In a highly contentious case, 59-year-old Phillip Dean Hancock was executed on Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. Hancock, sentenced to death for the 2001 murders of Robert Jett Jr. and James Lynch, members of a biker gang, claimed he acted in self-defense during the incident that ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Eleven of the world's biggest tech companies, including Amazon.com, Alphabet's Google and Microsoft, will sign an agreement with the British government on Thursday to step up their efforts to tackle online fraud, the interior ministry said.Under the "Online Fraud Charter," due ...

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, middle, visits striking UAW Local 551 workers outside a Ford assembly center on South Burley Avenue on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Chicago. John J. Kim | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesThe United Auto Workers union is launching an unprecedented ...

United Auto Workers members strike the General Motors Lansing Delta Assembly Plant on September 29, 2023 in Lansing, Michigan. Bill Pugliano | Getty ImagesGeneral Motors expects new labor contracts with the United Auto Workers and Canadian union Unifor to increase its costs by $9.3 billion and ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Total capital invested into European tech startups is projected to fall to $45 billion this year, down 55% from 2021, when investment volumes surpassed $100 billion for the first time, according to a report from venture capital firm Atomico.The decline was mostly due to ...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Tesla has filed a lawsuit against the Swedish government's Transport Agency over a workers' strike that has blocked the U.S. auto maker's requests for license plates for new vehicles, business daily Dagens Industri reported on Monday.IF Metall, Sweden's biggest ...

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Formula One's governing body is trialling artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle track limits breaches at this weekend's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.The Paris-based FIA said it would be using 'Computer Vision' technology that uses shape analysis to work out the ...

8 Hours AgoCNBC Pro: Alibaba, Baidu and more: Jefferies names Asian stocks with significant 'hidden value'Asian stock markets may have had a weak year, but excessive cash in the region's companies is a hidden opportunity for investors, according to Jefferies."When a company hoards cash on its ...

KTM is gearing up to launch the new Duke 390 and Duke 250 in the United States soon. The duo will be manufactured at Bajaj Auto’s Chakan plant and will be exported to the US market. Introduced earlier this year in India, both the 2024 Duke 390and Duke 250 feature significant updates, including a ...

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., November 16, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to ...