Author: Daniel snow

Artificial intelligence robot looking at futuristic digital data display.Yuichiro Chino | Moment | Getty ImagesBusinesses are turning to artificial intelligence tools to help them navigate real-world turbulence in global trade.Several tech firms told CNBC say they’re deploying the nascent technology to visualize businesses’ global supply chains — from the materials that are used to form products, to where those goods are being shipped from — and understand how they’re affected by U.S. President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs.Last week, Salesforce said it had developed a new import specialist AI agent that can “instantly process changes for all 20,000 product categories in…

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CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday guided investors through next week on Wall Street, saying quarterly reports from Nvidia, Costco, Dell and Salesforce have the potential to move their respective sectors and the rest of the market.He also warned that stocks’ performance can depend on action from President Donald Trump.”We’re headed into a fickle week, one that will no doubt be punctuated with presidential postings about our trading partners, their intransigence, their negligence, their perfidiousness,” he said. “Of course, the market ultimately shrugged off the real negative postings from this morning and, instead, focused on the endless obsession, the ten-year, which was…

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United Airline flight attendants picketed outside Terminal B at Logan Airport Thursday morning seeking a new contract.John Tlumacki | Boston Globe | Getty ImagesUnited Airlines reached an “industry-leading” tentative labor deal for its 28,000 flight attendants, their union said Friday.The deal includes “40% of total economic improvements” in the first year and retroactive pay, a signing bonus, and quality of life improvements, like better scheduling and on-call time, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA said.The union did not provide further details about the deal.United flight attendants have not had a raise since 2020.The cabin crew members voted last year to authorize…

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