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UBS downgrades U.S. IT sector despite a recovery. It gave 3 reasons why
Key Points UBS downgraded its outlook on U.S. IT stocks on Tuesday, citing lingering “software uncertainty” and increased capital expenditure. The Swiss investment bank’s move comes after a sell-off in software stocks over the past week as investors turn cautious towards the sector. UBS recommended investors diversify exposure to other sectors, including healthcare and utilities. […]
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Alphabet calls out new AI-related risks, as it taps debt market to fund buildout
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 20, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images As Alphabet returns to the debt market to fund its artificial intelligence buildout, the company is acknowledging new risks tied to the rise of AI […]
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Sam Altman touts ChatGPT’s reaccelerating growth to employees as OpenAI closes in on $100 billion funding
As OpenAI faces intensifying pressure from rival Anthropic’s improved coding tools, CEO Sam Altman is telling employees and investors that his company is seeing its share of momentum. Altman told OpenAI employees on Friday that ChatGPT, the company’s popular artificial intelligence chatbot, is “back to exceeding 10% monthly growth,” according to an internal Slack message […]
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Dow 50,000, Super Bowl 60, Meta’s big week in court and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Monday. Congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks, who stifled the New England Patriots in a 29-13 Super Bowl win last night. Congratulations also to Lady Gaga fans, who got a surprise performance from the singer during Bad Bunny’s halftime show. Stock futures […]
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Big Tech stocks are treading water after $1 trillion sell-off week
Big Tech stocks were treading water in premarket trading on Monday, after a bruising week that saw more than $1 trillion wiped from their market caps. As of 6:40 a.m. ET, Oracle was up 1.6% and Microsoft had edged 0.8% higher. Meta was down 0.2% and Amazon was flat. Alphabet fell 0.5% and Nvidia was […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Takaichi’s victory sends Japan’s Nikkei 225 to new highs
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) speaks to the media at the LDP headquarters on general election day in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 8, 2026. Kim Kyung-Hoon | Anadolu | Getty Images Japan’s Sanae Takaichi and her ruling Liberal Democratic Party secured an overwhelming mandate in Sunday’s election, sweeping […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Watch Japan’s yen and government bond yields as Takaichi storms to an election victory
Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. Toru Hanai | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s Sanae Takaichi and her ruling Liberal Democratic Party overwhelmingly found the support of voters in a Sunday election, sweeping a supermajority — […]
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Washington Post publisher Will Lewis announces departure, following mass layoffs
The Washington Post headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Washington Post publisher and CEO Will Lewis is leaving the newspaper, the company announced on Saturday after carrying out widespread layoffs this week. “During my tenure, difficult decisions have been taken in order to ensure […]
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Here are 3 major moments that drove the stock market last week
A massive market snapback on Friday couldn’t erase all of the week’s damage. After several days of selling, the tech sector roared back, with the Nasdaq gaining over 2% on Friday. Chipmakers Nvidia and Broadcom led the way, with gains of 7.8% and 7.2%, respectively. The broad-based S & P 500 rose nearly 2% in […]
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Nearly a thousand Google workers sign letter urging company to divest from ICE, CBP
The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York, Nov. 17, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters More than 900 Google workers have signed an open letter condemning recent actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), urging the tech giant to disclose […]
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