Month: April 2026
Wall Street loses patience with Nike as turnaround drags, China weakness deepens
Nike Inc. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images When Nike reported fiscal third quarter earnings on Tuesday night, investors were looking for evidence its recovery is on track. Instead, all they learned is the […]
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Eli Lilly opposes push to pass Trump’s drug pricing deals into law, CEO says
David Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly, speaks in the Oval Office during an event about weight-loss drugs at the White House in Washington, DC on Nov. 6, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Eli Lilly opposes the White House’s push to codify “most favored nation” drug pricing into law, CEO Dave Ricks said […]
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Franklin Templeton acquires digital assets investment firm in active crypto management push
Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images Mutual fund giant Franklin Templeton has agreed to buy a small crypto investment firm, 250 Digital, which will join its newly established unit Franklin Crypto, as the firm deepens its digital assets push. By bringing 250 in-house, Franklin Templeton hopes to be able to increase its actively managed […]
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SpaceX confidentially files for IPO, setting stage for record offering
SpaceX headquarters is shown in Hawthorne, California, U.S. June 5, 2025. Daniel Cole | Reuters Elon Musk’s SpaceX has confidentially filed for an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission, sources told CNBC’s David Faber, bringing Elon Musk’s rocket company one step closer to what’s expected to be a record public offering. Bloomberg was first […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Eli Lilly, Hasbro, Philip Morris, Intel, Micron & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in midday trading: Eli Lilly — The Food and Drug Administration approved Foundayo , the company’s once-a-day GLP-1 pill to treat obesity. Shares rose about 4% on the news. Hasbro — The toymaker fell more than 4% after it disclosed a cybersecurity incident where there was unauthorized […]
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FDA approves Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 pill, opening the next phase of the weight loss drug market
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly‘s GLP-1 pill, the company said, a major milestone for the Indianapolis-based drugmaker and one that will test the market for new weight-loss medications. Lilly said the once-daily pill, Foundayo, will start shipping from direct-to-consumer platform LillyDirect on Monday and will be available at pharmacies and on […]
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Intel shares jump 9% after buying back Ireland chip fab in sign of renewed strength
Intel shares jumped 9% Wednesday after the U.S chipmaker announced it would repurchase the 49% equity interest it did not own in its Fab 34 chip facility in Ireland for $14.2 billion. The semiconductor company sold the 49% stake in its Ireland manufacturing facility to buyout firm Apollo Global Management in 2024 for $11.2 billion. […]
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Germany stops gas stations from raising pump prices more than once a day
BERLIN, GERMANY – MARCH 16: A truck and a bicyclist pass by a petrol station that shows gasoline prices well over EUR 2.00 per litre on March 16, 2026 in Berlin, Germany. The German government, in response to dramatic price increases of petrol in Germany since the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli military conflict with Iran, […]
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Supreme Court hears birthright citizenship case with Trump in room
People demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s expected arrival on April 01, 2026 in Washington, DC. Al Drago | Getty Images The Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments on Wednesday on whether an executive order by President Donald Trump can upend what has long been the constitutional guarantee of […]
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Apartment rents weaken further as war and job cuts weigh on demand
Key Points March rents were down 1.7% on an annual basis, according to Apartment List. That’s the largest drop since Apartment List began tracking in 2017and larger than the record set in the early months of the Covid pandemic. Rents are falling because vacancies are also unusually high. A version of this article first appeared […]
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