Stocks slide ahead of Powell speech

Stocks slide ahead of Powell speech

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 12, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | 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 … Read more

GM-owned Cruise will partner with Uber to offer driverless rides

GM-owned Cruise will partner with Uber to offer driverless rides

A Cruise autonomous taxi in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday Aug. 10, 2023.  David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Uber Technologies and General Motors’ Cruise have agreed to a multi-year partnership, under which the embattled autonomous vehicle company plans to offer driverless rides to Uber users as soon as next year. The … Read more

Google IPO banker tracks two-decade journey from Silicon Valley upstart to $2 trillion

Google IPO banker tracks two-decade journey from Silicon Valley upstart to  trillion

Twenty years ago, as Morgan Stanley banker Michael Grimes was helping lead the public offering for the young company behind the Google search engine, one of the most anticipated of the decade, he was among the first people offered a new email service. He had his pick of any identifier he wanted, so he asked … Read more

Why food delivery stocks are doing well despite inflation

Why food delivery stocks are doing well despite inflation

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday analyzed why food delivery companies are seeing success while many of their consumer discretionary peers suffer as users continue to feel the burden of inflation. He said food delivery is a habit consumers don’t want to break — something they seem more willing to spend on than other luxuries. “DoorDash … Read more

Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Wednesday

Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Wednesday

My top 10 things to watch Wednesday, Aug. 7 1. Disney with a blowout , beating analyst estimates on top and bottom lines. Also, a big raise to earnings guidance. It’s about time. Adjusted EPS for its fiscal third quarter were $1.39, up 35% from a year ago. The company’s combined streaming businesses (Disney+, Hulu … Read more

Cramer says Tuesday’s earnings don’t indicate a serious recession

Cramer says Tuesday’s earnings don’t indicate a serious recession

While Wall Street may still be rattled after Monday’s massive sell-off, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said many of Tuesday’s corporate earnings reports do not indicate there is a serious recession on the horizon. “I think we’re in a recessionless recession because I follow the actual micro data from individual companies that report,” he said. “When you … Read more

Uber Q2 2024 earnings

Uber Q2 2024 earnings

Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Uber reported second-quarter results that topped Wall Street estimates on Tuesday. The stock rose about 4% in pre-market trading. Here’s how the company did for the period … Read more

Here’s why predicting a bottom in this market plunge is so difficult

Here’s why predicting a bottom in this market plunge is so difficult

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. Bottom challenges: The recent sell-off in U.S. stocks accelerated Monday and there’s no telling when we’ll hit the bottom. A key reason, according to Jim Cramer: … Read more

Uber to start using BYD cars in Europe, Latin America and develop ‘autonomous-capable vehicles’

Uber to start using BYD cars in Europe, Latin America and develop ‘autonomous-capable vehicles’

BYD launched the BYD Seal in Europe at the IAA auto show in Munich, Germany. The electric sedan has a starting price of 44,900 euros ($48,479). Arjun Kharpal | CNBC BEIJING — Uber and BYD announced Wednesday that drivers on the ride-hailing platform can get pricing and financing deals for the Chinese company’s electric cars, … Read more

‘Great rotation’ faces big test with Big Tech earnings

‘Great rotation’ faces big test with Big Tech earnings

When I was a cub reporter in Los Angeles, covering crime for the now-deceased Los Angeles Herald Examiner, we used to joke that we should never let the facts get in the way of a good story. It was a horrendous paper — don’t ask me what I was doing there other than booking a … Read more