Tim Cook to step down as Apple CEO: Here's what it means
CNBC Television· 2026-04-21 17:53
Apple shocking Wall Street last night announcing Tim Cook will step down as CEO in September. Cook will become executive chairman and John Turnis, the senior vice president of hardware engineering, will become CEO on September 1st. The announcement coming earlier than expected.Apple shares are lower today but have risen nearly 2,000% since Cook became CEO in 2011. The total return including dividend reinvestments 2400 or so during his reign. A $10,000 investment in Apple when he took over would be worth aro ...
$3 million worth of stolen, rare novels recovered after decades
NBC News· 2026-04-21 17:50
John Keats's long-lost love letters are helping turn the page on a who done it. This literary marvel is among the 17 books stolen now found. Laid out on a table in the Manhattan DA's office.They helped tell the story of a nearly 40-year-old mystery. The books belong to John Haye Whitney and his wife Betsy Whitney. Titles crafted by the likes of Oscar Wild and James Joyce resurfaced in Manhattan in January of 2025 when someone tried to sell them to two separate rare book dealers.a man saying that he got them ...
L.A. Unified School District to vote on restricting student screen time
NBC News· 2026-04-21 17:47
In Los Angeles this morning, a major parent-led change in the works. The LA Unified School District expected to become the first major school district in the country to curb screen time, pushing instead for more assignments using pen and paper. If passed, the new policy will ban the use of devices for students under second grade and set recommended screen time limits for all other grades, including no screens during recess for middle and elementary school students.School board member Nick Melvinne says it w ...
LIVE: Secretary Kennedy testifies at Senate hearing | NBC News
NBC News· 2026-04-21 17:46
Watch live coverage as the Senate Appropriations Committee holds a hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here: https://www.nbcnews.com » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Subscribe to Here's the Scoop podcast: https://www.nbcnews.com/heres-the-scoop-daily-podcast Every day, NBC News helps people understand what’s happening and why it matters — through fact-based reporting, ...
Kevin Warsh asked about Trump's attempt to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook
MSNBC· 2026-04-21 17:35
Senator Alselbrooks. Thank yo Good afternoon, Mr. . Warsh, and thank you for eting with me last week.In August of 2025, President Trump tried to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook for unsubstantiated allegations widely believed to be politically motivated. Thankfully, both a federal district court and the district of the D .C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Governor Cook, preventing her from being fired while the investigation proceeds.This is a landmark test for independence. Now, Supreme Court Justic ...
Trump's Fed chair nominee faces questions on $100M+ fortune
MSNBC· 2026-04-21 17:34
MSNOW's Michael Schnell is on Capitol Hill. Alex Jaquez is chief of policy and advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank for economic policy. He's also a former official at the White House National Economic Council.Stuart Stevens is senior advisor to the Lincoln Project and was Mitt Romney's chief strategist in 2012. Stuart, I think you saw this. The big question was whether Warsh can stand up to Trump.Did you find him convincing when he said he was basically going to be, not basically, he was goin ...
Warsh: Trump 'never' asked me to commit to interest rate cuts
MSNBC· 2026-04-21 17:33
Thank you, Mr. . Chair. Are you.In a 2019 interview with Bloomberg, you said monetary policy is important not for decision it makes but for reasons it gives for the explanations. Mr. . Warsh, the federal open market committees or that the Fed sets U .S.monetary policy through interest rate decisions at those meetings, do you commit to maintaining the current practice of holding a media at least once every eight weeks yes or no. Senator, by statute as we talked about in your office I believe the statute requ ...
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Matthew Berman· 2026-04-21 17:28
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UniCredit CEO Orcel on His Pursuit of Commerzbank
Bloomberg Television· 2026-04-21 17:25
Thank you so much for joining us. Bettina Orloff, the chief executive of Commerzbank, dismissed this as a speculative attempt to dismantle Commerzbank successful business model. How do you respond to that.And does it definitely close any room for negotiation. Thank you for saying. Well, from our standpoint, we have been consistently trying to engage in a meaningful dialogue to review facts as opposed to statements, but we do not believe are backed by facts.As a shareholder, we feel very strongly that we nee ...
PM's Office Had 'Dismissive Attitude' to Mandelson Vetting: Official
Bloomberg Television· 2026-04-21 17:21
I walked into a situation in which there was already a very, very strong expectation, and you will have seen the papers released already under the humble address. That coming from number ten that he needed to be in post and in America as quickly as humanly possible. The very first formal communication of this to my predecessor from number ten in private office being that they wanted all this done at Pace and Mandelson in post before inauguration.I'm afraid what that translated into for my team in the Foreig ...