Year: 2025
Shares of gun seller GrabAGun — backed by Donald Trump Jr. — tank after NYSE trading debut
Donald Trump Jr. rings the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for the Texas-based firearm e-commerce platform GrabAGun where Trump is a member of the board on July 16, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Shares of the online firearms retailer GrabAGun — whose shareholders and board members […]
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Expect tariff ‘cascade’ effect across slowing global economy, top UN official warns
The leading arm of the United Nations’ organization focused on trade and development, UNCTAD, said President Trump’s tariff policies are already creating new costs and disruptions in the global supply chain, and for less developed nations that trade with the U.S., the worst economic fallout hasn’t hit yet. “We already see a disruption in the […]
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Tesla’s change in bylaws to limit shareholder lawsuits slammed by New York state officials
Elon Musk interviews on CNBC from the Tesla Headquarters in Texas. CNBC In May, Tesla changed its corporate bylaws in a way that would require investors to own 3% of the stock, today worth about $30 billion, in order to file a derivative lawsuit against the company for breach of fiduciary duties. Authorities in New […]
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Ether is starting to outperform bitcoin – and further gains could be ahead for the crypto, charts show
Ether continues to demonstrate notable strength, both on an absolute basis and relative to bitcoin , which suggests that its recent up-move could kickstart further gains. First, on this daily chart, it’s clear that ETH finally has broken out of a bullish inverse head-and-shoulders pattern, a technical formation that has been under construction for most […]
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Healthy Returns: Chinese obesity drug emerges as a potential rival to Eli Lilly’s Zepbound
Cr | Istock | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Another potential competitor to blockbuster obesity treatments from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk just showed positive data – but this time, […]
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Scale AI cuts 14% of workforce after Meta investment, hiring of founder Wang
Facade with logo at headquarters of Scale AI, San Francisco, California, June 2, 2025. Smith Collection | Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Weeks after Meta poured $14.3 billion into Scale AI and hired founder Alexandr Wang, the artificial intelligence startup is cutting 200 full-time employees, or 14% of its staff. Scale AI’s interim […]
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Trump administration sued by U.S. states for cutting disaster prevention grants
Fire-affected residents meet with FEMA officials on Jan. 14, 2025 in Pasadena, California, where a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center opened today to help homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profits with their economic recovery. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images A group of 20 mostly Democrat-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Morgan Stanley, ASML, Johnson & Johnson, SolarEdge and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Morgan Stanley — Shares fell 3.6% despite the financial institution beating second-quarter estimates. Morgan Stanley earned $2.13 per share and saw $16.79 billion in revenue, while analysts anticipated earnings of $1.96 a share and $16.07 billion in revenue, per LSEG. SolarEdge Technologies – Shares plummeted more […]
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Trump denies that he plans to fire Powell: ‘Highly unlikely’
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and U.S. President Donald Trump. Craig Hudson | Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Hours after President Donald Trump told a room full of Republican lawmakers that he will fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, he denied plans to do that. “We’re not planning on doing it,” he said. “It’s highly […]
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Trump lashes out at Republicans over Jeffrey Epstein file demands
President Donald Trump returns to the White House, in Washington, D.C., from Pittsburgh, July 15, 2025. Celal Gunes | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday sharply criticized the bloc of his own political base that is publicly demanding the release of the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files, calling them “weaklings” whose support he […]
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