Day: April 23, 2026
Japan core inflation accelerates after five months as Iran war pushes energy prices higher
Customers check out vegetables and other groceries at a supermarket in Tokyo on June 20, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Core inflation in Japan accelerated for the first time in five months, rising to 1.8% in March as Iran war-fueled higher energy prices stoke consumer inflation. Government data showed the inflation figure […]
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Cramer says look to these 4 stocks to go with your high-flying tech names
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday investors should look beyond the market’s hottest trades and start hunting for opportunities in areas that have already been beaten down. “I want to praise the other parts of the market … that have been marked down already, which makes them less vulnerable,” the “Mad Money” host said. With the […]
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U.S. soldier arrested for $400K winning Polymarket bets on Maduro capture, DOJ says
Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed Federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on Jan. 5, 2026 in New York City. Xny/star Max | Gc Images | Getty […]
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Trump says Americans should expect higher gas prices for ‘a little while’
President Donald Trump speaks during a health-care affordability event in the Oval Office of White House in Washington, April 23, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday said Americans should anticipate paying higher gas prices “for a little while” as a result of the Iran war, without specifying a […]
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Trump says Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended by three weeks
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office, with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio standing behind him, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 23, 2026. Kylie Cooper | Reuters Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks following a meeting in the White […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Intel, SAP, Boyd Gaming, MaxLinear and more
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell : Intel — Shares soared 15% after the chipmaker posted first-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations. Intel posted adjusted earnings of 29 cents per share on revenue of $13.58 billion, while analysts polled by LSEG had expected it to earn 1 cent per share on […]
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NYC Mayor Mamdani knocked Ken Griffin in pied-a-terre tax promo. His firm calls the move ‘shameful’
Key Points In a social media video filmed outside Ken Griffin’s residence, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a new pied-à-terre tax. Citadel denounced the mayor’s move with Chief Operating Officer Gerald Beeson saying in an internal memo that targeting Griffin showed “ignorance and disdain” toward contributors to the city’s economy. “It is shameful […]
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Intel’s stock soars 16% as results top estimates, with chipmaker showing signs of growth
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan holds a wafer of CPU tiles for the Intel Core Ultra series 3, code-named Panther Lake, outside the Intel Ocotillo campus in Chandler, Arizona. Courtesy: Intel Intel reported first-quarter earnings Thursday that blew past Wall Street’s expectations, as the struggling chipmaker shows signs of a revival. Shares of the U.S. chipmaker […]
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Nike cuts 1,400 roles in second round of layoffs this year
People walk past a Nike store in New York City, on April 2, 2025. Kylie Cooper | Reuters Nike announced a new round of layoffs on Thursday impacting approximately 1,400 roles across the organization, mostly concentrated in its technology department. In a note from COO Venkatesh Alagirisamy, the company said the layoffs were part of […]
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Trump administration moves to reclassify cannabis in major shift that could expand research
The Trump administration moved Thursday to reclassify cannabis under federal law, which could significantly expand scientific research into the drug’s medical uses. The change would not legalize the drug at the federal level, but shift cannabis from its current status as a Schedule I substance to Schedule III under the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s controlled […]
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