Wal-Mart announced it would raise its starting wage to $11 an hour, thanks to the newly passed tax reform. And South Korean regulators say they may ban trading in Bitcoin, sending the price of cryptocurrencies plunging.
Plus the latest from CES, as Samsung teases its new Galaxy S9 phone, and China's Huawei comes under fire from U.S. regulators.
And ICE agents raiding 7-Eleven stores around the country to crack down on illegal immigrants. That as the deadline for Congress to pass legislation protecting "Dreamers" from deportation looms large.
Almost four dozen Venezuelan workers who had temporary protected status have been put on leave by Disney after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to strip them of legal protections.
The Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission is abandoning a Biden-era effort to block Microsoft’s purchase of “Call of Duty” video game maker Activision Blizzard.
The Justice Department has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the company to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people.
After a bumpy ride, the ride-hailing app is back in the good graces of investors. Plus: OpenAI, Google, Apple, Target, Moody's, Paramount, and Golden Dome.
