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Heineken to slash up to 6,000 jobs in AI ‘productivity savings’ amid slump in beer sales
An employee checks a Heineken beer bottle on a packaging conveyor at the Heineken NV brewery in Zoeterwoude, Netherlands. Jasper Juinen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dutch brewer Heineken is planning to lay off up to up to 7% of its workforce, as it looks to boost efficiency through productivity savings from AI, following weak […]
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These Democrats aren’t ready to jettison big business as party stalwarts shift left
Moderate Democrats looking for their party to take back control of the U.S. House in November are offering an alternative to the economic populism message peddled by their more liberal counterparts. A new blueprint from the center-left New Democrat Coalition, shared exclusively with CNBC, lays out a road map for addressing affordability — top on […]
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January’s jobs report, Ford earnings, Epstein fallout and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Good morning, and happy jobs Wednesday. We may have had to wait five extra days for January’s nonfarm payrolls report, but at least we’ve had the Winter Olympics to pass the time. Norway currently leads with six gold medals, while the U.S. […]
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Stock futures tick higher as traders await delayed January jobs report: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 09, 2026 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stock futures inched higher on Wednesday as traders looked ahead to the release of the delayed January jobs report. S&P 500 futures rose 0.1% while Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.2%. […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Lyft, Moderna, Cloudflare, Ford, Zillow Group and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Moderna — Shares tumbled 10% after the pharma giant said the Food and Drug Administration refused to review its application for an experimental flu shot, mRNA-1010. Moderna said it has requested a meeting with the FDA to “understand the path forward.” Humana — The health insurance company […]
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Kraft Heinz pauses work to split the company as new CEO says ‘challenges are fixable’
Kraft Heinz in September 2025 announced plans to split into two separately traded companies, reversing its 2015 megamerger, which was orchestrated by billionaire investor Warren Buffett. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Kraft Heinz on Wednesday said that it is pausing work on its previously announced plans to split the company. Shares […]
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Uber Eats launches AI cart assistant for grocery delivery
An Uber Eats bag in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Uber Eats is bringing artificial intelligence to your next grocery shopping list. The ride-hailing company said on Wednesday that its food delivery platform is debuting a new AI assistant that lets […]
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Tariff bill in U.S. states hits $200 billion as affordability and Trump head into midterms showdown
New analysis of U.S. Census data shows that states across the U.S. where key midterm elections will take place this year paid over $134 billion in tariffs in the period since President Donald Trump began implementing widespread trade duties in March 2025 through last November. In all, the U.S. Census data compiled by Trade Partnership […]
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Oil giant TotalEnergies on Trump’s Venezuela dream: ‘Too expensive and too polluting’
Patrick Pouyanne, chief executive officer of TotalEnergies SE, during the Conference de Paris, organized by the International Economic Forum of the Americas (IEFA) in Paris, France, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The CEO of French energy major TotalEnergies said it was “too expensive and too polluting” to return to […]
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Europe’s answer to OpenAI announces billion-dollar AI infrastructure push in Sweden
French AI startup Mistral said on Wednesday it will invest 1.2 billion euros ($1.43 billion) into digital infrastructure in Sweden, including AI data centers. The announcement comes as Europe scrambles to build out the infrastructure needed to power rapidly developing AI tools, as it seeks to build tech sovereignty amid rising geopolitical tensions. The funds […]
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