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AI shopping could drive $263 billion in holiday sales. Walmart and Target are racing to get in
Holiday shopping has always felt like a “chore” for Amrita Bhasin. Between deciding what to buy, comparing prices and checking reviews, the 24-year-old retail tech CEO said she spent more than 15 hours each year buying gifts for her friends and family, a process that took the joy out of giving. But this year, Bhasin […]
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OpenAI hires Slack CEO Denise Dresser to lead global revenue strategy
Slack CEO Denise Dresser during TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Oct. 29, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI on Tuesday announced that it’s tapped Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its chief revenue officer. Dresser will oversee the artificial intelligence startup’s global revenue strategy across both customer success and enterprise, OpenAI said in […]
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SF mayor’s downtown revival project has reeled in $60 million from Google, OpenAI and others
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks during a press conference at San Francisco City Hall on Oct. 23, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images San Francisco’s Downtown Development Corporation, launched in April by Mayor Daniel Lurie, said on Tuesday that it’s received over $60 million in early commitments from donors including […]
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Week in review: Stocks rise, Meta gets real on metaverse, and Salesforce bounces
Stocks eked out gains Friday and closed the week higher after the Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation gauge added to the case for an interest rate cut next week. For the week, the S & P 500 rose 0.3%, while the Nasdaq added nearly 1%. Both indexes logged back-to-back weekly gains. The Dow gained roughly 0.5%. […]
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Salesforce shares pop 5%, continuing post-earnings rally and leaving stock poised for best week since 2023
Sheldon Cooper | Lightrocket | Getty Images Salesforce shares popped 5% on Friday after the company posted better-than-expected third quarter earnings on Wednesday despite falling short of Wall Street’s revenue estimates. The stock, which is up 13% over the past five days, is aiming for its best week since 2023. The company reported an adjusted […]
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Salesforce CEO calls AI a ‘commodity feature’, says the technology bolsters enterprise software
As Wall Street worries that advancements in artificial intelligence will hurt enterprise software companies, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff told CNBC’s Jim Cramer a large language model is “just a commodity feature” that strengthens his company’s products. “All these large language models are the same. We just want the lowest cost one, then we plug it […]
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S&P 500, Nasdaq close higher, extending gains for third day as investors await next week’s rate decision
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Nov. 25, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose slightly on Thursday as investors prepared for next week’s interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve. The broad-based index inched up 0.11% to close […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Meta Platforms, Kroger, SAIC, PVH, Snowflake and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Meta Platforms — The Facebook and Instagram parent advanced 4%. Managers led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg are weighing cuts as deep as 30% in Meta’s “metaverse group” in 2026, Bloomberg reported. Kroger – The Cincinnati-based supermarket chain dropped 6.5% after third-quarter revenue lagged Street estimates, identical […]
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Cramer says this retail stock is ‘one of the greatest performers of all time’
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 Thursday’s key moments. 1. Stocks were little changed Thursday as Wall Street overlooked mixed labor market data. U.S. layoff announcements in November pushed the year’s total above 1.1 million, the highest level since […]
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Weak jobs data, Salesforce earnings, GM’s ‘Silicon Valley cowboy’ and more in Morning Squawk
A sign at a NYS Department Of Labor job fair at the Downtown Central Library in Buffalo, New York, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. Lauren Petracca | Bloomberg | Getty Images 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 […]
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