Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia, JB Hunt, 3M, Micron & more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Nvidia — The chipmaker dropped around 2% to lead tech shares lower, with traders trimming positions in the AI giant as global trade tensions escalate following President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat over Greenland. J.B. Hunt Transport Services — The transportation and logistics company fell more […]
Alibaba-backed startup Moonshot AI’s valuation is up $500 million, sources say, after its rivals IPO in Hong Kong
Key Points Investors are now valuing Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI at $4.8 billion, two people familiar with the matter told CNBC. It’s a $500 million increase in the valuation the startup achieved last month. The investor interest comes after two rival Chinese AI companies — Zhipu and MiniMax — surged after going public in Hong Kong […]
Smaller companies are rising quickly to challenge Big Tech as AI ‘s best trade
ETF Edge Smaller companies are rising quickly to challenge Big Tech as AI ‘s best trade Published Sat, Jan 17 202610:28 AM EST Krysta Escobar WATCH LIVE Source
Kevin Hassett pivots to possible ‘Trump cards’ amid credit card battle with banks
Key Points Kevin Hassett told Fox Business that U.S. banks could voluntarily provide credit cards to underserved Americans. President Donald Trump called for banks to cap credit card interest rates at 10%, an idea that has been roundly rejected by industry executives and their lobbyists this week. At least one major credit card issuer and […]
Tech stocks lead Wall Street sell-off as tensions over Greenland escalate
Trades work at the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 16, 2026. NYSE Technology shares led the declines in U.S. stocks on Tuesday as investors reacted to escalating tariff rhetoric tied to President Donald Trump’s renewed push around Greenland. The State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) fell 2.2%. Nvidia, Meta Platforms and Google-parent […]
Morgan Stanley loves these stocks as the AI memory bottleneck bites
Tech companies have raced to build out compute capacity to fuel their AI ambitions but are now faced with a new bottleneck: memory capacity. The crunch comes as workloads shift from training models to using AI tools, and it’s driven in part by agentic AI, where a system can execute tasks independently. AI agents require […]
OpenAI to focus on ‘practical adoption’ in 2026, says finance chief Sarah Friar
Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI, appears on CNBC’s Squawk Box on August 20, 2025. CNBC OpenAI will make 2026 its year of “practical adoption,” the artificial intelligence startup’s finance chief said in a blog Sunday. “The priority is closing the gap between what AI now makes possible and how people, companies, and countries are using […]
Who will be next to implement an Australia-style under-16s social media ban?
Recently the Australian Senate passed a law to ban children under 16 from having social media accounts including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images Australia’s social media ban for under-16s has grabbed global attention, and governments worldwide are considering implementing similar policies, with the U.K. seen as […]
Led by Texas, New Hampshire, U.S. states race to prove they can put bitcoin on public balance sheet
Led by Texas and New Hampshire, U.S. states across the national map, both red and blue in political stripes, are developing bitcoin strategic reserves and bringing cryptocurrencies onto their books through additional state finance and budgeting measures. Texas recently became the first state to purchase bitcoin after a legislative effort that began in 2024, but […]
