Economy
Singapore sees further cooperation between ASEAN and EU on digital economy, deputy PM says
Gan Kim Yong, Singapore’s deputy prime minister, during a panel session, at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Despite rising trade tensions, Singapore still wants to push ahead with a “multilateral, rules-based trading system,” and sees further cooperation between ASEAN and […]
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Tariffs thaw, rivalry simmers: U.S.–China trade truce enters uneasy phase
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via Getty Images) Huang Jingwen | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Even as a U.S.–China trade truce appears to be holding, analysts caution that the détente remains fragile in a rivalry increasingly defined […]
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SoftBank just sold out of Nvidia. Should you?
Confidence in shares of Nvidia is in question after SoftBank’s decision to relinquish its stake in the high-flying stock. Nvidia briefly tumbled nearly 4% Tuesday after the Japanese investment firm said it zeroed out its position in the AI chipmaker for $5.8 billion. That left investors wondering if SoftBank’s decision to exit the stock was […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: CoreWeave, Fermi, Paramount Skydance, Gemini and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Fermi — The energy and data center developer lost 11% after reporting a third-quarter loss of 84 cents per share and a total net loss of almost $347 million. Fermi went public in September at $21 a share in an IPO led by UBS, Evercore ISI, […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia, Paramount Skydance, Rigetti Computing & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Nvidia — The chipmaker slipped 1.8% after SoftBank disclosed it sold its entire stake in the company for $5.83 billion in October. CoreWeave — Shares sank nearly 8% after artificial-intelligence infrastructure company’s full-year guidance disappointed investors . CoreWeave expects revenue to come in between […]
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Paramount cuts costs, SoftBank sells its Nvidia stake, Warren Buffett’s new tradition and more in Morning Squawk
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Nov. 10, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters 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. The reopening trade […]
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Sonder announces bankruptcy plans; tells guests to vacate hotel rooms: ‘People were scrambling’
Short-term rentals company Sonder on Monday said it plans to file for bankruptcy, a day after Marriott International said a licensing agreement between the two companies had ended. The deal, signed in August 2024, allowed Sonder hotels to be booked via Marriott’s Bonvoy website and was widely considered a lifeline for the San Francisco-based company, […]
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American farmers push to boost soybean sales in China as Trump’s trade war rumbles on
After President Donald Trump’s recent meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, there is hope for U.S. farmers that the soybean business may be on the way back. At the China International Import Expo last week, Illinois soybean farmer Scott Gaffner said he came to Shanghai to save his China business. “We want to make sure […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Penn Entertainment, Metsera, Six Flags & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: TreeHouse Foods — The food processor rallied 23% after announcing it’s being bought by European investment group Investindustrial for $22.50 per share in cash. That represents an 18% premium from Friday’s close. The deal values TreeHouse at nearly $3 billion. Tech stocks — Names tied to […]
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How the explosives shortage could make everyday items even more expensive
The United States is facing a shortage of TNT, a high explosive that is essential to the manufacturing of commercial explosives products, like cast boosters, which are commonly used in the mining and construction industries, according to the Institute of Makers of Explosives, or IME. “Everything from your cellphone to your laptop to the roads […]
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