It was a topsy-turvy week for Wall Street, saved by a big Friday rally. The market was looking at a weekly loss at Thursday’s close. But a day later, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell came through, hinting at possible interest rate cuts ahead. His speech on Friday at the central bank’s economic symposium in Jackson…
Lip-Bu Tan, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., departs following a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. Alex Wroblewski | Bloomberg | Getty Images Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Friday that the U.S. government has taken a 10% stake in embattle chipmaker Intel, the Trump administration’s…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. Camille Cohen | Afp | Getty Images Alphabet shares rose on a Friday report that Apple is in early discussions to use Google’s Gemini AI models for an updated version of the iPhone…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Meta is planning to use its annual Connect conference next month to announce a deeper push into smart glasses, including the launch of the company’s…
Apple has reportedly boosted iPhone production in India as the country faces pressure from the White House over its Russian oil purchases. “We have planned to up the tariffs on India,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Tuesday. “These are secondary tariffs for buying the sanctioned Russian oil.” Bessent accused India of “profiteering”…
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 Tuesday’s key moments. 1. Markets are mixed Tuesday as some of the 2025 momentum leaders lose steam. That’s pulling the S & P 500 and Nasdaq into the red, while the Dow Jones…
In 2014, Apple and Samsung were duking it out to rule the U.S. smartphone market. Samsung was selling devices with large screens, and iPhone fans were demanding a response. It took Apple some time, but the company finally released the iPhone 6, breaking with previous iterations and giving consumers a large-screen option. The iPhone won….
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates LP, speaks during the Greenwich Economic Forum in Greenwich, Connecticut, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hedge fund giant Bridgewater Associates divested from U.S.-listed Chinese stocks in the second quarter, signaling a clear pullback from the market amid rising geopolitical strains and weakening…
Alexander Karp, CEO and co-founder of Palantir Technologies Inc. Scott Eelis | Bloomberg | Getty Images Palantir‘s astronomical rise since its public debut on the New York Stock Exchange in a 2020 direct listing has been nothing short of a whirlwind. Over nearly five years, the Denver-based company, whose co-founders include renowned venture capitalist Peter…
The Applied Materials logo on Dec. 17, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Applied Materials shares sank more than 10% in extended trading Thursday as the semiconductor equipment company provided outlook for the current quarter that came in light. Here’s how Applied Materials did in its third-quarter earnings results versus LSEG consensus estimates: EPS:…
