Economy
Private payrolls rose 41,000 in December, slightly below expectations, ADP says
A “Join Our Team” flyer at the Appalachian State University internship and job fair in Boone, North Carolina, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. Allison Joyce | Bloomberg | Getty Images Private sector job creation turned positive in December though at a bit softer pace than expected, payrolls processing firm ADP reported Wednesday. Companies added […]
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American Airlines keeps frequent flyer status requirements the same, following rivals
Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images American Airlines said Wednesday that it will keep the spending requirements to earn elite frequent flyer status in 2027 steady for a third consecutive year as the carrier courts higher-spending travelers and tries to catch up to industry profit leaders Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. […]
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Trump’s Greenland considerations, Nvidia’s China demand, xAI’s latest funding round and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. Guests at my home will be pleased to know that I, despite personal fascination, live outside the delivery radius of this shower water beer. Stock futures are little changed this morning. The market is coming off another winning session. Here […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Mobileye, GameStop, Chevron & more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Mobileye — The self-driving systems stock jumped about 11% after the company said it would buy humanoid robot maker Mentee for $900 million. GameStop — Shares rose 2% after the company unveiled its compensation package for CEO Ryan Cohen that included objectives to grow the videogame […]
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Euro zone inflation hits 2% in December, in line with forecasts
Downtown Amsterdam Jacobh | E+ | Getty Images Euro zone inflation stood at 2% in December, flash data from Eurostat showed on Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected the inflation rate to cool to 2%, in line with the European Central Bank’s (ECB) target. In November, the inflation rate stood at 2.1%. Core inflation, […]
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India’s state-owned refiners keep buying Russian oil even as New Delhi seeks U.S. tariff relief
An oil refinery, operated by Bharat Petroleum Corp., in Mumbai, India. Dhiraj Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images State-owned refiners in India are still buying Russian oil, even as New Delhi seeks relief from U.S. tariffs imposed for those purchases, according to energy analysts. The U.S. imposed a “secondary” 25% tariff on Indian goods in […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Johnson Controls, TransUnion, SoFi, AIG & more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Credit score stocks — Shares of credit score providers were trading lower after Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte criticized the companies’ pricing in a post on X. Shares of TransUnion lost 4%, and Equifax fell more than 5%. Fair Isaac stock slipped nearly 4%. […]
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Trump wants to take over Greenland — but the island’s economy faces ‘major challenges’
A view of houses in the old town of Nuuk, Greenland, March 27, 2025. Leonhard Foeger | Reuters Donald Trump is interested in annexing Greenland, an Arctic island offering a wealth of untapped mineral resources. But as the U.S. president dialled up the rhetoric about America annexing the self-governing Danish territory, sparking a backlash from […]
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Maduro pleads not guilty, Nvidia’s robotaxi play, JPMorgan’s ‘secret sauce’ and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Tuesday. We’re not even a week into the new year and I’ve already started telling myself that my resolution to read more can include reviewing drafts of this newsletter. Stock futures are little changed this morning. The market is coming off […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Vistra, Onestream, Microchip Technology & more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Nvidia — The chip stock rose 0.5% after the company unveiled new autonomous vehicle software at CES, the global tech conference. Vistra — Shares rose 4.7% after the electricity generation company said it agreed to acquire Cogentrix Energy for roughly $4 billion. Microchip Technology — The […]
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