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mphillips007 | iStock Unreleased | Getty Images If some holiday magic makes you a Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot winner this weekend, don’t forget Uncle Sam will be celebrating alongside you. After no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Wednesday in Powerball, the jackpot has jumped to $353 million for Saturday night’s drawing. For Mega

Even without a pandemic, holiday travel isn’t for the faint of heart. Millions are expected to travel this month, with threats of volatile weather and the omicron variant further stressing out people eager to close Year 2 of the pandemic. To help travelers prepare, CNBC Travel asked industry insiders this question: What’s your one, solid

Elon Musk says he has a new timeline for his big Mars project — and it’s sooner than you might think. “I’ll be surprised if we’re not landing on Mars within five years,” Musk told Time Magazine, about SpaceX taking humankind to Mars in a story published Monday. Musk, the 50-year-old SpaceX founder and CEO

Since the start of the pandemic, billionaire health philanthropist Bill Gates has been a target for bizarre Covid conspiracy theories. Now, Gates says, those rumors and pieces of disinformation are keeping many Americans from getting vaccinated against Covid — and delaying the end of the pandemic by doing so. In a blog post last week,

In this article TSLA SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Britta Pedersen | Getty Images Elon Musk’s sale of $906 million in Tesla stock Monday brings him one step closer to his ultimate sales goal. The

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has consistently supported dogecoin, a meme-inspired cryptocurrency. He’s invested in it, along with bitcoin and ether, he said in October. But to Musk, dogecoin has an advantage over bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies: He sees dogecoin as the best cryptocurrency to transact with. “Fundamentally, bitcoin is not a good

Sometimes, even a great business or product idea can’t save you from the perils of inexperience. On Friday’s episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” a husband-and-wife pair of business owners learned that lesson the hard way. The duo, Chris and Elisa Cirri, pitched their Wallingford, Connecticut-based start-up, called Santa’s Enchanted Mailbox, on the holiday-themed episode. The

Patek Philippe watch Courtesy: Patek Philippe The first of the new limited edition Patek Philippe Tiffany & Co. Nautilus watches sold at auction on Saturday for $6.5 million — more than 120 times its retail price. The sale cements the reputation of the Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5711, which was discontinued earlier this year, as

I was first introduced to the stock market through an internship in 2010. Before that, I had only heard of the stock market through TV and movie references. Neither of my parents had ever owned stocks, and neither had I at that point.  More from Grow: Seven years later, I was a financial advisor working

It’s no secret that billionaire Mark Cuban is bullish on the cryptocurrency market and the technology that surrounds it. And looking ahead to 2022, Cuban is most excited to see the “new and unique” crypto applications that may “replace existing business processes,” he tells CNBC Make It. “Smart contracts can change the world.” Smart contracts

When it comes to financial priorities, most experts agree that it’s smart to save money and build an emergency fund before you focus your efforts on investing. However, there is a such thing as over-saving, says Bernadette Joy, money coach and founder of Crush Your Money Goals. Joy, who paid off $300,000 in debt in

If you work at one of America’s biggest companies, the gap between what you earn and your CEO’s salary could be mind-boggling. According to a recent study from job search website Lensa, the CEOs at 100 of the country’s largest companies make roughly $1.28 million more per year in salary than their average employee. It’s