Halloween shoppers ditch brick-and-mortar stores to buy costumes online

Consumers bought $408 million in Halloween costumes online from big box retailers, including Amazon, Target and Walmart, over the 12 months through September.

Microsoft wins Pentagon’s JEDI contract, and the cloud wars heat up

CNBC’s Jon Fortt and Morgan Brennan discuss Microsoft’s big defense contract, Apple’s AirPods Pro and much more.

New Ford deal with UAW includes $6 billion in investments, thousands of jobs

Ford’s talks with the union were expected to be less contentious than GM’s, which included a 40-day strike that ended Friday and cost the automaker billions.

McDonald’s apologizes for ‘Sundae Bloody Sundae’ Halloween promotion

McDonald’s has canceled a promotion for a “Sundae Bloody Sundae” ice cream that was available in Portugal for Halloween.

This millennial spent nearly $2 million to turn a ghost town into a luxury travel destination

In 2018, Brent Underwood bought a deserted mining town in California’s Inyo Mountains named Cerro Gordo for $1.4 million with his business partner, Jon Bier. Their vision: to turn the town into a luxury destination for worldwide travelers.

NFL offers fans a chance to host Vince Lombardi Trophy in their hometown before Super Bowl LIV

One winner will host the trophy in a fan’s hometown during the league’s Wild Card weekend as part of the “Lombardi in Your Hometown” contest.

Ex-California governor predicts state can turn around wildfire crisis in less than two years

Technology should play a major part to help “keep people from the horror of, not only of blackouts, but of planned blackouts, presumably to stop more wildfires,” says Democrat Gray Davis.

Volkswagen faces a careful ‘balancing act’ to reach its electric future

We could be on the cusp of a significant change in the way cars are powered.

National Lacrosse League strikes a three-year deal with Under Armour as it expands sport in US

The National Lacrosse League renewed its sponsorship deal with Team 22, the manufacturer of Under Armour lacrosse gear, for another three years as the league increasingly pairs with corporate partners to try to grow its revenues, and the sport, in the U.S.

There’s an Apple business growing at a 50% clip that’s wowing Wall Street analysts

“Huge AirPod growth” helped drive Apple’s earnings, Bernstein’s Toni Soccanogahi said.