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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Delta Air Lines, Carnival, Chevron & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Airlines — Shares of Delta Air Lines , United Airlines and Southwest Airlines surged more than 4.5% on news that the U.S. strikes against key energy infrastructure in Iran would be halted. The group struggled after the war on concerns of what it would do to […]
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CNBC Daily Open: clock ticks on Trump’s Hormuz ultimatum
An LPG gas tanker at anchor as traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Shinas, Oman, March 11, 2026. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. I don’t know about you, but […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump issues Strait of Hormuz ultimatum
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media, flanked by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as he departs the White House for Florida, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 20, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. The Middle […]
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U.K. confirms Iran fired two missiles at British-American base in Indian Ocean which failed to reach their target
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Oil Islands) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Africa and Indonesia. The largest island is Diego Garcia (area 44 km squared), the site of a joint military facility of the United Kingdom and the United […]
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Trump threatens to deploy ICE agents to airports if DHS shutdown doesn’t end, while Elon Musk offers to cover TSA agents’ pay
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House for Florida, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 20, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to send federal immigration agents to U.S. airports unless congressional Democrats immediately agree to fund the Department of Homeland Security. “I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents […]
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Former special counsel Robert Mueller has died at 81
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller makes a statement on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election at the Justice Department in Washington, May 29, 2019. Jim Bourg | Reuters Robert Mueller, former special counsel who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, died Friday. Mueller, also former director of the […]
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Iran targeted but did not hit Diego Garcia base with missiles, WSJ reports
Diego Garcia, a British Indian Ocean Territory and the largest of the islands in the Chagos Archipelago on July 02, 2013 in Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory. USGS NASA | Gallo Images | Getty Images Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia but did not hit the U.S.-U.K. military base in the […]
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United Airlines to cut more flights as it eyes oil above $100 through 2027
A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane arrives at Los Angeles International Airport from Orlando on January 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images United Airlines is cutting more unprofitable flights over the next two quarters as it prepares for a prolonged period of high jet fuel […]
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Trump: ‘I don’t want to do a ceasefire’ in Iran war
US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists before boarding Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday he is not interested in a ceasefire with Iran. “We could have […]
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Trump: U.S. could leave Iran ‘right now’ but staying longer so they can ‘never rebuild’
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Women’s History Month event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 12, 2026. Evan Vucci | Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday said U.S. could pull out of Iran “right now” and still leave Tehran unable to rebuild its military capabilities for […]
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