Elon Musk says SpaceX will hopefully launch first Starship orbital flight in May

Prototypes of SpaceX’s Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster stand at the company’s Starbase facility in Texas. Michael Sheetz | CNBC Elon Musk on Monday gave an update on the timeline for SpaceX’s first orbital launch of the company’s next-generation Starship rocket. “We’ll have 39 flightworthy engines built by next month, then another month to…

Coal’s a ‘stupid investment’ and we’re ‘sleepwalking to climate catastrophe,’ says UN chief Guterres

UN Secretary General António Guterres photographed at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland on Nov. 11, 2021. Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.N. Secretary General issued a stark warning Monday, saying the planet had emerged from last year’s COP26 summit in Glasgow with “a certain naïve optimism” and…

Wendy’s prepares to overtake Burger King in breakfast, two years after its nationwide launch

In this article WEN MCD QSR-CA The Breakfast Baconator and Seasoned Potatoes are part of the breakfast menu at Wendy’s restaurants on March 2, 2020 in New York City. David Dee Delgado | Getty Images Two years ago, Wendy’s launched its breakfast menu nationwide, finally crossing the finish line for a goal it tried and…

Health experts predict uptick in U.S. Covid cases due to new BA.2 variant

Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House Chief Medical Advisor and Director of the NIAID, responds to questions from Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on January 11, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Getty Images U.S. health experts are warning an emerging, highly contagious Covid omicron variant,…

‘Extremely awkward’: Bob Chapek and Bob Iger had a falling out, they rarely talk — and the rift looms over Disney’s future

In this article DIS Bob Iger, left, and Bob Chapek of Disney Charley Gallay | Getty Images; Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images April 12, 2020. That’s the day former Disney CEO Bob Iger’s relationship with his handpicked successor, current Disney CEO Bob Chapek, began to fall apart. Iger had stunned the world…

Volkswagen recalls 246,000 Atlas SUVs due to issue with airbags, brakes

In this article VOW3-DE VWA’-BE David Gray | Reuters Volkswagen recalled 246,000 Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because of a wiring issue that could cause problems with the airbags, windows and brakes of the cars. Damage to the wiring of the cars could result in airbags deploying “later than…

These charts show how much it costs to charge an EV vs. refueling a gas vehicle

A driver uses a fast-charging station for electric in the cell phone lot at John F. Kennedy (JFK) airport on April 02, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images It has been true for years: Mile for mile, it’s cheaper — generally much cheaper — to recharge an electric vehicle than it…

Cramer’s lightning round: Hims & Hers Health is not a buy

Loading chart… Hims & Hers Health Inc: “Hims & Hers lose money … I’m not recommending stocks that are losing a lot of money.” Loading chart… Two Harbors Investment Corp: “I’m not going there. We’ve seen a lot of companies like that. … I’m not playing.” Loading chart… Shell Midstream Partners LP: “[Enterprise Product Partners],…

GM to buy SoftBank’s stake in Cruise self-driving unit

In this article GM A robot car of the General Motors subsidiary Cruise is on a test drive. Andrej Sokolow | picture alliance | Getty Images DETROIT – General Motors is acquiring SoftBank Vision Fund 1’s equity ownership stake in its majority-owned Cruise autonomous vehicle unit for $2.1 billion, the automaker announced Friday afternoon. Softbank…

Reduce speed limits and car-free Sundays: The IEA has a 10-point plan to cut oil use

Cyclists photographed in Lisbon, Portugal, in October 2018. Kamisoka | Istock Unreleased | Getty Images Speed limits on highways should be cut by at least 10 kilometers per hour (6.2 mph) to help lower oil demand, the International Energy Agency said Friday. The recommendation is part of a wider 10-point plan published by the Paris-based…

Jim Cramer says investors should buy these 11 recently-boosted dividend stocks

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday offered investors a list of dividend stocks with yields that recently increased, that he believes buyers should add to their portfolio. Dividends are a generally “unassailable defense against a volatile market,” the “Mad Money” host said, which means that they can be attractive additions to the portfolio of an investor…