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U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House on September 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump signed two executive orders, establishing the “Trump Gold Card” and introducing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.By slashing the price of the Gold Card from $5 million to $1 million, President Donald Trump has created one of the most…

Delta Air Lines added YouTube to its lineup of in-flight entertainment options, offering passengers a generous number of videos, podcasts and music playlists, which are accessible on their personal devices and seatback screens via Delta Sync WiFi.“This partnership was born from a simple but powerful insight: Our customers love YouTube,” said Julieta McCurry, Delta’s vice president of in-flight entertainment and connectivity. “As two leaders in our respective spaces, each with a legacy of innovation and a deep commitment to serving as agents of human connection, Delta and YouTube are uniquely positioned to deliver an unmatched customer experience – one that meets…

Meta announced on Thursday that its Teen Accounts are now being expanded to teens on Facebook and Messenger globally, after initially only being available to users in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Canada. The accounts, which feature built-in protections and parental controls for younger users, first launched on Instagram last fall. Teen Accounts were originally launched shortly after Meta and other popular social networks were grilled by U.S. lawmakers for not doing enough to protect teens on their services. With the global expansion on Facebook and Messenger, teens will now automatically be placed into an experience that is designed to limit inappropriate…

NEW YORK (AP) — iHeartRadio has unveiled its star-studded 2025 Jingle Ball lineup, including performances by Ed Sheeran, Monsta X, Alex Warren, BigXthaPlug, Jelly Roll, Jessie Murph, Laufey, mgk (formerly Machine Gun Kelly), The Kid Laroi, Olivia Dean and more.The 10-city tour will hit the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta and Miami in December.“The iHeartRadio Jingle Ball … brings together the year’s biggest pop stars and the most passionate fans for a celebration that launches the holidays in an unforgettable way,” said Tom Poleman, chief programming officer for iHeartMedia, in a statement…

Boeing 737 Max planes sit at the airport in Renton, Washington.Leslie Josephs | CNBCBoeing can sign off on some of its 737 Max and 787 Dreamliner planes before they’re handed over to customers, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday, the latest sign the manufacturer is regaining confidence from its regulator after years of safety crises.The FAA stopped allowing Boeing to issue its own airworthiness certificates for 737 Max airplanes in 2019 after two fatal crashes. It made a similar decision for Boeing 787s in 2022 because of production defects. Since the second Max crash, in March 2019, the FAA solely issued…

by Donald Wood Last updated: 2:30 PM ET, Thu September 25, 2025 Virgin Voyages announced plans to debut a new fare model, dubbed VoyageFair Choices, starting on October 7.According to Virgin, VoyageFair Choices packages were created to provide better price transparency, make the fares easily comparable across the cruise industry, and offer more flexible budget options and choices. The cruise line revealed that VoyageFair Choices introduces three distinct pricing tiers for Sea Terrace and below cabins. “Travelers expect clarity and choice from airlines and hotels, and Virgin Voyages is the first to bring that same simplicity and pricing model to cruising,”…

One day, Shashwat Murarka sat in his college apartment thinking about his relationship with food delivery. Sometimes, the order never arrived, and he had to wander through his apartment building, looking for the misplaced food. Other times, he found himself giving step-by-step directions to confused deliverers who, it seemed, were just as annoyed as he.  “What started as frustration turned into a mission to fix one of the most overlooked problems in the supply chain, the final stretch of the last mile,” he told TechCrunch. He started studying the delivery supply chain, ran deliveries himself, and decided during his senior…

by Mia Taylor Last updated: 4:30 PM ET, Thu September 25, 2025 With a government shutdown looming, the U.S. Travel Association is calling on lawmakers to avert the crisis, which could have ramifications for the travel economy and the traveling public.In a letter sent to Congressional leadership, U.S. Travel Association President Geoff Freeman underscored the potentially detrimental impact a government shutdown could have on the travel economy and traveling public. “A shutdown is a wholly preventable blow to America’s travel economy—costing $1 billion every week—and affecting millions of travelers and businesses while placing unnecessary strain on an already overextended federal…

From model infrastructure to niche applications, AI is producing a new breed of founders and a new set of investor expectations. In this candid conversation on the AI Stage, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — taking place on October 27-29 in San Francisco — top VCs will share what’s catching their eye (and what’s not), how they’re thinking about defensibility in a world of AI monopolies, and what founders need to show to get that next term sheet. If you are scaling or planning to scale an AI startup, you cannot miss this session. Learn what it really takes to build…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It pays less and less to buy and flip a home these days.From April through June, the typical home flipped by an investor resulted in a 25.1% return on investment, before expenses. That’s the lowest profit margin for such transactions since 2008, according to an analysis by Attom, a real estate data company.Gross profits — the difference between what an investor paid for a property and what it sold for — fell 13.6% in the second quarter from a year earlier to $65,300, the firm said. Attom’s analysis defines a flipped home as a property that…