Economy
Ukraine peace deal is really close, U.S. envoy Kellogg says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with US President Donald Trump’s Special Representative for Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg, in Washington D.C. on August 18, 2025. Ukrainian Presidency | Anadolu | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump’s outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was “really close” and now depended on resolving two […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Paramount Skydance, Rubrik, Netflix, Parsons, Albemarle and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Netflix , Warner Bros. Discovery — Shares of Netflix pulled back almost 3%, while Warner Bros. Discovery added almost 4% in midday trading after the streaming giant said Friday it’s reached a deal to buy WBD for $27.75 per share. But trading has been volatile as […]
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Core inflation rate watched by Fed hit 2.8%, delayed September data shows, lower than expected
A key inflation measure was lower than expected in September, the Commerce Department said Friday in a report delayed by the government shutdown that gives a further green light for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, indicated a 0.2% monthly […]
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Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, Ulta earnings, Meta’s rebound and more in Morning Squawk
The Warner Bros. studios water tower stands next to a U.S. flag in Burbank, California, U.S. Nov. 18, 2025. Mike Blake | 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. And the winner is… […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Rubrik, Netflix, Victoria’s Secret, Sofi, Ulta and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Netflix , Warner Bros. Discovery — Shares of Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery pulled back almost 3% and roughly 1%, respectively, after the streaming giant said Friday it’s reached a deal to buy WBD for $27.75 per share. Rubrik — Shares jumped nearly 19% after the […]
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Asia-Pacific markets slide after subdued Wall Street session
Hong Kong Skyline Nikada | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened lower Friday following a subdued Wall Street session. Australia’s ASX/S&P 200 fell 0.17%. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 1.36%, while the Topix declined 1.12%. Yields on the Japanese 10-year government bond rose to 1.94%, the highest since July 2007, data from LSEG […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: DocuSign, SoFi Technologies, Ulta, Hewlett Packard Enterprises and more
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Ulta Beauty — Shares of the beauty retailer rose nearly 6% after outpacing Wall Street’s expectations for the fiscal third quarter and raising its forecasts for the full fiscal year. Ulta expects revenue for the year to be $12.3 billion, up from a prior range of […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Meta Platforms, Kroger, SAIC, PVH, Snowflake and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Meta Platforms — The Facebook and Instagram parent advanced 4%. Managers led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg are weighing cuts as deep as 30% in Meta’s “metaverse group” in 2026, Bloomberg reported. Kroger – The Cincinnati-based supermarket chain dropped 6.5% after third-quarter revenue lagged Street estimates, identical […]
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Layoff announcements top 1.1 million this year, the most since 2020 pandemic, Challenger says
A sign at a NYS Department Of Labor job fair at the Downtown Central Library in Buffalo, New York, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. Lauren Petracca | Bloomberg | Getty Images Announced job cuts from U.S. employers moved further ahead of 1 million for the year in November as corporate restructuring, artificial intelligence and […]
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Weak jobs data, Salesforce earnings, GM’s ‘Silicon Valley cowboy’ and more in Morning Squawk
A sign at a NYS Department Of Labor job fair at the Downtown Central Library in Buffalo, New York, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. Lauren Petracca | Bloomberg | 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 […]
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