An employee works at Shopify’s headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario in Canada. Chris Wattie | Reuters Shopify on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter results that beat on the top line and gave strong guidance to start the year. The stock slid more than 3%. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings…
Job growth was stronger than expected to start 2026, providing some relief to concerns about the state of the U.S. labor market. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 130,000 for January, above the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 55,000, according to seasonally adjusted figures the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday. The total also was an improvement…
Moderate Democrats looking for their party to take back control of the U.S. House in November are offering an alternative to the economic populism message peddled by their more liberal counterparts. A new blueprint from the center-left New Democrat Coalition, shared exclusively with CNBC, lays out a road map for addressing affordability — top on…
Homes in Crockett, California, US, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates for conventional loans didn’t budge last week, and neither did overall demand, but borrowers are actively seeking other loan products that offer bigger savings. Total mortgage application volume increased 0.3% last week compared with the…
Patrick Pouyanne, chief executive officer of TotalEnergies SE, during the Conference de Paris, organized by the International Economic Forum of the Americas (IEFA) in Paris, France, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The CEO of French energy major TotalEnergies said it was “too expensive and too polluting” to return to…
Lyft‘s stock tumbled 15% in extended trading on Tuesday after the ride-sharing company posted disappointing fourth-quarter results. Here how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: Not comparable Revenue: $1.59 billion vs. $1.76 billion Revenue grew 3% from a year ago. Bookings grew 19% year over year to $5.07 billion, which was in…
HANGZHOU, CHINA – JUNE 14, 2024 – A guest walks past the logo of the 2024 Dassault Systemes Automotive and Transportation Industry Summit Forum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, June 14, 2024. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Shares of French software giant Dassault Systèmes…
INDIA – 2025/05/22: In this photo illustration, a Bitcoin logo is seen displayed on a smartphone with the Hong Kong flag in the background. (Photo Illustration by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Hong Kong’s central bank is pressing ahead with plans to issue an initial batch of…
Elon Musk announced his new company xAI which he says has the goal to understand the true nature of the universe. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI has lost its second co-founder in two days. Influential researcher Jimmy Ba on Tuesday announced his departure in a post on X, thanking Musk and…
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here. The big story Over the last few years in China, it’s gotten easier to buy food straight from the farm. Whether it’s boxes of apples or bags of…
