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U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Newark Liberty International Airport.Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesSome European companies are growing wary about sending their employees to the U.S.It comes amid volatile policymaking by the Trump administration, more stringent immigration checks, and an uptick in reports of detentions and deportations.Some businesses CNBC spoke to, in areas including engineering and accounting, stressed that their work trips to the U.S. continued unabated. But others, usually in more politically sensitive fields, flagged employee welfare concerns.Their responses ranged from issuing new travel guidance — such as advising workers to bring wiped electronic devices or entering the U.S.…

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In 2023, Sophie Hilaire Goldie, 37, and Rocky Goldie, 50, had just finished converting a friend’s Home Depot shed into a tiny home and were ready to start looking for their own place together.”If it wasn’t for meeting her, I probably would have ended up in a little shack,” Rocky tells CNBC Make It. “I took a long way to get here but I wanted to be some type of homesteader when we met. She had the same vision and it’s not common to meet somebody who does.””He also wanted to be living off the land and homesteading,” Sophie adds.…

The stock market stumbled into the weekend after President Donald Trump on Friday said China violated the preliminary trade agreement the two sides reached earlier this month. The S & P 500 closed flat Friday after spending most of the session lower. The benchmark index, however, rose for the week and for the month of May. Tariffs were among the four things that defined this week’s market. Investors were kept on their toes. Following Trump’s Friday morning accusations, a Bloomberg report around lunchtime about Trump administration plans to broaden restrictions on Chinese tech companies took the market a leg lower.…

Tracee Ellis Ross, actress and daughter of music icon Diana Ross, is known for her bubbly personality, and seems to keep an optimistic attitude while juggling her responsibilities.”I feel like my natural state is joyful, and yet I work at it,” Ross, 52, said during the New York Times Well Festival earlier this month.”I think joy is different from happiness. I feel like happiness is something you can get at 7/11, and joy is something that you earn and work for and takes practice.”Prioritizing joyfulness daily is a choice that requires intention, she said. Small moments like making up catchy…

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President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the US Steel-Irvin Works on May 30, 2025 in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Jeff Swensen | Getty ImagesThe European Union on Saturday criticized President Donald Trump’s move to double tariffs on steel imports, warning that it “undermines” efforts to reach a “negotiated solution” in the ongoing trade war.”We strongly regret the announced increase of U.S. tariffs on steel imports from 25% to 50%,” an EU spokesperson said in a statement to NBC News.”This decision adds further uncertainty to the global economy and increases costs for consumers and businesses on both sides…

Six years ago, Desiree Hill spent her days diagnosing patients. Now, she diagnoses cars.As an oncology nurse at Northside Hospital Duluth, in Duluth, Georgia, Hill made around $40,000 per year. “I wasn’t happy in my career at that time. I wasn’t happy in my personal life,” says Hill, 39. “It was three hours of commuting in Atlanta traffic every day. And [as a single mom at the time] I never saw my children. So it really was taking a toll.”Today, Hill is the owner of Crown’s Corner Mechanic — an auto repair shop in Conyers, Georgia, just a 15-minute drive…

A person picks out clothing in a store as retailers compete to attract shoppers and try to maintain margins on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, at Woodbury Common Premium Outlets in Central Valley, New York, U.S. November 24, 2023. Vincent Alban | ReutersConsumers who hoped tariffs would not hit their wallets keep getting bad news.As they reported earnings in recent weeks, multiple major retailers said they have already raised some prices or plan to hike them in the coming weeks to offset the duties. They include major grocers and consumer goods sellers Costco, Best Buy,…