Michael Burry attends “The Big Short” New York screening Ziegfeld Theater on Nov. 23, 2015 in New York City. Astrid Stawiarz | Getty Images Michael Burry urged investors to scale back exposure to surging technology stocks, saying the current market environment has reached historically dangerous extremes reminiscent of prior speculative bubbles. The famed investor, best…
Circle Internet Group has raised $222 million in the presale of Arc, the native token of its new blockchain, as the company looks to expand beyond its core business of issuing the USDC stablecoin, CNBC has learned. Andreessen Horowitz served as the lead investor in the raise with a $75 million investment. Other investors include…
A woman walks past a “Now Hiring” sign in front of a store on January 13, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Retailers are ramping up hiring this year, defying economic concerns as consumers keep shopping. The retail trades added nearly 22,000 jobs in April, accounting for almost one-fifth of…
Global banks, tech giants and governments were sent scrambling last month to contain the risks posed by Mythos, the Anthropic model said to be so powerful that it has found thousands of previously unknown vulnerabilities in the world’s software infrastructure. There’s just one problem: the capability they’re worried about is already here. Cybersecurity experts and…
The Micron Technology offices in San Jose, California, Dec. 16, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Micron Technology shares caught fire this week amid a global shortage of memory chips, with momentum driving the stock on surging enthusiasm across the semiconductor sector. Shares surged more than 15% to close at $746.81 on…
Michael Burry attends “The Big Short” New York screening Ziegfeld Theater on Nov. 23, 2015 in New York City. Astrid Stawiarz | Getty Images Michael Burry of “Big Short” fame is warning that the stock market’s fixation on artificial intelligence is beginning to resemble the final stages of the dot-com bubble. “Absolutely non-stop AI. Nobody…
Coinbase posted lower-than-expected results for the first quarter as crypto prices fell, weighing on one of the companies’ major revenue drivers — spot trading in digital assets . Here’s how Coinbase performed in its quarter ended March 31, compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings per…
President Donald Trump delivers remarks on Trump Accounts at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Jan. 28, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images With less than two months until the official launch of Trump Accounts, there are reports that business leaders and philanthropists may, at some point, be able to donate stock…
Whirlpool shares tumbled Thursday after the iconic appliance maker warned that the Iran war triggered a severe downturn, underscoring how sharply higher fuel prices and collapsing consumer confidence are beginning to weigh on big-ticket purchases. “War in Iran resulted in recession-level industry decline in the U.S. as consumer confidence collapsed in late February and March,”…
Higher gasoline prices and mounting geopolitical tensions are doing little to slow the American consumer — at least judging by the latest results and commentary from Uber Technologies and The Walt Disney Co. The two companies pointed to a remarkably resilient spending backdrop, with consumers continuing to shell out for rides, food delivery, vacations and…
