First Read

First Read kicks off the day with news that the White House is reportedly mulling a personal mobile phone ban for staff, SpaceX raises $100 million, and SoftBank offers to buy Uber at a 30 percent discount.

First Read starts Cyber Monday with news that Black Friday has pushed Jeff Bezos' net worth to $100 billion, the White House blasts the CFPB for naming their own temporary head, and Prince Harry is engaged to American actress Meghan Markle.

First Read starts this day before Thanksgiving with news that Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman is leaving her post early next year, Uber hid a cyberattack that exposed 57 million people's data, and mostly everything you learned about Thanksgiving is wrong.

First Read starts the day with news that Harvard is reportedly talking to Bain Capital about managing its real estate assets, Uber is fined $8.9 million for problematic background checks, while Tether was hacked and $30 million worth of its tokens were stolen.

First Read kicks off the holiday week with news that Wells Fargo sacks an executive after he complained about regulators, StitchFix has a mediocre IPO debut while SailPoint fares better, and Marvell is buying rival chipmaker Cavium for $6 billion.

First Read ends the week with news that Caesars Entertainment is buying casino operator Centaur for $1.7 bln, a mistrial is declared in Senator Bob Menedez's corruption case and investors pull out of junk bond funds at near-record pace.

First Read kicks off the day with news that Mattel has reportedly rejected Hasbro's takeover bid, email marketer SendGrid soars 13 pct in IPO debut and Uber rider in California sues company for failing to protector her from driver who allegedly raped her.

First Read begins the day with news that the White House is considering naming ex-Pimco CEO Mohamed El-Erian as Federal Reserve Vice Chairman, Warren Buffet buys more Apple shares while trimming his stake in IBM, and a solid majority of Australians have voted in favor of same sex marriage.

First Read begins the day with news that Roark Capital has made a bid to buy Buffalo Wild Wings, a new report says that Apple could launch a bigger iPhone X Plus next year, and SoftBank now says it's considering investing in Uber but no deal has been reached.

First Read starts the week with news that Rupert Murdoch has reportedly discussed CNN with AT&T's CEO, Walmart launches a new military shop, and Uber approves SoftBank's multibillion dollar stake in the ride-hailing company.