley said. Half of that sum was […]


Personal finance app Monarch raises $75 million

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Monarch co-founders (left to right) Ozzie Osman, Jon Sutherland, Val Agostino. Courtesy: Monarch The personal finance startup Monarch has raised $75 million to accelerate subscriber growth that took off last year when budgeting tool Mint was shut down, CNBC has learned. The fundraising is among the largest for an American consumer fintech startup this year […]


Trust & Will raises $25 million in funding round, UBS invests

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Trust & Will founders, Cody Barbo (CEO), Brian Lamb, and Daniel Goldstein. Courtesy: Trust & Will Legal technology company Trust & Will said Tuesday that it has raised $25 million in a Series C funding round. The San Diego-based firm, ranked No. 41 on last year’s CNBC Disruptor 50 list, has now raised $75 million to date. Trust & Will […]


China-linked firm’s NJ Turnpike E-ZPass contract raises security concerns: ‘Worse’ than TikTok

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The major US tolling company that was sold to a Singapore-based firm under the Biden administration is reigniting national security concerns over its links to China, after it won the E-ZPass contract for the New Jersey Turnpike for $250 million more than the American company that has operated it for 22 years. In September, the New Jersey […]


JWN raises sales outlook after better holiday season

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Shoppers walk into a Nordstrom department store in Austin, Texas, on March 3, 2023. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Nordstrom on Friday raised its full-year sales outlook, after holiday shopping at its stores and on its website came in stronger than the department store’s cautious expectations. The company stuck by its profit guidance despite the […]