Mar 21, 2026 • 5 min

44-year-old left his tech job and started a halal burger joint—his restaurants brought in over $4 million in 2025

Shahezad Contractor left his "cushy" IT career and launched a halal restaurant chain.

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CNBC Finance

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Mar 21, 2026 • 6 min

FedEx has started delivering 'promotion-ready' AI training to over 400,000 workers

Inside a FedEx AI literacy initiative being delivered across half a million employees around the world.

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CNBC Finance

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Mar 21, 2026 • 7 min

‘Tax resistance’ gains attention amid ICE protests, Iran war — and IRS penalties could follow

Tax protesters often withhold taxes due to moral objections to certain government programs, such as the Iran war. But there can be IRS penalties, experts say.

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Mar 21, 2026 • 5 min

Nissan’s new hybrid is a U.S.-first that mixes EV driving with a gas engine

Nissan plans to introduce a new type of hybrid for the U.S. market that drives like an all-electric vehicle but is powered by a traditional gas-powered engine.

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CNBC Finance

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Mar 21, 2026 • 8 min

Buffett defends 'Giving Pledge' against Thiel and 'billionaire backlash'

Warren Buffett is defending the philanthropic initiative he co-founded with Bill Gates almost 15 years ago.

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Mar 21, 2026 • 9 min

OpenClaw's ChatGPT moment sparks concern that AI models are becoming commodities

At Nvidia's GTC conference this week, CEO Nvidia Jensen Huang dedicated a major part of his keynote to OpenClaw, a technology that didn't exist six months ago.

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CNBC Finance

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Mar 21, 2026 • 6 min

Analysis: Trump's unshackled presidency puts him at the center of the economy

The president's unprecedented use of executive power has made him a driving force behind oil prices, the Federal Reserve's interest rates and more.

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CNBC Finance

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Mar 21, 2026 • 11 min

GLP-1 drugs are changing how Americans eat. Food companies are racing to catch up

For restaurants and food companies, the increasing adoption of GLP-1 drugs present both an opportunity and a threat to their businesses.

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Mar 21, 2026 • 1 min

Canada’s oil producers in line for C$90bn windfall from Iran war

Rising crude price will boost export revenue as Mark Carney seeks to counter Donald Trump’s trade wars

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Financial Times (FT)

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Mar 21, 2026 • 2 min

Iran targeted but did not hit Diego Garcia base with missiles, WSJ reports

One missile failed in flight, while the other was intercepted, The Wall Street Journal reports, quoting U.S. officials.

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CNBC Finance

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Mar 21, 2026 • 7 min

Opinion: As Trump eyes Cuba, my trips there a decade ago remind me how different things were

Trump has threatened a 'friendly takeover' of Cuba after cutting it off from Venezuela's oil. CNBC's Justin Solomon reflects how different things used to be.

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Mar 21, 2026 • 1 min

Iran lets grain ships through Hormuz to shore up food supply

Agriculture has been a ‘pain point’ for Tehran after it imposes de facto blockade of waterway in response to US-Israeli war

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