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Before making a push to become the highest-paid woman on television, "Grey's Anatomy" star Ellen Pompeo reached out to the show's creator, Shonda Rhimes. Though Rhimes had no power over Pompeo's paycheck, the actress wanted to get her blessing and give Rhimes a heads up before making headlines with her salary demands. In a recent appearance on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, Pompeo said that not only did Rhimes give her the green light, she also encouraged her to ask for what she was worth.

Newly announced U.S. tariffs on auto imports have rattled Asian automakers, pressuring companies ahead of the implementation of the duties later in the week. U.S. President Donald Trump last Wednesday announced sweeping 25% tariffs on cars "not made in the U.S.," sending shockwaves through global automakers. Shares of Toyota fell 9.4% in the three sessions following the announcement, while Nissan dropped 9.3%. South Korea's Hyundai lost 11.2%.

Anthropic said it will start sweeping physical offices for hidden devices as part of a ramped-up security effort as the artificial intelligence race intensifies. The company, backed by Amazon, published safety and security updates in a blog post on Monday, and said it also plans to establish an executive risk council and build an in-house security team. Anthropic closed its latest funding round earlier this month at a $61.5 billion valuation, which makes it one of the highest-valued AI startups. But it's a fraction the value of OpenAI, which on Monday said it closed a $40 billion round at a $300 billion valuation, including the fresh capital.

Amazon has restarted drone deliveries in two states after a months-long pause, the company confirmed. In January, Amazon halted Prime Air deliveries in College Station, Texas, and Tolleson, Arizona, the two U.S. markets where it's testing the service, as the company rolled out a software update to its drone fleet. Amazon discovered an abnormality with the drone's altitude sensor, caused by dust in the air, that could have caused its system to produce an inaccurate reading of its position relative to the ground, the company said. Amazon "never experienced an actual safety issue," but said it opted to suspend deliveries while it corrected the issue.

After Google scrapped its diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, hiring aspirations in February, CEO Sundar Pichai addressed the matter with his employees at a company all-hands meeting. "We believe in building a representative workforce," Pichai said, according to audio obtained by CNBC. "We're a global company, we have users around the world, and we think the best way to serve them well is by having a workforce that represents that diversity, and we'll continue to do that." "At the same time, as a company we will always have to comply with local laws," Pichai added.

CNBC's Jim Cramer said Monday that investor sentiment has gotten too negative but could improve if President Donald Trump clarifies his tariff policies. Measures like inflation and unemployment have shown positive signs for the economy, and the stock market soared last year, Cramer said. But despite these bullish signals, the Trump administration's tariff policy and its attitude toward both allies and foes have darkened investors' moods, he said. "Everything about this economy is good. Everything, everything except one thing: We have a president who is very angry at everyone," Cramer said. "His wrath has made investors so downcast and so negative that people have just given up. They want nothing to do with stocks." Click here to download Jim Cramer's Guide to Investing at no cost to help you build long-term wealth and invest smarter.

With President Donald Trump set to impose sweeping tariffs on a wide swath of U.S. trading partners this week, corporate America is awash in uncertainty. LightSource, a San Francisco startup whose software helps companies manage their procurement process, costs and vendor relationships, didn't know what the president's tariffs plan would look like before raising its first funding round. But the timing didn't hurt. LightSource has just closed a $33 million financing, led by Bain Capital Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from J2 Ventures.

Market uncertainty should "peak" around the Wednesday tariff deadline, according to Evercore ISI. In a note this week, Julian Emanuel wrote investors should resist tariff angst and accumulate stocks. "All you need is a little less uncertainty," the firm's senior managing director said Monday on CNBC's "Fast Money."

From plant-based diets to tight-knit communities, a luxury residential cruise is taking a page out of the book of places like Sardinia, Italy and Okinawa, Japan. Blue zones are areas around the world that were identified as having some of the highest concentrations of the longest-living people in the world. The longevity of the people in places like Ikaria, Greece and Nicoya, Costa Rica has been attributed to practices like daily physical activity and belonging to a faith-based community. A proximity to water is also something four of the five blue zones all have in common. The MV Narrative by Storylines hopes to become the first "blue zone" at sea.

In 2024, 43% of adults said they felt more anxious than they did the previous year, according to an American Psychiatric Association poll. While the source of Americans' stress varies – the economy, gun violence and climate change – the effects are the same. We become unproductive, unmotivated, and our own worst critic. That's because stress convinces us that we can't reach our goals, says Dr. Aditi Nerurkar, a Harvard physician. When you feel a sense of stress your amygdala, the part of your brain that helps you process emotions, is on "high alert," she says. "It is thinking about survival and self-preservation. By design, your amygdala is focused on your immediate needs. What do I need to do in the immediate term to feel safe and secure again?"