It’s a virtual three-way tie to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell as Fed chair when his term expires. The CNBC Fed Survey found 24% of respondents saying President Donald Trump will replace Powell with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and 24% saying it will be former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh. Close behind is Kevin Hassett, director…
A Gucci logo is displayed at their store on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Gucci-owner Kering on Tuesday posted worse-than-feared second-quarter results and flagged ongoing geopolitical uncertainty as woes persist at the beleaguered luxury group. Sales at the high-end fashion house dropped 15% year-on-year on…
PayPal reported better-than-expected results for the second quarter but saw slowing growth in transaction margin dollars, a key measure of profitability. The stock slipped more than 8% following the report. Here’s how the company did compared with Wall Street estimates, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.40 adjusted vs. $1.30 expected…
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…
Walmart and Major League Soccer are teaming up in a multiyear partnership that will see the retailer establish a bigger foothold in the sport and its growing U.S. fanbase. Walmart will invest in MLS and become an official sponsor and partner of the league. Terms and the exact length of the partnership weren’t disclosed. The…
US President Donald Trump (R) and Apple CEO Tim Cook (2nd L), with Senior Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump (L) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, tour the Flextronics computer manufacturing facility where Apple’s Mac Pros are assembled in Austin, Texas, on November 20, 2019. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Faced with intensifying…
The nose cone of a Boeing 787 being displayed on the tarmac during the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport, outside Paris, June 25, 2023. Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images Boeing slashed its quarterly losses as sales jumped after it delivered the most airplanes since 2018, the clearest sign yet of improvement at…
Merck & Co. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Merck on Tuesday said it will slash $3 billion in costs by the end of 2027 to be fully reinvested to support new product launches…
Shelf of pharmaceutical products. D3sign | Moment | Getty Images Pharma firms are calling for clarity on tariffs imposed under the new U.S.-EU trade agreement, as analysts warn that punitive sector-specific levies could risk blowing up the entire deal. Ambiguity abounds around the terms for pharmaceutical goods under the trade truce agreed Sunday, which imposes…
The Rebel-Quad is the second-generation product from Rebellions and is made up of four Rebel AI chips. Rebellions, a South Korean firm, is looking to rival companies like Nvidia in AI chips. Rebellions South Korean artificial intelligence chip startup Rebellions has raised money from tech giant Samsung and is targeting a funding round of up…
