Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gestures as he speaks during the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2026. Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images Microsoft shares slid about 10% on Thursday following an earnings report that disappointed some investors, prompting the stock’s sharpest daily decline since March 2020. The move trimmed…
Senators are working toward an offramp to fund most of the government through the remainder of the fiscal year as a shutdown looms less than two days away. The Senate earlier Thursday failed to clear a key procedural hurdle on a crucial six-bill government funding package. The procedural vote on the package was widely expected…
The fatal shooting this weekend of a second American citizen by federal immigration agents in Minnesota has forced corporate leaders to do something they’ve rarely done since President Donald Trump returned to office last year: publicly disagree with his policies. For months, executives have kept quiet as the Trump administration expanded its sprawling immigration crackdown….
A trader works as a screen displays the trading information for GameStop on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The GameStop stock frenzy and the retail trading revolution it created five years ago were fueled in part by a financial malaise among younger investors, according to experts. That generational…
A Waymo vehicle exits a charging lot on Jan. 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Alphabet-owned Waymo has informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that one of its driverless vehicles “struck a child near an elementary school” in Santa Monica, California The Jan. 23 incident is now being investigated by…
It’s a tale of two different megacaps so far this earnings season when it comes to artificial intelligence. Meta Platforms surged more than 8% after showing signs that investments in AI is boosting the bottom line, while Microsoft shares dropped as the company struggled to justify recent spending plans to investors and showed a slowdown…
ServiceNow Inc. signage during the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, California, on March 20, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Software stocks on Thursday slid deeper into an ongoing intense sell-off this year as investors recoiled from the sector on growing fears that artificial intelligence could upend many firms’ business…
Starbucks is back — at least, that’s what executives said at the company’s investor presentation in New York City on Thursday. “Starbucks is back today,” Chief Brand Officer Tressie Lieberman said. “One in three consumers say that Starbucks is their first choice for coffee or tea away from home.” Her proclamation comes more than a…
Crude oil prices rose more than 2% on Thursday as President Donald Trump weighed military strikes on OPEC member Iran. U.S. crude rose $1.56, or 2.5%, to $64.77 per barrel. Global benchmark Brent was up $1.59, or 2.3%, to $69.99 per barrel. Multiple sources told Reuters that Trump is weighing targeted strikes on Iranian security…
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Many investment firms of ultra-rich families are keen to buy stakes in private companies directly rather than through private equity funds, which come…
