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Before I go any further, I must tell you that I do not recommend gold-toned utensils for everyday use—especially if you put your flatware in the dishwasher. That’s because the finish will eventually wear away. A polished gold will last longer than a matte gold, and hand-washing exclusively can extend its glow, too, but unless you have a cool $200K to drop on a set of flatware and serving utensils made with actual gold, your gold flatware won’t stay gold forever. The same is true for matte black, copper, champagne, and any other trendy metallic finishes that are applied over…

CEO Gwen Shotwell and SpaceX executives ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq on June 12th, 2026.Adam Jeffery | CNBCSpaceX shares soared on Friday as trading commenced on the Nasdaq, propelling the rocket company’s valuation above $2 trillion, after a record-setting initial public offering.The Elon Musk-led space company’s stock was last trading about 26% higher to $170.96 a share, putting its market value at roughly $2.22 trillion. At its session high, the stock traded at $176.52.”This was a successful launch, no doubt about it,” said Jay Woods, chief market strategist at Freedom Capital Markets. “The public demand is there, so…

Kate Barton is making her first foray into pre-collections. It’s a smart business move for the young designer who, in the past few seasons, has made an effort to expand her offerings and brand identity beyond the sculptural, liquid dresses for which she’s known. This season, we see an evolution of the Barton identity that includes more daywear, including skirt sets, tailoring, and knitwear that still honors the designer’s aesthetic. “We still get to show off our tailoring and offerings that still feel occasion-driven, but also showcase our expansion into the more personal everyday looks too,” the designer said.The result…

Welcome to Open Tab, a weekly roundup of the news, gossip, and stories that have stayed open in my tabs all week. Last week we covered the trouble at Ben & Jerry’s.After I proposed the nickname Tabbers for readers of this newsletter last week, a couple readers wrote in describing the nickname as “ridiculous” and “sounds like the name of a cat”—both valid critiques! How do we feel about Openeers? I have no shortage of nickname ideas, and a burning desire to please.I spent last weekend at a lakehouse with friends where we grilled burgers and I used a Green…

Elon Musk gestures in the gallery on the day of U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress, in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 4, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersElon Musk just became the world’s first trillionaire.With SpaceX opening on the Nasdaq at $150 a share Friday, his stake in the company is worth more than $766 billion. Combined with his Tesla stake, which is worth $280 billion, Musk’s net worth from both companies as of Friday is roughly $1.05 trillion.Musk’s coronation as the first person in history to be worth…

This year, a number of Reem Acra’s clients ventured to Venice. After dressing them for their travels, Acra was so taken with the city—its drama and lavishness—that she decided to use it as the backdrop for her resort 2027 collection.The designer is known for opulent gowns covered in beading and embroidery. This time, she upped the ante, putting ostrich feathers on the necklines and trim of several looks, and in some cases, even letting them take over whole skirts. The move echoed her use of faux fur in her fall 2026 collection. Those extra details are what clients want now,…

We say it’s the “first microwave you should buy” because, if you’re getting a first apartment or outfitting a dorm room, a microwave is probably going to be key to your cooking, but you don’t need anything fancy and you shouldn’t be spending a lot of money. This Panasonic ticks both those boxes as the best basic microwave we tested.What we love: Panasonic originally held the patent for the inverter technology you’ve seen us mention. More on that below, but for now we’ll just say that they created a way to make microwaves heat more evenly. This Panasonic’s cooking results…

SpaceX didn’t just rewrite the playbook for aerospace and defense, it helped birth a new space economy.Now Elon Musk’s company is tackling a different type of moonshot: going public. “I wasn’t sure we would go public,” SpaceX Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell told CNBC in an exclusive interview, just before the company started its investor roadshow. “It actually feels like the right time now.”Follow CNBC’s live updates on the SpaceX (SPCX) IPOSpeaking from a walkway overlooking the Starship factory at SpaceX’s rapidly expanding headquarters in the company town of Starbase, Texas, Shotwell said the rocket maker needed to be private in…

For resort, Maximilian Davis returned once again to the 1920s, Ferragamo’s founding decade, a period he has mined with increasing focus. The glamorous Hollywood starlets who populated his vision for his last show were joined by the artists and cultural agitators orbiting them, bringing a more intellectually charged energy to his approach.“The reason I’m so drawn to the 1920s is that it was a moment when people were taking culture into their own hands, shaping ideas, movements, and aesthetics that still resonate today,” he said. The decade gave us jazz, and on the fashion front, clothes became more expressive, more…

Today is the big day. If you want clues for what might happen, look to the proxy trades that have been the rage among options traders.Options volumes are booming in stocks with ties to SpaceX ahead of Friday’s historic debut of the newest public entity run by the world’s richest man. While Wall Street debates whether the $1.75 trillion IPO is an egregiously overpriced hype-machine or the future of mankind, traders are piling into calls on anything that might catch a bid by association.Shares of EchoStar, the Colorado-based networking business that owns an estimated 3% of SpaceX stock, surged 11%…