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CNBC Daily Open: Big M&A activity returns to the U.S. — but the deal-maker is the White House
U.S. President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Aug. 26, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images It’s starting to feel like we’re in a game of Pac-Man, in which the U.S. government is the eponymous hungry yellow blob furiously chomping on everything in sight. The White House’s […]
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CNBC Daily Open: The White House might need a rebranding exercise in the corporate world
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during the signing of executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 25, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters “State-owned enterprise” is a term you wouldn’t normally bandy about when mentioning the United States — especially not with the country’s Republican party, which […]
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CNBC Daily Open: U.S. wants equity in private businesses — staking its reputation
U.S. President Donald Trump wears a ‘Trump Was Right About Everything!’ hat, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 22, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters “State-owned enterprise” is a term you wouldn’t normally bandy about when mentioning the United States — especially not with the country’s Republican party, which […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Expectations of Jerome’s rate cuts weren’t built in a day
A glimpse of a shadow of a suggestion that the Fed might start lowering interest rates again was enough to send U.S. stocks surging and Treasury yields falling. Source
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CNBC Daily Open: All roads lead to Jerome Powell
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is seen walking in Grand Teton National Park near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on August 22, 2025. Natalie Behring | Getty Images News | Getty Images Since inflation in America peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, the U.S. Federal Reserve has made controlling price increases — by keeping interest rates high […]
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CNBC Daily Open: In Trump’s era, Jackson Hole’s no longer just for market watchers
Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve arrives for a dinner during the Kansas City Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, U.S., on Aug. 21, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jerome Powell, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, will be giving his keynote address at the […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Jackson Hole takes on new significance amid Trump’s pressure on the Fed
Jeffrey Schmid, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, right, during an interview at the Kansas City Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. David Paul | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jerome Powell, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, will […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Tech sell-off? Investors could just be taking profit and enjoying the summer
A Palantir sign at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on May 22, 2022. Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images If you have any U.S. technology stocks in your portfolio (and let’s face it, who doesn’t?), you might want to look away. For the second day in a row, tech stocks […]
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European markets head for broadly positive open ahead of PMI data
Oli Scarff | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks are expected to open broadly higher on Thursday as regional traders keep an eye on the latest economic data from the region. The U.K.’s FTSE index is seen 0.11% higher, Germany’s DAX up 0.12%, France’s CAC 40 flat and Italy’s FTSE MIB up 0.13%, according to data […]
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CNBC Daily Open: The U.S. tech-sell off extends to its second day — but don’t let it ruin your summer
Palantir Technologies signage on an options contract ticker as traders work on the floor of American Stock Exchange at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., on Friday, June 20, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images If you have any U.S. technology stocks in your portfolio (and let’s face it, who […]
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