A worker at the photolithography section of a semiconductor plant of the Mikron Group in Zelenograd, Moscow. Anton Novoderezhkin | TASS | Getty Images The Trump administration is weighing trade restrictions on China that would limit the use of American chip-making equipment, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. People familiar with the matter told the […]

The US’ House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi attends the 56th Munich Security Conference in Munich on February 16, 2020. Christof Stache | AFP | via Getty Images MUNICH — As the globe races to develop 5G networks, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Sunday that accepting Chinese domination of the technology would be akin […]

Sam Kaufmann, CEO of Random Salad Games Random Salad Games Sam Kaufmann is on somewhat of a digital island. His company, Random Salad Games, is the largest ad-supported app developer on Microsoft Windows, which has become an afterthought in the mobile market now dominated by Apple and Google. It’s still a nice business for Kaufmann. […]

Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, October 23, 2019. Erin Scott | Reuters Facebook’s latest “copycat” app sent shares of Pinterest falling 4% after hours on Thursday, but history shows investors may not have too much to worry about. While Facebook’s Stories feature infamously drew […]

[The stream is slated to start at 9 am ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Donald Trump’s two choices to fill Federal Reserve board spots will get their confirmation hearings Thursday before the Senate Banking Committee. Judy Shelton of California and Christopher Waller of […]

The IRS proposed new regulations (REG-132741-17) for withholding on individuals’ wages to reflect the statutory changes in the law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, P.L. 115-97, including the elimination of the personal exemption. The proposed rules and the new Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Certificate (formerly titled Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate) no longer […]

Facebook-owned WhatsApp is being censored in China as the Communist Party congress gets underway. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images Facebook’s WhatsApp now has more than 2 billion users, CEO Will Cathcart told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Wednesday, revealing its user numbers for the first time in two years. The […]

[The stream is slated to start at 10 am ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell appears Tuesday before the House Committee on Financial Services as part of his semiannual testimony to Congress. Powell said in prepared remarks that the Fed […]

A California passenger aboard the Diamond Princess told CNBC on Monday it “can be a little bit depressing” when thinking about how much longer he and his wife must remain on the quarantined cruise ship: likely nine more days. Matthew Smith, 57, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” he is “maintaining his confidence” that he and his […]

Contractors working for the Amazon Inc. Flex program load packages into vehicles to deliver to customers in San Francisco. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Like many gig economy workers, Amazon Flex drivers start off their day by opening an app. The Flex app is where drivers find package delivery jobs in their […]