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CNBC Daily Open: India and U.S. strike a trade deal, and markets shrug off precious metals rout
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands as they attend a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 13, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The world’s largest economy has struck a deal with the most populous nation. U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday that America […]
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Waymo announces $16 billion funding round
A Waymo vehicle exits a charging lot on Jan. 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Alphabet‘s self-driving car unit Waymo on Monday said it raised a $16 billion funding round that values the company at $126 billion “post-money.” The new funding is the latest move by Alphabet to fund Waymo’s continued […]
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Oracle’s credit default swaps are plummeting as financing plan boosts investor confidence
Oracle’s 5-year credit default swaps tumbled 17% after the software vendor’s plan to raise $50 billion in debt and equity bolstered investor confidence that the company will be able to avoid a credit downgrade as it funds its artificial intelligence buildout. “Equity financing significantly inhibits the downside for credit,” Andrew Keches, a credit analyst at […]
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquiring AI startup xAI ahead of potential IPO
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) weather satellite Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U (GOES-U) lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, June 25, 2024. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk is combining rocket maker SpaceX with his artificial […]
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Anti-ICE protesters should want more Palantir in government, CEO Karp says
CEO of Palantir Technologies Alex Karp attends the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 15, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Palantir CEO Alex Karp said protesters demonstrating against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement should support the use of his company’s tools in the government. “If you are […]
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Palantir beats fourth-quarter estimates on the strength of AI and defense demand
Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Palantir topped Wall Street’s fourth-quarter estimates as more businesses and the U.S. government race to buy its artificial intelligence tools. Here’s how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: […]
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Palantir is set to report earnings after the market close. What Wall Street expects
Palantir Technologies is facing an earnings test after its recent slump. Shares of Palantir have lost 25% in the past three months amid a broader decline in software stocks , which are among the S & P 500’s worst performers year to date on concerns of artificial intelligence disruption. One popular technical metric showed that Palantir […]
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Jim Cramer: Waymo’s soaring valuation adds a new layer to the Alphabet buy story
Waymo is becoming a real source of investor excitement on new valuation reports — reaffirming Jim Cramer’s view that the Alphabet stock remains a buy for that and so much more. Once an Alphabet moonshot, launched as the Google Self-Driving Car project in 2009, Waymo nowadays is shooting to the moon. The robotaxi business is […]
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Elon Musk has lauded the ‘social media for AI agents’ platform Moltbook as a bold step for AI. Others are skeptical
In this photo illustration, a person holds a smartphone displaying the Moltbook logo, with a larger Moltbook-themed graphic visible in the background, on February 1, 2026, in Chongqing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Moltbook, a site that bills itself as social media, for AI agents, has divided the tech sector. […]
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The metal sell-off, Disney earnings, the ‘Melania’ movie and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Good morning. America’s favorite groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow this morning, meaning we’re in for six more weeks of winter. After the recent string of cold temperatures, I can’t say I’m surprised. Stock futures are sliding this morning. The three major […]
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