Alphabet ‘s Google has moved beyond the search bar, positioning itself as the lead architect of “agentic commerce.” In this new world, AI not only suggests what you buy but executes the purchase for you. For years, online retail has operated under a predictable platform: Shoppers search, click through the results, and complete checkout on…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday he’s not bailing on the tech giants known as the Magnificent Seven despite most of those stocks getting off to a sluggish start in 2026. “I think that the money will ultimately flow back to most of the [Mag 7] … because these companies just have too many levers, too…
The Intel logo is displayed on a sign in front of Intel headquarters on Jan. 22, 2026 in Santa Clara, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Intel reported fourth-quarter earnings Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations but offered soft guidance for the current quarter. Shares of the company were down as much as 11% in…
Jim Cramer and Jeff Marks, the Club’s director of portfolio analysis, on Thursday delivered updates on all 34 Club holdings during the January Monthly Meeting. Here are the highlights from the first meeting of 2026, starting with our four turnaround stories: 4 turnaround plays Nike: The apparel and sneaker retailer has shown real signs of…
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan holds a wafer of CPU tiles for the Intel Core Ultra series 3, code-named Panther Lake, outside the Intel Ocotillo campus in Chandler, Arizona. Courtesy: Intel Wall Street is piling into Intel ahead of the chipmaker’s quarterly earnings report scheduled for after the close on Thursday. The stock jumped about 11%…
We get so caught up in the buzz and the sizzle that we forget about the steak, especially in this era of GLP-1s, which have revolutionized the treatment of diabetes and obesity and are being studied for so many more diseases and conditions. That’s my chief takeaway from meeting with 15 different CEOs, a dozen…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai during the press conference after his meeting with Polish PM Donald Tusk at Google for Startups Campus In Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland, on Feb. 13, 2025. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google on Friday filed to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the company held an illegal monopoly in…
Micron stock rose nearly 8% Friday as investors looked to buy AI chip supply chain stocks after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported robust earnings on Thursday, signaling continued AI infrastructure spending. Shares of Micron, one of the makers of memory and storage for artificial intelligence systems, is up over 250% over the past year, as…
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images AI coding startup Replit is now letting users create and publish mobile apps for Apple devices using only natural language prompts, the latest evolution in so-called vibe-coding. The Mobile Apps on Replit feature, introduced on Thursday, allows creators and small business owners to go from…
The U.S. and Taiwan have reached a trade agreement to build chips and chip factories on American soil, the Department of Commerce announced on Thursday. As part of the agreement, Taiwanese chip and technology companies will invest at least $250 billion in production capacity in the U.S., and the Taiwanese government will guarantee $250 billion…
