Year: 2026
Trump picks Warsh, Apple earnings, the software bear market and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. President Donald Trump has made his decision on who he’ll nominate to be the Federal Reserve’s next chair, and it turns out that it was one of the “Kevins” after all. Stock futures are lower this morning. The S&P 500 […]
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Democratic states seek to hike taxes on the wealthy
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. A new “blue wave” of tax hikes on the wealthy is rippling through state legislatures, as Virginia, Washington state, Rhode Island and others […]
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Ford to record $600 million pretax pension charge in fourth quarter
A 2025 Ford Lightning electric vehicle (EV) at a Ford dealership in Antioch, California, US, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — Ford Motor said it will report pretax charges of $600 million in its fourth-quarter results due to adjustments in its employee pension plans and other […]
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Hollywood has an IP problem: Box office sales are banking on franchise hits that keep falling flat
Moviegoers will find a wealth of familiar franchises on the big screen this year. It may not be enough to save the box office. New entrants from popular film series dominate the movie slate in the next 12 months. The 2026 schedule features releases from Star Wars, Marvel, DC Comics, Toy Story, Super Mario Bros., […]
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New cars are increasingly becoming a luxury amid K-shaped economy concerns
A General Motors Co. Chevrolet Blazer electric vehicle at a dealership in Colma, California, Jan. 23, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — American consumers are hitting a fork in the road when it comes to the U.S. automotive industry. Affluent buyers are purchasing new vehicles at increasingly higher prices, while […]
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Giving to donor-advised funds surges on expiring tax cuts and a hot stock market
Douglas P Sacha | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Strong stock market returns and tax reform gave a boost to charitable giving in 2025, according to […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Apple, Chevron, KLA, Sandisk & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Apple — Shares fell 0.6% even after after the company posted blowout fiscal first-quarter results , with notably strong revenue from its iPhone 17 models released in September. Apple earned $2.84 per share for the quarter, higher than the $2.67 per share expected by analysts surveyed […]
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Trump nominates Kevin Warsh for Federal Reserve chair to succeed Jerome Powell
President Donald Trump on Friday named Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, ending a five-month odyssey that has seen unprecedented turmoil around the central bank. The decision culminates a process that officially began last summer but started much earlier than that, with Trump launching a fusillade of criticism against the Powell-led […]
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Microsoft tumbled 10% in a day and isn’t recovering premarket. Here’s why
Key Points Microsoft’s stock saw its biggest daily decline since 2020 on Thursday, falling 10%. The stock is up 0.5% premarket on Friday. The share slide wiped $357 billion off the software giant’s market cap. Analysts attributed the move to company’s cloud computing business growing slightly slower than expected. Microsoft’s stock isn’t recovering in Friday’s […]
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Silver plummets 15%, gold falls 7% — dragging down miners and ETFs
Argor-Heraeus’ CEO Robin Kolvenbach holds one kilo bars of silver and gold at the plant of refiner and bar manufacturer Argor-Heraeus in Mendrisio, Switzerland, July 13, 2022. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Gold and silver prices plunged on Friday, sparking a global sell-off of stocks and funds linked to the metals. By 5:04 a.m. ET, spot […]
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