Month: August 2025
European pharma is spared worst-case U.S. tariffs. Investors still don’t trust the deal
European pharmaceutical firms gained some much-desired clarity on Thursday, with news that U.S. tariffs will be capped at up to 15% — but a muted market reaction appeared to reflect skepticism among investors on whether the rate is set in stone. Fresh details on the European Union’s trade agreement with the White House revealed that […]
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Trump immigration policy may be shrinking labor force, economists say
Key Points Evidence suggests Trump administration immigration policies are shrinking the size of the immigrant labor force, and the broader U.S. labor pool in recent months, according to economists CNBC spoke with and research notes on the topic. If sustained, which isn’t assured, it could pose challenges for the U.S. economy, those experts said. The […]
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Trump’s Nvidia and Intel meddling is a ‘scattershot method of crony capitalism’: Walter Isaacson
President Donald Trump’s dealings with Intel and Nvidia amount to a “scattershot method of crony capitalism,” Walter Isaacson said Thursday. “That state capitalism often evolves into crony capitalism, where you have favored companies and industries that pay tribute to the leader, and that is a recipe for not only disaster, but just sort of a […]
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How billionaire family offices bet on stocks during tariff turmoil
Leon Cooperman on CNBC’s “Halftime Report.” Scott Mlyn | CNBC A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Family offices are known to invest for the long haul, sometimes for generations. […]
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Fix-and-flip real estate investors are pulling back
Marioguti | E+ | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight […]
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Spirit Airlines is on shakier ground after avoiding hard decisions in bankruptcy
Spirit Airlines baggage tags are seen near a check-in counter at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on April 10, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images In March, Spirit Airlines came out of bankruptcy protection in less than four months and entered a worsening landscape. Consumers were holding off booking flights and U.S. planes […]
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Google’s Pixel 10 launch wasn’t about the phones but the strategic AI play
A person holds Google Pixel 10 Pro mobile phones during the ‘Made by Google’ event, organized to introduce the latest additions to Google’s Pixel portfolio of devices, in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., August 20, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters While Google made a big splash with its Pixel 10 series of smartphones, it was the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Walmart, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Instacart, Broadstone Net Lease and more
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Walmart — The big-box retailer slipped more than 2% . Walmart fiscal second-quarter revenue beat analyst estimates . Adjusted earnings of 68 cents per share may not have compared with the LSEG consensus estimate of 74 cents. The country’s largest retailer raised its full-year earnings and […]
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Kansas City Fed’s Schmid shows hesitation about widely expected September rate cut
Key Points Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Schmid in a CNBC interview Thursday expressed doubt about lowering interest rates in September, saying there’s more work to do on inflation. Schmid is a voter this year on the rate-setting FOMC. Source
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Chipotle teams up with Zipline to test drone delivery
Chipotle is teaming up with drone delivery leader Zipline to test autonomous food delivery. Beginning Thursday, select customers in the greater Dallas area will have the option to use the so-called Zipotle delivery through an early access program in the Zipline app. Zipline’s autonomous aircraft will deliver orders to customers’ homes from a Rowlett, Texas Chipotle […]
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