Technology
We’re booking profits in an industrial-focused stock benefiting from tech exodus
Shortly after the opening bell, we will be selling 100 shares of DuPont at roughly $48. Following Thursday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 1,525 shares of DD, decreasing its weighting to about 1.85% from about 2%. We are booking big gains in DuPont to take advantage of the recent market rotation out of […]
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Software stocks struggle, Google’s AI spending, layoffs surge and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Thursday. Taco Bell’s parent company reported strong same-store sales growth for the chain yesterday, which makes me wonder how much my Crunchwrap Supreme orders contributed. Stock futures are falling this morning. The S&P 500 saw another losing session yesterday. Here are […]
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Bitcoin briefly drops below $70,000 as sell-off continues
Bitcoin briefly dropped below $70,000 on Thursday amid a broader sell-off of risk assets. The move, which happened around 6:27 a.m. ET, was the first time bitcoin fell below $70,000 since November 2024. Bitcoin bounced off that low and was trading at around 70,453.68 at 6:40 a.m. ET, according to CoinMetrics data. Some market watchers […]
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Amazon’s push to make AI cheaper — and why it matters to reigniting the stock
Amazon ‘s cloud leadership — and likely the next move in the stock — hinges on whether growth on that side of the business continues to reaccelerate. Custom AI chips are key to that effort. Investors widely view shares of Amazon, which also dominates in e-commerce, as driven primarily by the fortunes of its Amazon […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Alphabet could more than double its capex in 2026, unsettling investors
A pedestrian walks by a sign at Google headquarters on Feb. 4, 2026 in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Alphabet’s fourth-quarter earnings and revenue beat Wall Street expectations. Its cloud unit dazzled, notching a nearly 48% increase in revenue from a year earlier. The tech giant expects capital expenditure for 2026 to […]
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China’s EV slowdown persists as BYD posts near two-year low in sales
HONG KONG, CHINA – JANUARY 05: A general view of the BYD Auto showroom on January 5, 2026, in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Sawayasu Tsuji/Getty Images) Sawayasu Tsuji | Getty Images News | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese electric car giant BYD reported a nearly two-year low in local sales in January, signaling mounting […]
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U.S. proposes critical minerals trade bloc aimed at countering China’s grip
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers opening remarks during the Critical Minerals Ministerial at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 4, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The U.S. on Wednesday unveiled new initiatives to mobilize allies into a preferential trade bloc for critical minerals, including coordinated price floors as Washington works to […]
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Sony profit jumps 22% in December quarter, beating expectations and lifting full-year outlook
The logo of Japanese entertainment and electronics giant Sony is displayed at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo on May 14, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Sony on Thursday reported a rise in operating profit that beat expectations, supported by favorable foreign exchange rates despite surging memory chip costs. Here are Sony’s December […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Alphabet capex plans spook investors, while AMD has a brutal day in markets
Signage outside the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet’s fourth-quarter earnings and revenue beat Wall Street expectations. Its cloud unit dazzled, notching a nearly 48% increase in revenue from a year earlier. The tech giant expects capital expenditure for 2026 […]
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Alphabet resets the bar for AI infrastructure spending
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google parent Alphabet beat Wall Street’s expectations for its fourth quarter but a new, high bar for expected spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure tempered enthusiasm. […]
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