Oil/Chemical Tanker “Bald Man” at the Port of Fujairah, as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran limits marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, May 6, 2026. Amr Alfiky | Reuters Oil prices rose Thursday in volatile trading as investors continue to assess the latest developments in the Middle East amid…
Aerial view of Mt. Fuji, Tokyo Tower and modern skyscrapers in Tokyo on a sunny day. Yongyuan | E+ | Getty Images Japan stocks rose more than 3% on Thursday, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 hitting 61,000 for the first time as Asia-Pacific markets rallied despite renewed tensions in the Middle East. The broader regional…
An American flag flies at Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank, California, on Sept. 12, 2025. Mario Tama | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery on Wednesday reported a staggering net loss for the first quarter, but it has an explanation. The company booked a net loss of $2.9 billion, far larger than the net loss of…
Evan Spiegel, co-founder and CEO of Snap, during the Axios Media Trends Live event in New York, Sept. 18, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Snap shares dropped about 4% in extended trading after the company reported first-quarter earnings on Wednesday and provided cautious sales guidance while revealing it no longer has a…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Iran will be bombed “at a much higher level” if it doesn’t agree to a peace deal, raising tensions even as news outlets reported that Washington and Tehran are nearing an agreement to end the war. Trump in a Truth Social post said the U.S. military offensive known as…
Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images DoorDash reported mixed first-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday as it pours more money into new technology and features. Shares popped 14% following the report. Here’s how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: 42 cents vs. 36 cents expected Revenue: $4.04 billion vs. $4.14…
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick testifies during a during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on the Commerce Department’s 2027 budget request in Washington, DC on April 22, 2026. Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty Images Read more CNBC politics coverage Lutnick’s interview began around 11 a.m. ET. The…
Amy Howe, chief executive officer of FanDuel Inc., at the Semafor World Economy Summit during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring meetings in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images FanDuel CEO Amy Howe has been ousted from that post after five years at…
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, during the company’s Builder Summit in Bengaluru, India, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. Samyukta Lakshmi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anthropic on Wednesday announced a deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to use all of the compute capacity at his company’s Colossus 1 data center in Memphis,…
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…
