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Alphabet calls out new AI-related risks, as it taps debt market to fund buildout
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 20, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images As Alphabet returns to the debt market to fund its artificial intelligence buildout, the company is acknowledging new risks tied to the rise of AI […]
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This ancillary AI stock hits another record high. How we’re playing the rally
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. 1. The S & P 500 rose on Monday, supported by strength in big tech. Club holdings Nvidia and Broadcom climbed more than 3%, building on gains from Friday’s broad […]
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Meta starts big week in court, with opening arguments beginning in New Mexico, LA trials
This photo illustration created on Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C., shows an image of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo. Drew Angerer | AFP | Getty Images Meta is back in court, but this time it’s a lone defendant. Opening arguments begin on Monday in a high-profile trial […]
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Dow 50,000, Super Bowl 60, Meta’s big week in court and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Monday. Congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks, who stifled the New England Patriots in a 29-13 Super Bowl win last night. Congratulations also to Lady Gaga fans, who got a surprise performance from the singer during Bad Bunny’s halftime show. Stock futures […]
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Big Tech stocks are treading water after $1 trillion sell-off week
Big Tech stocks were treading water in premarket trading on Monday, after a bruising week that saw more than $1 trillion wiped from their market caps. As of 6:40 a.m. ET, Oracle was up 1.6% and Microsoft had edged 0.8% higher. Meta was down 0.2% and Amazon was flat. Alphabet fell 0.5% and Nvidia was […]
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EU announces it plans to impose measures on Meta to reverse WhatsApp AI policy
The European Commission has told Meta it intends to impose “interim measures” to stop the tech giant from excluding third-party AI assistants from WhatsApp. On Monday, the EU informed the company that its preliminary view was that it had “breached” EU antitrust rules. The investigation is still ongoing, and measures are subject to Meta’s reply […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Takaichi’s victory sends Japan’s Nikkei 225 to new highs
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) speaks to the media at the LDP headquarters on general election day in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 8, 2026. Kim Kyung-Hoon | Anadolu | Getty Images Japan’s Sanae Takaichi and her ruling Liberal Democratic Party secured an overwhelming mandate in Sunday’s election, sweeping […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Watch Japan’s yen and government bond yields as Takaichi storms to an election victory
Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. Toru Hanai | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s Sanae Takaichi and her ruling Liberal Democratic Party overwhelmingly found the support of voters in a Sunday election, sweeping a supermajority — […]
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Nearly a thousand Google workers sign letter urging company to divest from ICE, CBP
The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York, Nov. 17, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters More than 900 Google workers have signed an open letter condemning recent actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), urging the tech giant to disclose […]
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Elon Musk wants to be a trillionaire — here’s how SpaceX may get him there
Elon Musk’s journey to becoming the world’s first trillionaire will likely be powered by rockets rather than cars, as SpaceX now accounts for nearly two-thirds of the Tesla CEO’s wealth. Musk became the first person ever to top the $800 billion mark this week, with his net worth now around $845 billion, according to Forbes. […]
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