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Stock futures are little changed after Dow posts best day since April 2025 following ceasefire deal: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) before the closing bell in New York City on April 8, 2026. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were little changed on Wednesday night after a massive comeback following President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend attacks on Iran for […]
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OpenAI will allocate IPO shares to retail investors as it preps for debut, CFO says
Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21st, 2026. Oscar Molina | CNBC OpenAI plans to reserve a portion of shares for individual investors in what’s expected to be a blockbuster initial public offering. Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar told CNBC that […]
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Many on Wall Street saw this ‘TACO’ coming as Trump’s brinkmanship starts to lose grip on market
Key Points The “TACO” trade — TACO being shorthand for Trump Always Chickens Out — has increasingly shaped positioning. Each bout of geopolitical-driven selling has become progressively more muted since April 2025. The market’s growing confidence is also raising a new question: What happens if markets stop acting as a constraint on Trump? Wall Street […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Delta Air Lines, Levi Strauss, Exxon Mobil & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Delta Air Lines — Shares traded 12% higher, boosted by the steep declines in oil prices after the U.S. agreed to a ceasefire. The airline also posted better-than-expected results for the first quarter, though it issued second-quarter guidance that was below analyst estimates. Levi Strauss — […]
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Ray Dalio: Trump-Xi meeting to focus on trade, capital flows
Key Points Ray Dalio, founder of hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, told CNBC he expects U.S. and Chinese leaders to find ways to work together. He was speaking after an event in Shanghai in support of bilateral exchanges. U.S. President Donald Trump is due to visit China next month, after postponing initial plans by several weeks […]
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FTSE Russell confirms Vietnam’s emerging market status
HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM – APRIL 6: People ride motorbikes on a street on April 6, 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The city, which has the highest number of registered motorbikes in the country, is seeing growing economic pressure on workers who rely on motorcycles for their livelihoods amid fluctuating fuel prices […]
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Dow futures jump 700 points, oil tumbles after Trump suspends Iran attacks for two weeks: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York City on April 7, 2026. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images U.S. stock futures jumped after President Donald Trump said he was suspending Iran attacks for two weeks just ahead of his 8 p.m. ET […]
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Strait of Hormuz blockage upends global helium supply. This U.S. company could benefit
Exxon Mobil stands to gain as the Middle East war continues to squeeze global helium supply , according to UBS. The five-week-old war against Iran could pose a threat to the semiconductor sector, alongside other industries that depend on helium, such as medical imaging and space rockets. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that before the […]
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Broadcom lands big deal for its specialty chips. Wall Street sees the stock rising as much as 80%
Wall Street is buying the long-term bull case for Broadcom after the semiconductor firm deepened its relationship with Anthropic and signed a deal with Google . Under its latest agreement with Anthropic , Broadcom will supply multiple gigawatts of next-generation tensor processing unit capacity for the Claude maker’s artificial intelligence infrastructure. The semiconductor supplier also […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Broadcom, UnitedHealth, Casey’s General Stores and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Broadcom , Alphabet — Broadcom on Monday said it agreed to supply artificial intelligence chips for Google and signed an expanded deal with Anthropic to give the AI startup about 3.5 gigawatts worth of computing capacity from Google’s AI processors. Broadcom shares gained 3%, while Alphabet […]
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