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The market isn’t grading all Big Tech earnings the same — here’s why
In this Club Check-in, CNBC Investing Club’s Paulina Likos and Zev Fima break down what really matters for investors after a flurry of earnings reports that highlighted both strong demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure and a continued surge in spending. The AI trade faced a major test this week as several of the key hyperscalers […]
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The Tech Download: Chip stocks surge in ‘historic’ month as investors’ AI buildout concerns ease
This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. After a month or so in the doldrums as investors rode a wave of anxiety about the AI buildout, chip stocks have hit a real purple patch again in April. In March, Nasdaq’s PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index — […]
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Apple earnings, DHS shutdown, ‘Ozempic breath’ and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. My colleagues and I will be covering Berkshire Hathaway‘s annual meeting tomorrow — its first without Warren Buffett as CEO. You can follow along with our special coverage on TV and online. S&P 500 futures are little changed this morning […]
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Elon Musk billionaires bill supporters draw progressive challengers in Delaware
An Elon Musk sign sits in a bush the federal courthouse during proceedings in the trial over Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI in Oakland, California, on April 30, 2026. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images A progressive wing of the Democratic Party in Delaware is endorsing primary opponents to six incumbent Democratic state lawmakers […]
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Apple CEO Tim Cook warns of extended memory crunch. ‘We’ll look at a range of options’
Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures as Apple holds an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California, U.S. Sept. 9, 2025. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters The global memory crisis played an outsized role in tech earnings season, which hit an apex this week. Apple CEO Tim Cook warned it’s just the […]
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CNBC Daily Open: May Day dawns
A stock trader looks at his monitors in the trading room of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Worries about a new coronavirus mutation in southern Africa have dealt a major blow to the German stock market. Arne Dedert | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Hello, this is Katie Foley, writing to you from London. That eerie […]
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Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates
Steve Huffman, co-founder and CEO of Reddit, speaks during the WSJ Tech Live conference hosted by The Wall Street Journal at the Montage Laguna Beach in Laguna Beach, California, on Oct. 21, 2024. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images Reddit reported better-than-expected profit and revenue in its first-quarter earnings report on Thursday, and […]
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Apple reports earnings and revenue beat, boosted by services business
Apple CEO Tim Cook holds up a new iPhone 17 Pro during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, Sept. 9, 2025. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple reported earnings and revenue for its fiscal second quarter that topped analysts’ estimates, driven by growth in the company’s services business. The stock was […]
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Tech stocks close out best month since start of Covid pandemic in 2020
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite climbed 15.29% in April, its biggest monthly gain since the start of the Covid pandemic in April 2020. Earnings for big tech this week have boosted the sector, with Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft all beating expectations for revenue and cloud growth. Alphabet surged 10% […]
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AI boom: Big Tech capital expenditures now seen topping $1 trillion in 2027
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures during a meeting with France’s President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Feb. 19, 2026. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images Wall Street analysts estimate total AI capital expenditures could now climb above $1 trillion in 2027, following even bigger spending […]
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