Month: May 2026
Hegseth says ‘the ceasefire is not over’ after U.S., Iran exchange fire
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 5, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said the fragile ceasefire with Iran is still in effect, one day after Tehran attacked U.S. forces and the commercial vessels they were […]
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Ford’s secret EV unit emerges from shadows, still bullish on new pickup amid market slowdown
A Ford employee works inside a high voltage lab at Ford’s new Electric Vehicle Development Center in Long Beach, California. Courtesy Ford LONG BEACH, Calif. — As the global automotive industry retreats from all-electric vehicles after reporting billions of dollars in losses, Ford Motor continues to move forward with its next generation of EVs that […]
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Coinbase cuts headcount by 14% citing AI acceleration. The shares are gaining
Monitors display Coinbase signage during the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City on April 14, 2021. Robert Nickelsberg | Getty Images News | Getty Images Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said Tuesday that the company will cut roughly 14% of its workforce, citing a combination of market volatility and AI […]
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Michael Burry sells GameStop after Ryan Cohen’s hefty eBay bid: ‘Never confuse debt for creativity’
Michael Burry dumped his entire stake in GameStop after the company’s audacious bid for eBay , saying the deal’s heavy leverage shattered the investment case he had been building. “I sold my entire GME position,” Burry said in a Substack post late Monday. “Any which way I sliced it, the Instant Berkshire thesis was never […]
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Iran tensions, Palantir earnings, Musk’s SEC settlement and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Tuesday. Yesterday was a busy day for Amazon‘s top brass: CEO Andy Jassy joined CNBC’s “Mad Money,” while executive chairman Jeff Bezos was the honorary co-chair and lead sponsor of last night’s Met Gala. Stock futures are rising this morning after […]
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AI productivity gains, the case for Europe & underweight Japan: Three investment strategies from the studio
U.S. futures are trending to the upside, as investors eye developments in the Middle East, with crude prices dipping. In Europe, stocks are also seeing the upside, with only the FTSE 100, where oil majors such as BP and Shell trade, in the red. Here are three investment strategies we heard in CNBC’s Singapore and […]
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Ferrari tops Wall Street’s first-quarter expectations ahead of EV debut
Ferrari technicians inspect supercars on the production line inside the company’s factory in Maranello, Italy, October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo Remo Casilli | Reuters DETROIT — Ferrari on Tuesday beat Wall Street’s first-quarter earnings expectations and reconfirmed its guidance for the year, weeks ahead of the sports car maker revealing its first all-electric vehicle. […]
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Pfizer tops Wall Street estimates, reaffirms outlook as newer products show growth
Exterior view of the Pfizer headquarters building on January 29, 2023 in New York City. View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images Pfizer on Tuesday posted first-quarter earnings and revenue that topped estimates and reaffirmed its 2026 outlook, as its recently launched and acquired products showed growth. Older top-selling drugs, including its blood thinner […]
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The jet fuel crisis is ‘a slow motion car crash’, says Kpler’s Matt Smith
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Matt Smith, Kpler director of commodity research, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the state of energy prices, impact of rising jet fuel costs on travel, whether the shortage in jet fuel will lead to more flight cancellations, and more. Source
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Palantir Technologies, PayPal, Intel, Anheuser-Busch InBev & more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: PayPal — Shares gained nearly 3% after PayPal reported first quarter earnings of $1.34 per share, on an adjusted basis, on revenues of $8.35 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG had expected per-share earnings of $1.27 on revenues of $8.05 billion. Anheuser-Busch InBev — The Budweiser parent […]
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