Ford falls, Amazon advances pharmacy pursuits and Disney board member speaks – our takes the news

Ford falls, Amazon advances pharmacy pursuits and Disney board member speaks – our takes the news

Ford Motor kept its 2024 guidance unchanged Tuesday. Meanwhile, Amazon ‘s pharmacy efforts added another wrinkle and Disney ‘s newest board member weighed in on the proxy fight underway at the entertainment giant. Here’s a closer look at these headlines and our takes on each. F YTD mountain F stock performance year-to-date. The news: Ford … Read more

Logistics companies scramble after bridge collapse closes Port of Baltimore

Logistics companies scramble after bridge collapse closes Port of Baltimore

The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of the container ship Dali after the bridge collapsed, Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024.  Roberto Schmidt | Afp | Getty Images Logistics companies up and down the East Coast were urgently relaying messages back and forth to clients Tuesday on the status … Read more

Amazon launches same-day prescription delivery in New York, LA

Amazon launches same-day prescription delivery in New York, LA

The Amazon Pharmacy home screen is displayed on a laptop in Brooklyn, New York, on Nov. 17, 2020. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon’s effort to get customers in the two largest U.S. markets whatever they want on the day of their order has expanded to include prescription drugs. The e-commerce giant said … Read more

Microsoft picks Pavan Davuluri to lead Windows and Surface

Microsoft picks Pavan Davuluri to lead Windows and Surface

Microsoft said Monday it has selected company veteran Pavan Davuluri to lead its Windows operating system and Surface devices teams. Davuluri, who joined Microsoft in 2001 and has been corporate vice president for almost three years, is taking on additional responsibilities after Panos Panay decamped to Amazon last fall. Windows remains critical to Microsoft. Its … Read more

FTX estate sells majority stake in startup Anthropic for $884 million

FTX estate sells majority stake in startup Anthropic for 4 million

In this photo illustration, Anthropic logo is seen on a smartphone screen. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has struck a deal with a consortium of buyers to sell the majority of its stake in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic for $884 million, according to a filing submitted … Read more

Ericsson will cut 1,200 jobs in Sweden

Ericsson will cut 1,200 jobs in Sweden

Ericsson announced it is planning to cut jobs as part of its cost-cutting measures. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Ericsson announced on Monday that it will lay off about 1,200 employees in Sweden as the telecommunications company faces slowed demand for its 5G equipment. The company said the downsizing is part of a broader … Read more

Amazon and Dell are benefiting the most from Nvidia partnership

Amazon and Dell are benefiting the most from Nvidia partnership

Recently, I read a terrific little book about Abraham Lincoln, called “Lincoln Reconsidered,” by Professor David Herbert Donald, and the fundamental premise behind the title was simple: If you want to go down in history as a politician who is compassionate, honest and a visionary, you have to get right with Lincoln. That’s how sainted … Read more

New funds target weight loss, Big Tech hype: Roundhill Investments

New funds target weight loss, Big Tech hype: Roundhill Investments

A major exchange-traded fund provider is going deep on two popular plays: megacap tech and weight loss drug stocks. In health care, Roundhill Investments is getting ready to launch a fund that focuses on the companies behind GLP-1 drugs. Dave Mazza, the firm’s chief strategy officer, expects to have more information on the fund’s debut … Read more

Anthropic lining up a new slate of investors, ruled out Saudi Arabia

Anthropic lining up a new slate of investors, ruled out Saudi Arabia

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Deep-pocketed, sovereign wealth funds are among the investors clamoring to get a stake in Anthropic, the red-hot artificial intelligence startup that’s taking on OpenAI. One country that’s being left out: Saudi Arabia. As bankers line up a group of potential new Anthropic backers, the company has ruled out … Read more

AI catalysts ahead that could boost Alphabet and Apple — and 3 quick stock takes

AI catalysts ahead that could boost Alphabet and Apple — and 3 quick stock takes

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. (We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) Taking a breather: Stocks were mixed … Read more