Economy
Jobs report, hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz, used car prices and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. There’s a warning for anyone rooting for France in this year’s FIFA World Cup: Artificial intelligence isn’t in your corner. Stock futures are higher this morning following a down day for all three major averages. Here are five key things […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Cloudflare, Akamai Technologies, JFrog, Trade Desk & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Akamai Technologies — Shares surged 27% after the cybersecurity and cloud computing company said a leading U.S.-based frontier model provider has committed to $1.8 billion over seven years for its Cloud Infrastructure Services. Akamai also reported a first-quarter adjusted earnings beat, while its revenue came in […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Planet Fitness, Whirlpool, Vital Farms, Shake Shack & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Planet Fitness — Shares fell nearly 33% after the gym operator lowered its full-year earnings outlook. The company now sees its bottom line growing about 4% year on year. That’s down from a forecast that called for an expansion of 9% to 10%. Vital Farms — […]
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AMD’s big day, Anthropic-SpaceX deal, the jet fuel crisis and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Thursday. If you live in the Sun Belt, you could soon be on the road next to a driverless big rig. Distribution giant McLane is planning to deploy unsupervised, self-driving trucks on routes in the region by the end of the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Whirlpool, Shake Shack, McDonald’s, Arm Holdings & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Shake Shack — Shares tumbled 17% after the burger chain’s first-quarter results fell short of expectations and it reported an operating loss of $2.6 million. Shake Shack’s earnings per share broke even, versus earnings of 12 cents a share expected from analysts polled by […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: AMD, Corning, Arm Holdings, Cencora, Uber & more
Here are the stocks making headlines in midday trading. Arm Holdings — The British semiconductor designer’s stock jumped almost 13% on Nasdaq ahead of its latest earnings report due out after the close Wednesday. UBS analyst Timothy Arcuri raised his 12-month price target on ARM Tuesday to $245 from $175 previously. Healthpeak Properties — Shares […]
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Peace hopes, Disney earnings, dismantling Spirit Airlines and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. After reading about Restaurant Brands International‘s earnings this morning, I’m in the mood to get my morning coffee from Tim Hortons. Stock futures are rising this morning after a winning day for the three major indexes. Here are five key […]
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Private payrolls rose by 109,000 in April, topping expectations, ADP says
Stephanie Horrigan recruits for job opportunities at Life Alert during the Mega JobNewsUSA South Florida Job Fair held in the Amerant Bank Arena on April 30, 2026 in Sunrise, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Private sector job creation was stronger than expected in April, providing more evidence of a stable labor market and less […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: AMD, Disney, Uber, Corning, Super Micro Computer & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Advanced Micro Devices — Shares surged 18% after the chipmaker issued strong guidance. AMD is calling for second-quarter revenue of $11.2 billion, plus or minus $300 million, versus the analyst estimate for $10.52 billion. First-quarter results also surpassed expectations on the top and bottom lines. Super […]
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Aluminum prices are surging. Here’s how companies are handling the costs
A can of Coors Light beer and a Ford F-150 pickup truck. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Brandon Bell | Getty Images Aluminum’s surge to multiyear highs in the wake of the Iran war is creating cost pressures for the businesses that manufacture everything from cars to beer cans. Aluminum on the London Metal Exchange […]
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