Year: 2026
Oil’s wild ride, Oracle earnings, Kevin Warsh’s ‘perfect storm’ and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. If you’re a fan of commercial real estate, or Netflix’s “Owning Manhattan” (or both), check out Ryan Serhant’s sitdown with CNBC’s Diana Olick. Stock futures are around flat this morning. The three major indexes finished yesterday’s session little changed. Here […]
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Rheinmetall sees sales growth of up to 45% in 2026, says it’s in ‘prime position’ to arm the U.S. amid war in Iran
German Rheinmetall MAN tactical military transport vehicles parked in the Edvard Peperko military barracks. Luka Dakskobler | Lightrocket | Getty Images German arms maker Rheinmetall said it sees this year’s sales growing by as much as 45% as it reported 2025 revenue growing 29% year-over-year, missing expectations. It also said it was in a “prime […]
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Return to Russian energy would be ‘strategic blunder,’ EU says — but Moscow smells blood
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Heads of State Council at the Yntymak Ordo (Palace of Unity) presidential residence in Bishkek on November 27, 2025. Alexander Kazakov | Afp | Getty Images The EU must not […]
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Amazon’s Zoox partners with Uber to reach more robotaxi riders — first in Las Vegas, then LA
A Zoox robotaxi is seen driving on Nov. 19, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Amazon‘s Zoox is making its toaster-shaped self-driving vehicles available through the Uber app in Las Vegas starting this summer, the latest sign of momentum in the nascent but fast-growing robotaxi market. As part of a multiyear […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Oracle, AeroVironment, Nike and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Oracle — Oracle shares jumped more than 9% after the cloud infrastructure company gave strong fiscal third quarter results and lifted its revenue guidance for fiscal 2027. Management lifted its fiscal 2027 revenue outlook up $1 billion to $90 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG sought $86.6 […]
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Five things to know about Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei
Iran appoints Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images The U.S. achieved a quick victory when its first strikes on Iran killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader for nearly 37 years. But news that the country had appointed Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, as his successor, along with […]
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Who is Markwayne Mullin? Trump ally will bring conservative immigration policies to DHS
U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), tapped by U.S. President Donald Trump to replace U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, holds a rubber ball while speaking to members of the media as he departs the U.S. Capitol after a vote in the U.S. Senate on funding for DHS, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 5, 2026. Nathan […]
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Senators call for investigation into release, redaction of Epstein files
Newly-released documents from disgraced late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including a sheaf of entirely redacted pages, are seen in handouts released by the Justice Department and printed and arranged for a photograph by Reuters in Washington, Dec. 19, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday called on the […]
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Toyota recalls 550,000 vehicles in U.S. over seat-back defect, NHTSA says
Toyota vehicles are displayed for sale on a dealership lot on Nov. 18, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Toyota Motor Corp is recalling 550,007 vehicles in the U.S. as a faulty seat-back mechanism may fail to lock, increasing the risk of injury, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Oil jitters persist as U.S. targets Iranian ships near Strait of Hormuz
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE What you need to know today Oil was slightly higher after plunging more than 11% Tuesday, as traders expect a group of countries to tap emergency crude reserves to mitigate disruption caused by the war in the Middle East. The sharp drop came […]
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