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Chewbacca, Finn and Poe Dameron pilot the Millenium Falcon in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” Disney | Lucasfilm Despite lackluster reviews from critics, “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” hauled in $176 million during its domestic debut, the third highest U.S. opening in 2019. The film, which holds a 58% “Rotten” score on Rotten

As Major League Baseball gets prepared to usher in a new decade, it may have achieved another milestone before the calendar flips to 2020. According to a report by Forbes, the MLB grossed a record $10.7 billion in revenue for the 2019 season, an increase from the $10.3 billion the prior year. The MLB did

Daisy Ridley as Rey in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” Disney | Lucasfilm The Skywalker saga has ended. With the release of “The Rise of Skywalker” on Friday the nine-film epic has concluded, but that doesn’t mean the end of Star Wars. There’s a slate of TV shows, comic books, novels and feature film

Tim Seymour shopping for a Christmas tree on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Source: Tim Seymour On a Saturday morning earlier this month, I went out with my daughter on the annual urban pilgrimage to buy a Christmas Tree in New York City. My son was too busy on his iPad to care (AAPL all-time highs).

Micah Young | E+ | Getty Images 2019 has been a record year for store closures in retail. In the U.S., retailers this year have announced plans to shut more than 9,300 locations. That’s up more than 50% from the total announced closures in 2018, which amounted to 5,844, Coresight said. Previously, the record was

(This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click .) Next year, maybe your holiday gifts will be delivered by drone. The world’s biggest players in logistics and packages are racing to make commercial drone delivery a reality, with Loop Capital Markets

LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers in action against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on December 18, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Jim McIsaac | Getty Images In a potential championship preview, the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks contest served Turner Sports well, as the nationally televised

With Christmas and Hanukkah nigh, CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday outlined a wish list that he hopes the market will deliver investors in the new year. Six more trading days remain in 2019, and the “Mad Money” host deemed it a “fantastic year,” in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average has climbed almost 22%, the

[The stream is slated to begin at 9:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see the player above] NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will speak to press on Friday after Boeing spacecraft Starliner did not achieve the orbit it needed to reach the International Space Station. Boeing said in an earlier statement

CNBC’s Jim Cramer reveals how retail investors can discover valuable stocks before others catch wind and drive up the stock price. The “Mad Money” host breaks down what stocks from the 2019 IPO class are worth buying. Spotting overlooked stocks Hero Images | Hero Images | Getty Images At-home investors may be wondering how to

Taylor Swift as Bombalurina in “Cats.” Universal “Cats” seemed to have it all — a stellar cast, memorable music from a Tony Award-winning Broadway show and the careful guidance of acclaimed director Tom Hooper. Then the first trailer dropped. While Hooper had said he planned to ditch the iconic costumes from the Broadway show, few

A commercial truck exits the highway for the Bridge to Canada, in Detroit, Michigan, August 30, 2018. Rebecca Cook | Reuters U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement will boost the U.S. economy by .5%, but some leading economists do not agree. “I think we are going

Valentyn Ogirenko | Reuters Nike on Thursday reported quarterly earnings and sales that beat analysts expectations, as more customers flocked to its stores for limited-edition Jordan sneakers and ordered athletic apparel from its website. But the retailer’s shares fell more than 2% in after-hours trading on the news, having hit an all-time intraday high earlier

John Boyega, Daisy Ridley and Oscar Isaac in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” coming to theaters Dec. 20th, 2019. Closing out at 42-year-old saga was never going to be easy. After harsh criticism over creative choices in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” the final installment in the most recent Star Wars trilogy — the

Ford: “I don’t want you to own Ford, I want you to own the stock of Tesla. I actually think one — I’m not saying one’s safer than the other, I’m saying they both have just O.K. balance sheets, but one’s got more upside.” Facebook: “I am going to approve of that.” Raytheon: “I like Raytheon.

A Prime Air cargo plane, operated by Amazon.com Inc., sits on display with other passenger jets during the 53rd International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, in Paris, France. Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon is turning to an unlikely partner to help expand its package-delivery business: a low-cost airline. Sun Country Airlines,

President Donald Trump looks on during a discussion after delivering his speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on January 26, 2018 in Davos, eastern Switzerland. / Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images After skipping a gathering of the world’s most elite in Davos, Switzerland last January, President Donald Trump will attend

Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO of General Motors. Bill Pugliano | Getty Images Long the world’s largest automaker, General Motors has watched an assortment of key competitors push past it in the global sales race this past decade and may soon find itself slipping into the No. 5 spot behind the likes of Volkswagen, Toyota

Jim R. Bounds | Bloomberg | Getty Images House Democrats are pushing to add several health-care provisions to a $1.4 trillion spending bill that must pass by Dec. 20 to avoid a government shutdown, according to congressional aides familiar with the legislation. U.S. lawmakers are in talks to raise the minimum tobacco age to 21

The merger of International Flavors & Fragrances and DuPont’s nutrition and biosciences unit will create a company with double the research and development of any of its rivals, DuPont’s chairman said. “This creates the global leader across all the ingredients spaces. It’s the broadest portfolio by far, and we’ll have double the R&D of any