CNBC Daily Open: ‘Crazy’ summer

CNBC Daily Open: ‘Crazy’ summer

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Aug. 20, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. … Read more

Harley-Davidson drops diversity efforts after online pressure

Harley-Davidson drops diversity efforts after online pressure

Harley-Davidson is dropping some of its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, according to a statement released Monday on social media site X. The motorcycle company said it has stopped consulting the Human Rights Campaign’s metric for treatment of LGBTQ+ employees, and that its sponsorship decisions will now be determined by the company and foundation, which … Read more

Mynaric MYNA stock tanks after slashing revenue guidance, CFO exit

Mynaric MYNA stock tanks after slashing revenue guidance, CFO exit

A rendering of the company’s laser communications system on satellites in orbit. Mynaric Space stock Mynaric tanked in trading Tuesday after the company announced heavy cuts to its previous revenue forecast and the departure of the company’s chief financial officer. Germany-based Mynaric slashed its 2024 revenue guidance nearly 70% at the midpoint, cutting its previous … Read more

Beyoncé launches whiskey line with LVMH’s Moët Hennessy

Beyoncé launches whiskey line with LVMH’s Moët Hennessy

Beyoncé at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on April 1, 2024. Michael Buckner | Billboard | Getty Images Beyoncé is holding her whiskey up high. The megastar is entering the luxury liquor business with the launch of a new whiskey line in collaboration with LVMH’s Moët Hennessy, … Read more

Shein sues Temu over copyright infringement, trade secret theft

Shein sues Temu over copyright infringement, trade secret theft

Shein and Temu. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Chinese-linked fast-fashion giant Shein is suing rival Temu, alleging the retailer stole its designs and built an empire using counterfeiting, intellectual property infringement and fraud.  The suit, filed Monday in Washington, D.C., federal court, comes as Shein itself fends off … Read more

GMC targets electric truck leadership against Tesla, Ford, Rivian

GMC targets electric truck leadership against Tesla, Ford, Rivian

2024 Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 Source: General Motors MILFORD, Mich. — General Motors’ premium GMC brand wants to become the leader in all-electric truck sales for U.S. consumers as it launches its new electric Sierra pickup. The Sierra EV joins electric versions of the Hummer, including an SUV and pickup, in GMC’s electric “truck” … Read more

Eli Lilly weight loss drug cuts risk of developing diabetes in trial

Eli Lilly weight loss drug cuts risk of developing diabetes in trial

An Eli Lilly & Co. Zepbound injection pen arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Thursday, March 28, 2024.  Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eli Lilly’s highly popular weight loss drug reduced the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 94% in obese or overweight adults with pre-diabetes compared to … Read more

Lowe’s (LOW) Q2 2024 earnings

Lowe’s (LOW) Q2 2024 earnings

A Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse worker collects carts in a parking lot on August 17, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images Lowe’s on Tuesday cut its full-year forecast, as the home improvement retailer’s quarterly sales declined and it said it expects spending on do-it-yourself projects to weaken. The … Read more

Wall Street extends winning run

Wall Street extends winning run

Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on August 16, 2024.  Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you … Read more

Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines merger clears Justice Department hurdle, now faces DOT

Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines merger clears Justice Department hurdle, now faces DOT

Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines planes takeoff at the same time from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on June 21, 2023. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Alaska Airlines said that its plan to acquire Hawaiian Airlines has cleared the U.S. Justice Department after the period for antitrust … Read more