A drill rig stands at a Fervo Energy geothermal site under construction near Milford, Utah, Nov. 26, 2023. Ellen Schmidt | AP MILFORD, Utah — Deep in the Utah desert, down miles of gravel roads and hours from a major city, Fervo Energy bets it can economically harness heat from the Earth’s core for power,…
Crowds of pedestrians cross a road outside the Taikoo Li Sanlitun shopping complex on August 22, 2026, in Beijing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a snapshot of what I’m seeing and…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. The S & P 500 is basically flat on Wednesday as the market awaits several key tech earnings reports after the bell, including Nvidia . Oil…
The Huawei booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, 2025. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC BEIJING — U.S.-based personal computing and printing firm HP has signed a multi-year global agreement for licensing certain WiFi patents from Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, the companies announced Wednesday. It’s a sign of adoption of Huawei’s technology outside China, despite…
It’s Nvidia earnings week, which means investors will get their clearest read yet on the AI boom. Oh, and there’s also the not-so-small matter of the Fed’s influential confab at Jackson Hole and what it could signal about the future path of interest rates. Those are the biggest market-moving events of the week, but we’ll…
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images PayPal jumped in premarket trading Wednesday after Stripe and Advent International reportedly made a joint offer to acquire the payments firm in a $53 billion deal. Payments firm Stripe and private equity company Advent are planning to buy PayPal for $60.50 per share, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing two…
It may be a holiday-shortened week of trading on Wall Street. But the four days are filled with updates on some of the market’s biggest debates: Is AI eating software? Is the American consumer OK? And what’s happening with inflation? Let’s get into it. 1. Earnings: Salesforce reports on Wednesday night. Unfortunately, the stock has…
Apple on Thursday evening reported a strong quarter to wrap up a busy week of megacap earnings. Clearly, CEO Tim Cook’s decision to announce his upcoming departure ahead of the release was a move to ensure that news would not overshadow the incredible results. Revenue in Apple’s fiscal 2026 second quarter ended March 31 increased…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers the keynote address at the GTC AI Conference in San Jose, California, on March 18, 2025. Josh Edelson | Afp | Getty Images Nvidia stock is on a tear, rising more than 18% over the past ten days. It’s the longest winning streak the artificial intelligence chip giant has seen…
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images The office of U.S. tech giant Oracle in Dubai was damaged by falling debris, the city’s media office said on Sunday, as Iran continued to fire projectiles at targets around the Middle East in retaliation against U.S. and Israeli strikes. “Authorities confirm that they responded to a minor…
