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Why the timing of Apple’s CEO change could mean a good earnings report is around the corner
The timing of Tim Cook’s departure from Apple spells good things for the company’s fiscal second-quarter earnings report, set to be released on April 30, Wall Street analysts are buzzing. Apple announced Monday that Cook is stepping aside to become executive chairman and that Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus will take […]
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Kevin Warsh arrives on Capitol Hill for Fed confirmation hearing: Live updates
Who is Kevin Warsh? Kevin Warsh, a former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, arrives at the Sun Valley Resort for the Allen and Company Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 8, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Warsh, 56, is an Ivy League-educated lawyer who’s worked in […]
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Trump expects U.S. to make ‘great deal’ with Iran
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he believes the United States is “going to end up with a great deal” with Iran to end the weeks-long war. “I think they have no choice,” Trump said during an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” when asked what he expected to come out of a second round of […]
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Trump’s foreign policy is not derailing Latin American stocks’ bull run
U.S. stocks underperformed global peers last year as President Donald Trump’s trade policies and apparent threats to Federal Reserve independence contributed to periodic bouts of investors opting to “sell America”. Latin American markets were a major beneficiary. Trump’s approach to the region so far in 2026 has included an operation to seize and extract Venezuela’s […]
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Apple’s next CEO, Warsh’s confirmation hearing, the psychedelic stock surge and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Tuesday. President Donald Trump will join CNBC’s “Squawk Box” for a live interview at 8:30 a.m. ET this morning. Watch live on CNBC or CNBC+. Stock futures are rising after a down day on Wall Street. Here are five key things […]
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Dollar debasement and zombie companies: 5 investment strategies we heard today
Uncertainty over U.S.-Iran peace talks in Pakistan continues to shape investor sentiment, with optimism for a potential settlement keeping a cap on oil prices and propping up equity markets. European stocks followed Asian peers higher in early trading, with South Korea’s Kospi index hitting a record high overnight. Meanwhile, U.S. futures are pointing to tentative […]
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Amazon adding heavy-duty EV trucks from Einride as it spreads bets on freight decarbonization
Swedish EV trucking company Einride is deploying 75 manually operated electric heavy-duty trucks in Amazon‘s Relay freight network, an expansion of the freight EV startup’s push into the U.S. ahead of a planned public offering, and Amazon’s push to expand no-emissions electrification technology across its logistics network and beyond last-mile delivery. The Einride trucks will […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Amazon, Apple, GE Aerospace, UnitedHealth & more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: UnitedHealth — Shares popped more than 6% after UnitedHealth reported first-quarter earnings and revenue that beat analyst expectations. The company earned $7.23 per share, adjusted, on revenue of $11.72 billion. Analysts expected a profit of $6.57 per share on revenue of $109.57 billion. UnitedHealth also hiked […]
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Volkswagen announces voice AI in its Chinese cars from later this year
Key Points German automaker announced it would incorporate AI agents that allow humans to control car features with voice commands into its cars in China. CTO Thomas Ulbrich told CNBC that the in-car AI agent would draw on tech from Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu. Volkswagen has invested heavily in China in recent years, with stakes […]
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Here’s what to expect from Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh’s Senate hearing Tuesday
Key Points Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh travels to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to convince lawmakers he can carry out a presidential push for lower interest rates while remaining free of political constraints. Political independence has been a key question surrounding the search for a successor to current Chair Jerome Powell. In remarks he’s scheduled […]
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