Uber’s new CEO may have a lower appetite for risk than Travis Kalanick

In private and sometimes in public, Travis Kalanick was fond of describing Uber, the car-hailing service he co-founded and commanded absolutely, as the Amazon of the transportation business. The similarities were clear. Amazon began as an online bookstore, but it was...

Trump’s ‘fire and fury’ policy on North Korea has ‘crashed and burned’: Former State Department official

The latest missile firing by North Korea is a clear sign that the U.S. policy for dealing with Pyongyang isn’t working, national security and foreign policy strategist Joel Rubin told CNBC on Tuesday. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that “all...