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GM lays off more than 200 salaried workers in latest round of job cuts
The headquaters of US auto company General Motos (GM) in Detroit, Michigan. Uli Deck | Picture Alliance | Getty Images DETROIT – General Motors laid off more than 200 salaried employees on Friday, as the automaker continues to reevaluate its businesses and cut costs to boost profits. The impacted employees were largely Computer-Aided Design, or […]
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Trump calls off Canada trade talks, inflation data returns, Target layoffs and more in Morning Squawk
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney waves next to U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 7, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. […]
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Rivian plans to lay off more than 600 workers
A Rivian R1S electric vehicle (EV) at a dealership and service center in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT – Rivian Automotive reportedly plans to lay off more than 600 people as the all-electric vehicle maker faces growing market challenges. The Wall Street […]
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Inside Rivian’s design factory and the story behind those distinct headlights
Rivian made a name for itself when it unveiled one of the first electric pickup trucks, the R1T, in 2018. It followed that up with an SUV built off the same platform, the R1S, and has since built a passionate fan base around a brand that celebrates adventure and the outdoors. Now it’s preparing for […]
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Tesla, GM lead record U.S. EV sales this year as federal incentives end
A Tesla Cybertruck and GMC Sierra Denali EV First Edition next to one another. Michael Wayland | CNBC DETROIT – Tesla and General Motors are leading the U.S. automotive industry this year in record domestic sales of all-electric vehicles, as consumers hurried to buy EVs before up to $7,500 in federal incentives for each purchase […]
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What’s the ‘natural demand’ for EVs in the U.S.? We’re about to find out
A view of Cadillac Escalade IQ Sport 2 at Electrify Expo San Francisco, the largest electric vehicles (EV) event in North America at Alameda Point in Alameda, California, United States on Aug. 23, 2025. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty Images DETROIT — Automakers and investors are about to find out what the “natural demand” […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: UnitedHealth, Applied Materials, Sandisk and more
Check out some of the companies making the biggest moves midday: UnitedHealth — The health insurer rallied 14% after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed a stake of five million shares, worth about $1.6 billion. The “Big Short” investor Michael Burry and Appaloosa Management’s David Tepper also disclosed sizable stakes in the company. If the UNH […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Intel, Target, UnitedHealth and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Target — The retailer fell almost 2% after Bank of America downgraded Target to underperform from neutral and trimmed its price target on the stock. Target’s long-term outlook is deteriorating as the company falls further behind its peers, the bank said. Ulta Beauty and Target also […]
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Here’s what U.S. automakers are saying about Trump’s changing EV policies
Tesla electric vehicles at a charging station in Alhambra, California on March 11, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images On President Donald Trump’s first day in office, he signed an executive order aiming to eliminate the “electric vehicle mandate” and remove subsidies that favor EVs. Since then, his administration has taken steps […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Apple, Viasat, McDonald’s, Grocery Outlet and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Apple — The iPhone maker gained more than 5% after a White House official confirmed the company would invest another $100 billion in the U.S. That would bring Apple’s total U.S. investment over the next four years to $600 billion . Grocery Outlet — The discount […]
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