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Robinhood is stepping up the capabilities of its fastest growing product — prediction markets — by giving users the ability to place what are essential parlay bets on multiple NFL games, putting it into direct competition with traditional sports books.Starting Tuesday, users are able to trade preset combinations of the outcome, totals and spreads of individual NFL games, and starting in early 2026, users will have the ability to create custom combos of up to 10 outcomes across NFL games. Those will have “a structural look or feel as a parlay,” JB Mackenzie, vice president and general manager of futures…

Narumon Bowonkitwanchai | Moment | Getty ImagesShares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX Integrated Circuits soared nearly 700% in their market debut in Shanghai on Wednesday, after the company raised nearly $600 million in its initial public offering.Shares, which were priced at 104.66 yuan in the IPO, closed at 829 yuan on debut, marking a 692% jump.Similar to Moore Threads, which saw a robust debut at the start of the month, MetaX develops graphics processing units for artificial intelligence applications, tapping into a fast-growing sector driven by rising adoption of AI services.MetaX is part of a growing cohort of local chipmakers building…

HashKey Group logo seen on a smartphone and on a pc screen.Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesHashKey shares slid 2.5% on Wednesday as they debuted on the Hong Kong stock exchange, after the crypto exchange raised $206 million in its initial public offering, at a time when crypto currencies have taken a beating. HashKey, Hong Kong’s largest licensed crypto exchange, raised around 1.6 billion Hong Kong dollars after pricing the IPO at HK$6.68 per share, near the higher end of the marketed range of HK$5.95 to HK$6.95. Shares closed at HK$6.51.While mainland China has imposed a blanket…

A restaurant displays a ‘hiring’ sign in its window in Manhattan on Dec. 16, 2025, in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty Images The U.S. November jobs report has something for everybody. Those convinced of weakness will highlight the higher-than-expected unemployment rate as well as the number of jobs shrinking in October. On the other hand, proponents of a strong economy will focus on jobs growth in November beating estimates, and point out that the increase in the unemployment rate was mostly because the labor force grew, as CNBC’s Jeff Cox noted.Without any definitive judgment that can be made on…

Waymo co-CEOs (L-R): Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri DolgovWaymoSelf-driving car company Waymo is in talks to raise $15 billion in funding in the new year.The robotaxi company plans to raise billions from Alphabet, its parent company, as well as outside investors at a valuation as high as $110 billion, according to a person familiar with the discussions.The latest funding discussions are indicative of Waymo’s status as the leader of the pack in the U.S. robotaxi market. The company has been spending heavily to ramp up its fleet and continue expanding to more regions. Waymo is now either operating its robotaxis, planning…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Dec. 15, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday stateside designated Venezuelan government a “terrorist” organization and ordered a “complete and total” blockade of sanctioned oil tankers moving in and out of the country. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said “Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America.””For the theft of our Assets, and many other reasons, including Terrorism, Drug Smuggling, and Human…

Honda vehicles are lined up at a vehicle storage yard at an industrial port, on the day U.S. President Donald Trump struck a trade deal with Japan that lowers tariffs on auto imports, in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Japan, July 23, 2025. Kim Kyung-hoon | ReutersJapan’s exports in November rose at their fastest rate in nine months this year, growing at 6.1% year on year, data from the country’s finance ministry released Wednesday showed. The growth sharply beat expectations of an average 4.8% rise estimated by economists polled by Reuters, and was higher than the 3.6% seen in the previous month.…

Tesla electric vehicles (EV) in front of the company’s store in Colma, California, US, on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA California administrative law judge has ruled that Tesla’s marketing around its “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” systems was deceptive, and that the company should face a 30-day suspension of each of its licenses to sell and manufacture cars in the state, according the California Department of Motor Vehicles.The California DMV made formal accusations of false advertising against Tesla in 2022. Steve Gordon, the agency’s director, said in a press conference on Tuesday that his…

The holiday season is a time marked by joy, community and memories — and at the center of just about every celebration is usually lots of food.After days of full plates, desserts and alcohol your gut can feel out of whack. But there is a way to enjoy this time with friends and family without triggering uncomfortable symptoms like bloating and indigestion.Over the past two years, nutritionists, doctors, and gut health experts have shared with CNBC Make It the healthy foods they incorporate into their own diets for better gut health—and what they encourage you to eat, as well.These foods…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday said he thinks recent money migration from artificial intelligence companies into stocks across sectors has bolstered the market even as big tech names see weakness.”Institutional money and institutional memory fled the bubble stocks months ago and moved into all sorts of non-tech growth plays,” he said. “That’s the strength of this market. That’s why the deflating of the Mag Seven means much less than the bears told you.”This migration is contrary to Wall Street’s fears of a bubble developing in data center stocks, he indicated. Cramer added that data center hype settled down months ago…