Economy
The Fed has a rate cut plus a bunch of other things on its plate this week. Here’s what to expect
Key Points Markets are assigning a nearly 100% probability that the Federal Open Market Committee will approve a second consecutive quarter percentage point at its meeting this week. Beyond that, policymakers are likely to debate the future path of reductions, the challenges posed by a lack of economic data and the timetable for ending the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: PayPal, Nokia, VF Corp., UPS, Wayfair & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Agilysys — The hospitality software maker jumped 20% after the company posted fiscal second-quarter results above expectations. The company earned 40 cents per share, excluding certain items. Analysts polled by LSEG expected a profit of 34 cents per share. Agilysys also raised its fiscal 2026 revenue […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: PayPal, UnitedHealth, Wayfair, Skyworks, UPS and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Skyworks Solutions — The maker of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors climbed 19% after an all stock-and-cash deal to buy its rival Qorvo , which surged 17%. The combined company will be valued at some $22 billion. Qorvo shareholders will receive $32.50 in cash and 0.960 […]
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Amazon layoffs, Qualcomm’s AI chips, Airbnb cracks down on Halloween and more in Morning Squawk
Amazon logo on brick office building facade with windows, San Francisco, California, Aug. 29, 2025. Smith Collection | Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Amazon’s cull […]
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‘Battered and bruised but still standing’: WTO chief on global trade after tariffs
A cargo ship is loading and unloading foreign trade containers at Qingdao Port in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China on July 28, 2025. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Global trade is not broken, despite the disruption, pressure and shock of trade tariffs introduced by the U.S. this year, the head of the World […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Nucor, Waste Management, F5, NXP and more
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Nucor — Shares of the steel products manufacturer added 3% after reporting strong results for the third quarter. Nucor said its earnings per share for the period was $2.63 per share, exceeding its earlier guidance that suggested earnings would be between $2.05 and $2.15 per share, […]
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AI is driving huge productivity gains for large companies while small companies get left behind
Amazon Proteus robots demonstrate autonomous navigation using barcodes on the floor during the Delivering the Future event at the Amazon Robotics Innovation Hub in Westborough, Massachusetts, US, on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence is widening the productivity gap between large and small companies, lifting up bigger firms that […]
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Govt. shutdown isn’t something we focus on in my airline analyst work, says JPMorgan’s Jamie Baker
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Jamie Baker, JPMorgan senior airline analyst, joins ‘The Exchange’ to discuss what the government shutdown means for the airline industry, what the industry is preoccupied with and much more. Source
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Qualcomm, Fermi, Dyne Therapeutics, Organon, Snowflake and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Qualcomm — The chipmaker soared more than 11% after announcing artificial intelligence processors to compete with AMD and Nvidia . The AI chips are a shift for Qualcomm , which has previously focused on semiconductors for wireless connectivity and mobile devices, not massive data centers. Intellia […]
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Bessent lists five finalists for Fed chair job, and Trump says decision coming before the end of the year
Key Points Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed that the list of candidates to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has been winnowed down to five. President Donald Trump told reporters that he anticipates naming a replacement by the end of the year. Powell’s term doesn’t expire until May. Source
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