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Defense stocks rally as Germany set to approve $60 billion defense splurge
Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defense minister, rides in a Leopard 2 A6 battle tank during a presentation by the German Army Panzer Battalion 203 in Augustdorf, Germany, on Feb. 1, 2023. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images German lawmakers are widely expected to approve a defense spending package worth more than 50 billion euros ($58.6 […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Netflix, Amazon, Lennar, General Mills & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Warner Bros. Discovery , Netflix , Paramount Skydance — Warner Bros. Discovery’s board unanimously recommended that shareholders reject Paramount Skydance’s takeover bid and stick with Netflix’s proposal — which they called “superior.” Netflix shares ticked higher by 1.4% in the premarket. Warner shed 1.8% […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Beauty is in the eye of the U.S. jobs report beholder
Business representatives staff a table at a career fair in Harlem hosted by Assemblymember Jordan Wright on Dec. 10, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The U.S. November jobs report has something for everybody. Those convinced of weakness will highlight the higher-than-expected unemployment rate as well as the number of jobs […]
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Hong Kong’s largest crypto exchange sees lukewarm market debut, shares gain 3%
HashKey Group logo seen on a smartphone and on a pc screen. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images HashKey shares rose 3% Wednesday as they debuted on the Hong Kong stock exchange, after the crypto exchange raised $206 million in its initial public offering, at a time when crypto currencies have […]
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Shares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX soar nearly 700% in blockbuster Shanghai debut
Narumon Bowonkitwanchai | Moment | Getty Images Shares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX Integrated Circuits soared about 700% in their market debut in Shanghai on Wednesday, after the company raised nearly $600 million in its initial public offering. Shares, which were priced at 104.66 yuan in the IPO, surged to over 835 yuan on debut, marking […]
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Robinhood is rolling out NFL parlay and prop bets on prediction markets platform
Key Points Robinhood announced a number of prediction markets features on Tuesday. Users are now able to trade what are essentially parlay and prop bets on NFL games and players. The company also said users will be able to combine up to 10 outcomes across NFL games in custom combos, a feature that is expected […]
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Asia-Pacific markets open mixed as investors parse Japan trade data
Mount Fuji and the Shinjuku skyline in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly fell Wednesday as investors parsed trade data that just came out of Japan. Japan’s exports in November grew 6.1% year on year, data from the country’s […]
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Stock futures are little changed as traders absorb shaky U.S. economic data: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York on December 16, 2025. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Stock futures traded near the flatline after the S&P 500 fell Tuesday, as investors weighed newly released U.S. economic data. S&P 500 futures slipped 0.08%. […]
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Hyperscaler AI spending could slow down if Oracle shows ‘discipline’
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday proposed that action from Oracle could slow down other hyperscalers’ enormous artificial intelligence spending, saying the OpenAI partner should show “discipline.” “Oracle already has a huge amount of debt. Their balance sheet’s not that good. At some point, they’ll heed the warning of the bond market and slow things down,” […]
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Jim Cramer says Amazon is a buy on 2025 underperformance for this key reason
Jim Cramer says investors better act fast while Amazon stock is still on the sale rack. BMO Capital Markets’ decision to raise its estimates on Amazon’s cloud unit is a “clarion call to buy” the stalled stock, Jim Cramer said during Tuesday’s Morning Meeting for Club members. Amazon has been the worst-performing “Magnificent Seven” stock […]
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