Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 3, 2025. CNBC Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday reported a small decline in second-quarter operating earnings as Warren Buffett’s conglomerate warns of negative impacts from steep U.S. tariffs. Berkshire’s operating profit — those from the company’s wholly owned businesses including insurance…
Exxon Mobil reported second-quarter earnings on Friday that declined significantly compared to last year, though the company beat Wall Street estimates as production growth in the Permian Basin and Guyana softened the impact of lower oil prices. Exxon’s net income fell 23% to $7.1 billion, or $1.64 per share, compared to $9.2 billion, or $2.14…
UNITED STATES – JULY 29: From left, Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., and ranking member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., attend the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee markup of the ROAD to Housing Act, in Dirksen building on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Tom Williams…
Coinbase shares fell Thursday after gains in the cryptocurrency exchange’s subscription revenue failed to offset weaker trading volumes. In the quarter ended June 30, Coinbase earned $1.43 billion, or $5.14 per share, up from earnings of $36.13 million, or 14 cents per share, in the same quarter a year ago. It was not immediately clear…
DeWalt power tools are displayed at a Home Depot on May 2, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Companies behind some of America’s best-known brands are warning that tariffs will raise costs by hundreds of millions of dollars as Friday’s key deadline nears. Firms are gearing up for the long-awaited…
JPMorgan Chase, already the largest credit card issuer in the U.S., is nearing a deal to take over the Apple Card portfolio from Goldman Sachs, people familiar with the matter told CNBC. The banks declined to comment to CNBC. Apple didn’t immediately return request for comment. Negotiations between JPMorgan and Apple have progressed as earlier…
The logos of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether outside a cryptocurrency exchange in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. David Lombeida | Bloomberg | Getty Images The crypto market’s bullishness may be tipping into speculative frenzy, if the latest MicroStrategy-style copycat is any indication. On Monday, a little-known Canadian vape company saw its stock surge…
Marco Pistoia, Global Technology’s Head of Applied Research and Engineering at JP Morgan. Source: JP Morgan IonQ has hired the former head of applied research at JPMorgan Chase to help corporate clients of the quantum firm adopt next-generation hardware, algorithms and security, CNBC has learned. Marco Pistoia, who was head of JPMorgan’s internal research group…
The market may be trading around record highs, but the Verdence Capital Advisors CIO is worried trouble is lurking. Megan Horneman, who oversees $4.1 billion in assets under management, thinks there’s too much complacency around the Aug. 1 U.S. trade deadline. “This market is pricing in the perfect situation,” she told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on…
Former NBC Cable President Tom Rogers is dialing back his bullishness on Netflix. The media trailblazer, who was a self-proclaimed “raging bull” on Netflix, told CNBC’s “Fast Money” this week he’s starting to worry — and listed competition with free content on YouTube as a headwind. “[Netflix] still [has] more hit shows than all the…
