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CNBC Daily Open: Trump and Musk’s breakup spills into the markets
U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Developments from the White House are growing more exciting and unpredictable than those 1,000-episode Asian drama serials. On Thursday, “So much for being Mr. NICE […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump’s relationships can send markets roiling
US President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to the press as they stand next to a Tesla vehicle on the South Portico of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Developments from the White House are growing more exciting and unpredictable than […]
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Microsoft’s stock hits fresh record, rallying despite drop in broader market
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build 2025, conference in Seattle, Washington, on May 19, 2025. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images On a down day for the market, Microsoft reached a record high for the first time in 11 months. Shares of the software giant rose 0.8% […]
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Corporate layoffs have ramped up in recent weeks. Here are the companies making cuts
Layoffs are illustrated by an oversized pair of scissors, that looms over seven workers sitting in office chairs suspended by strings. Mathisworks | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty Images While Elon Musk has ended his government cost-cutting initiative that resulted in thousands of federal job cuts, mass layoffs are still roiling corporate America. Companies are under […]
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Amazon to invest $10 billion in North Carolina data centers in AI push
A power substation near the LC1 CloudHQ data center in Ashburn, Virginia, on March 27, 2024. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon plans to spend $10 billion on new data centers in North Carolina to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure, the company said Wednesday. Amazon has earmarked up to $100 billion this year […]
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Microsoft gives LinkedIn chief Roslansky added role running Office
Microsoft is giving LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky a bigger job, expanding his role to include oversight of Office productivity software, CNBC has learned. Roslansky, who took over LinkedIn five years ago, is becoming executive vice president of Office, reporting to Rajesh Jha, Microsoft’s executive vice president for experiences and devices, according to a person familiar […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Recent gains in markets are likely just short-term optimism
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on June 3, 2025. NYSE Over the past week, Washington and Beijing have been trading barbs about violating their preliminary trade deal. Aside from that, higher steel and aluminum tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump will kick in Wednesday. Amid all the trade […]
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This cybersecurity play that’s up more than 40% in 2025 has room to run, managing partner says
CrowdStrike and Microsoft shares have had a solid start to 2025, and further upside is still ahead for both names, according to Key Advisors Group co-founder and CEO Eddie Ghabour. Ghabour, who is also managing partner at the firm, joined CNBC’s ” Power Lunch ” on Tuesday to give his thoughts on those stocks, as […]
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Nvidia tops Microsoft, regains most valuable company title for first time since January
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks as he visits Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to announce a U.S. supercomputer to be powered by Nvidia’s forthcoming Vera Rubin chips, in Berkeley, California, U.S., May 29, 2025. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Nvidia passed Microsoft in market cap on Tuesday, once again becoming the most valuable publicly traded company in […]
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Saylor’s bitcoin buying strategy is ‘exploding’ globally, but Wall Street is skeptical
LAS VEGAS — The bitcoin treasury play that lifted Strategy’s market cap past $80 billion is now being mimicked by meme stock companies, media firms, and multinational conglomerates. But Wall Street isn’t buying all the hype. This week, Trump Media announced plans to raise $2.5 billion to buy bitcoin, and GameStop revealed a $500 million […]
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