Economy
U.S. is ‘being humiliated by Iran,’ says Germany’s Merz, as Europe’s patience wanes
US President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting with Lebanon’s Ambassador to the US, Nada Hamadeh Moawad, and Israel’s Ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, at the White House in Washington, DC on April 23, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. is being “humiliated” by the Iranian regime, Germany’s chancellor […]
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Musk and Altman go to trial, GM earnings, Spotify’s fitness push and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Tuesday. Shares of key players in the artificial intelligence trade — like Oracle, Nvidia and SoftBank Group — are all falling this morning following a report that OpenAI missed internal targets for revenue and user growth. Stock futures are mixed in […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Oracle, General Motors, Coca-Cola, Spotify & more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Oracle — The software giant dropped more than 5% after The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar, reported OpenAI recently missed its own targets for new users and revenue, raising concerns the company may not be able to support its massive AI spending. A number of […]
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Investors usually ‘sell in May and go away.’ Why that may not work this year
“Sell in May and go away?” Some market participants say it could be better to wait and see this year. The old stock market adage speaks to the phenomenon in which the May-through-October stretch has seasonally borne out to be the worst six-month period of returns for stocks. With traders leaving their desks during the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Sandisk, Micron, Verizon, AMD, GE Vernova and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in midday trading: Sandisk , Micron — Memory stocks were trading higher after Melius Research highlighted the group and said the artificial intelligence cycle should keep demand high for memory through the end of the decade. The analysts said that investors will likely be willing to pay […]
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WHCD shooting, DOJ ends Powell probe, Musk vs. Altman and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Good morning. We have a big week ahead of us: In addition to earnings reports from key automakers and five of the “Magnificent Seven,” the Federal Reserve will make its next monetary policy decision and the trial between Elon Musk and Sam […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Qualcomm, Domino’s Pizza, Adobe & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Qualcomm , Apple — The chipmaker surged more than 12% after TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a post on X that OpenAI is working with Qualcomm to develop smartphone processors. Apple, the iPhone maker, slipped 1.5% on the report of a potential new […]
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UK royals head to the U.S. in the wake of war, shooting and rocky relations
King Charles delivers, U.S. President Donald Trump and Catherine, Princess of Wales attend the state banquet for the US President and First Lady Melania Trump at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, on day one of their second state visit to the UK, Wednesday Sept. 17, 2025. Aaron Chown | Via Reuters The U.K.’s King Charles III and […]
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U.S.-Iran peace talks stall. Here’s where things stand — and what’s next for global markets
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 16, 2026. Jeenah Moon | Reuters Global markets are entering the week balancing resilient risk appetite against renewed geopolitical strain as prospects of U.S.-Iran negotiations took a hit over the weekend. U.S. President Donald Trump scrapped […]
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Nuclear reactor company X-energy shares surge 26% as AI drives interest in its IPO
In this article XE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT watch now VIDEO7:2007:20 X-energy CEO Clay Sell on IPO debut: We make it easy to build nuclear power plants Squawk Box Advanced nuclear reactor company X-energy began trading Friday as the AI boom and electrification broadly spark a flurry of interest in the nuclear industry. […]
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