Bank of England raises its benchmark rate by 75 basis points, its biggest hike in 33 years

A passageway near the Bank of England (BOE) in the City of London, U.K., on Thursday, March 18, 2021. Hollie Adams | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The Bank of England on Thursday raised interest rates by 75 basis points, its largest single hike since 1989, and warned of a prolonged recession as policymakers…

Watch Governor Andrew Bailey speak after the Bank of England’s rate hike

[The stream is slated to start at 08:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey is speaking at a press conference following the U.K. central bank’s latest monetary policy decision. Subscribe to CNBC on YouTube. 

Goldman Sachs seeks to impose order on expanding crypto universe with classification system

In this article GS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Goldman Sachs Group Inc. logo hangs on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs is making a bid to standardize the way the financial industry…

Value investors make a big comeback with one of their best months since 1978

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on November 02, 2022 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Value investors have come back with a vengeance as inexpensive stocks pulled off a historic month of outperformance against growth names. The Russell 1000 Value index jumped…

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Under Armour, Robinhood, Peloton, Lincoln National and more

In this article PTON TAL TPX QCOM ROKU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Under Armour clothing is seen for sale in a store in Manhattan, New York City, February 7, 2022. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Thursday. Under Armour — Shares of the athletic apparel maker…

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Block, PayPal, Carvana, Twilio and more

A Starbucks location in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after hours. Block — The mobile payment stock jumped 12% after Block reported third-quarter results that beat on the top and bottom lines. Block reported earnings of 42 cents per share on revenue of $4.52 billion. Analysts polled by…

This 28-year-old makes $189,000 a year from 7 income streams: ‘3 side hustles you can start for $50 or less’

In 2018, I started experimenting with side hustles to pay off my $40,000 of debt in credit cards and student loans. Today, I’ve accomplished that goal — and more. In 2021, I built enough income streams to quit my $98,500-per-year engineering job and work on my businesses full-time. At 28 years old, I am my…

Inside the $23 million mega-mansion that Yankee Candle built

Source: CNBC Standing at one of the five cooking islands in his kitchen, Mick Kittredge rattles off the outsized statistics for his newly listed home. Over 60 acres. Nearly 120,000 square feet of living and recreation space. A total of 14 fireplaces, 25 bathrooms, 16 bedrooms and four tennis courts. The western Massachusetts estate is…

At Pixar, Steve Jobs hired a director who’d ‘just made a big flop’—the result was an Oscar-winning success

In 1999, director Brad Bird’s movie “The Iron Giant” hit theaters. It was a commercial failure, costing an estimated $70 million to make and earning only $23 million at the box office worldwide. The experience reportedly left Bird wondering if he was cut out to make it in the film industry. He had no idea…

American billionaires spent a record $880 million on the U.S. midterm elections

America’s billionaires spent a record $880 million on the U.S. midterm elections so far, with most of their spending favoring Republicans, according to a new report. Billionaire spending is up 44% over the 2018 midterms, and is expected to approach $1 billion by next week, according to Americans for Tax Fairness, which analyzed campaign-contribution data…

Forget about making money. Here’s what it takes to write a book

Bob Pisani, CNBC Scott Mlyn | CNBC Thinking of writing a book? You might want to reconsider. On Monday, a federal judge blocked Penguin Random House’s proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster, agreeing with the Justice Department that joining the two giant publishing houses would lessen competition for top-selling books. As an author, I agree…