Charlie Ergen Karl Gehring | Dever Post | Getty Images Wall Street grew increasingly obsessed with the artificial intelligence boom this year, pouring money into chips, data centers and applications. But investors looking beyond Silicon Valley found outsized returns in another location: space. Some of the year’s biggest market winners were defense companies that benefited…
The Trump administration views the proposed $72 billion deal for Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery‘s film and streaming assets with “heavy skepticism,” a senior administration official told CNBC’s Eamon Javers on Friday morning. Netflix said Friday that it would acquire Warner Bros.’ film studio and streaming service, HBO Max. The deal is subject to…
Instagram has installed a new privacy setting which will default all new and existing underage accounts to an automatic private mode. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Instagram will require U.S.-based employees to work five days a week in an office, Meta confirmed on Monday. The new return-to-office policy will take effect on Feb. 2 and…
People shop at a clothing store in Manhattan on Nov. 7, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Black Friday is proving more popular for younger consumers than for their elders, according to a new report provided exclusively to CNBC. AT&T Business‘ 2025 Holiday Shopping Survey, conducted by Morning Consult, found that…
On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gave some hints about more interest rate cuts, mentioning the weakness in the labor market. Bearing in mind an uncertain macroeconomic backdrop and potential rate cuts, investors can consider adding some dividend stocks to their portfolios to ensure stable income. The recommendations of top Wall Street analysts can…
Show host Jimmy Kimmel delivers his opening monologue at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024. Mike Blake | Reuters President Donald Trump’s pressure on media companies is mounting. On Wednesday, the Walt Disney Co. pulled “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air “indefinitely” from its ABC network after the…
EchoStar stock roared more than 80% higher on Tuesday after AT&T said it agreed to purchase certain wireless spectrum licenses from the telecom company for about $23 billion in an all-cash deal. The sale will add about 50 megahertz of mid-band and low-band spectrum to AT&T’s network, with the licenses covering more than 400 markets…
The Chevron logo is seen at a gas station on July 18, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images The Trump administration’s fluctuating trade policies add uncertainty into the economy, but investors seeking stable income can look at dividend stocks to bolster their portfolios. To this end, the recommendations of top Wall Street…
With the U.S. economy solid but still facing elevated risk of recession — or, as President Trump described it in May, in a “transition period” — states are pitching themselves as the most stable place for companies to locate no matter what happens to the economy. “Multiple international headquarters, hundreds of billions of committed investments…
US President Donald Trump holds an Apple Inc. iPhone during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 23, 2025. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump criticized AT&T in consecutive Truth Social posts on Monday, writing that the country’s third…
