Month: April 2026
USA Rare Earth to buy Brazil’s Serra Verde for $2.8 billion to build supply outside Asia
USA Rare Earth has announced plans to buy Brazilian rare earths miner Serra Verde in a deal worth $2.8 billion in cash and shares, as it seeks to challenge China’s dominance of the supply chain. The Oklahoma-headquartered company said it will pay $300 million in cash and $126.9 million in its own newly issued stock […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: American Airlines, Marvell Technology, Strategy & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Airlines — The group was under pressure Monday as investors worry that renewed U.S.-Iran tensions will keep energy prices elevated and push consumers to travel less. American Airlines , Delta Air Lines and United Airlines were all down more than 2% before the bell. JetBlue Airways […]
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Kevin Warsh would be the first tech bro Fed chair. How Silicon Valley shaped him
With his penchant for suits, ties and sweater vests, Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh doesn’t share the rumpled look of many of the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs he calls friends. But they still count him as one of their own. “You wouldn’t be hanging out with us if you were as normal as you claim […]
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Major 7.5-magnitude quake hits off Japan, triggers tsunami warnings
This photo shows a warning message on a screen from a live feed on NHK with tsunami alert after an earthquake hit northern Japan, in Tokyo on April 20, 2026. Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Images A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan on Monday, prompting authorities to urge residents […]
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American Airlines falls 3% premarket after dismissing United megamerger
American Airlines and United Airlines airplanes at the Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, New Jersey, US, on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. Aristide Economopoulos | Bloomberg | Getty Images American Airlines stock fell in premarket trading on Monday after it rejected talks of a potential megamerger with United Airlines late last […]
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UniCredit boss plots Commerzbank shake-up as lender continues its takeover pursuit of German rival
UniCredit has unveiled plans for a far-reaching shake-up of takeover target Commerzbank with the intention of transforming the German lender for a “new future-ready era.” Chief executive of UniCredit Andrea Orcel said in a conference call Monday that a “true combination” of UniCredit and Commerzbank would send “a clear signal”, creating a “country leader and […]
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China calls for ‘concerted’ industry efforts to tackle excess solar production
Workers check solar panels installed on a lake in Tianchang, east China’s Anhui province on January 12, 2026. – | Afp | Getty Images China has called for “concerted efforts” to ease its solar power industry’s severe overcapacity crisis, as part of Beijing’s campaign to end a fierce price war. The proposed measures include capacity […]
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‘Resumption of hostilities’: seized ship, vessel attacks push U.S.-Iran ceasefire toward brink
A person points at a page on the Marinetraffic website that shows commercial boats traffic on the edge of the Strait of Hormuz near the Iranian coast, in Paris on March 4, 2026. Julien De Rosa | Afp | Getty Images Fifty days into the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, tensions escalated again after clashes in […]
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European stocks set to slump as Gulf tanker attacks threaten ceasefire
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on April 17, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks are expected to fall at the start of the new trading week on fears that a re-escalation of U.S.-Iran tensions over the weekend […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Ship struck and Strait shut
Ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman, April 18, 2026. Stringer | Reuters Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from Singapore (yes, that’s right — not London this week!). Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. Flying into Singapore over the weekend gave me a […]
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