Year: 2025
Instagram TV app coming to Amazon Fire streaming device
Instagram has installed a new privacy setting which will default all new and existing underage accounts to an automatic private mode. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Instagram users will now be able to watch Reels short-form videos on bigger screens. Meta said Tuesday that the company will begin testing its Instagram for TV app in […]
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Pfizer’s modest 2026 outlook shows its big investments will take time to pay off
Smith Collection | Archive Photos | Getty Images Pfizer on Tuesday forecast modest 2026 guidance as it looks to longer-term investments in its pipeline to counter waning Covid product sales and declines from older drugs. Those hurdles aren’t surprising or new for Pfizer, which has seen a dramatic decline in Covid vaccine and antiviral sales […]
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Databricks raises capital at $134 billion valuation in latest funding round
Databricks CEO, Ali Ghodsi speaks on CNBC’s Fast Money on Dec. 17, 2024. CNBC Databricks is raising $4 billion in a funding round that would value the data analytics software company at $134 billion, the company announced Tuesday. The valuation is a 34% jump from the funding round announced in August, which valued the company […]
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Payrolls rose by 64,000 in November after falling by 105,000 in October, delayed jobs numbers show
A “Help Wanted” sign hangs in a restaurant window in Medford, Massachusetts, Jan. 25, 2023. Brian Snyder | Reuters Nonfarm payrolls grew slightly more than expected in November but slumped in October while unemployment hit its highest in four years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday in numbers delayed by the government shutdown. Job […]
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Oil prices tumble to lowest since May, on pace for biggest annual decline in 7 years
Oil prices held on to most gains from the previous session in early trading on Thursday as investors awaited U.S.-China trade talks later in the day. Anton Petrus | Moment | Getty Images U.S. crude oil on Tuesday hit the lowest level since May, putting prices on pace for the worst performance in seven years […]
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Kevin Warsh moves ahead in Fed chief race on Kalshi after Hassett pushback
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council (L), and Kevin Warsh, former governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Reuters Kevin Warsh has surged ahead of Kevin Hassett in prediction markets betting on who President Donald Trump will nominate as the next chair of the Federal Reserve, as doubts grow inside Trump’s orbit about Hassett’s […]
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Jobs data, Tesla’s rally, tariff revenue hits $200 billion and more in Morning Squawk in Morning Squawk
An employee hiring sign is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, April 7, 2023. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Economics 101 Investors and economic […]
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As catastrophe losses top $100 billion again, insurers are helping policyholders mitigate risk
Climate catastrophes like wildfires and severe storms have become more frequent and damaging in the U.S., accounting for 83% of the estimated global insured losses of $107 billion in 2025, according to a new report from Swiss Re Institute. This is the sixth consecutive year that global insured losses have surpassed $100 billion. The Los […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Pfizer, Roku, Kraft Heinz & more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Pfizer — The pharma giant issued disappointing 2026 earnings guidance. Pfizer a profit between $2.80 per share and $3 per share for the coming year. Analysts polled by LSEG expected earnings per share of $3.05 for 2026. The company also reaffirmed its 2025 outlook. Shares hovered […]
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Kraft Heinz taps former Kellanova CEO Steve Cahillane to lead company ahead of breakup
Kraft Heinz announced plans to split into two separately traded companies, reversing its 2015 megamerger, which was orchestrated by billionaire investor Warren Buffett. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Kraft Heinz on Tuesday announced that former Kellanova CEO Steve Cahillane will lead the company ahead of its planned split next year. Cahillane […]
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