David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., speaks during the F8 Developers Conference in San Jose, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Facebook said Monday that changes it’s making to its content-recommendation software will put more local news …

Aaron P. Bernstein | Reuters Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, accompanied by members of the Republican Conference, speaks at a news conference about the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2017. Republicans are wasting no time getting ready for …

Getty Images Workers pack and ship customer orders at the 750,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center in Romeoville, Illinois. Amazon is testing a new invitation-only program that would provide sellers with more efficient storage and shipping options and allow merchants to add Amazon’s software and logistics into their own warehouses. Amazon described …

Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bunsei Kure, president and chief executive officer of Renesas Electronics Corp. Japanese semiconductor company Renesas Electronics is in talks to acquire U.S. chipmaker Maxim Integrated in what could be close to a $20 billion acquisition. A deal isn’t imminent and one may not …

Ty Wright | Bloomberg | Getty Images An employee works on the assembly line installing parts on the Duratech 35 V6 engine at the Ford Motor Co. Engine Plant in Lima, Ohio. “In the current recovery, though, the unprecedented sluggish pace of nominal GDP growth has allowed the unemployment rate …

Calvin Sit | Bloomberg | Getty Images Steve Wynn, chairman and chief executive officer of Wynn Resorts Ltd. Some Republicans in Congress are announcing plans to donate campaign contributions linked to Steve Wynn as the casino mogul faces claims of sexual misconduct. GOP lawmakers aimed to distance themselves from the …

Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2018. The Trump administration labored to clarify on Monday that it currently has no plans to build its own ultra-fast 5G wireless network, despite publication …

The jump in the 10-year Treasury yield to its highest in more than three years signals gains for big banks and technology stocks, history shows. Using quantitative analysis tool Kensho, CNBC looked at the performance of Dow Jones industrial average components when 10-year bond prices fall and yields surge. Just …

Lars Hagberg | AFP | Getty Images (L-R) Mexico’s Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, and United States Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer gather for a trilateral meeting at Global Affairs on the final day of the third round of the NAFTA renegotiations …

Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images House Appropriations Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J. Veteran Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, the powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, has announced he will not seek re-election. The New Jersey Republican was facing his first competitive re-election race in decades and joins a …