New sports streaming platform: What to know

New sports streaming platform: What to know

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) during the NBA game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers on January 07, 2024, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA. Jevone Moore | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images The U.S. media world was rushing — panicking? — Wednesday to try to figure out … Read more

What Disney needs to deliver to fend off Peltz board fight

What Disney needs to deliver to fend off Peltz board fight

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Wednesday’s key moments. 1. U.S. stocks climbed higher Wednesday as investors digested more corporate earnings releases. The Nasdaq was up 0.7%, leading gains among the three stock benchmarks. The S & P 500 … Read more

5 things to know before the stock market opens Wednesday

5 things to know before the stock market opens Wednesday

Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Reaching for rate cuts Stocks have pulled back from their record highs as doubts grow about how soon the Federal Reserve will start to cut interest rates. After the central bank held rates steady last week, Chair Jerome Powell … Read more

Disney (DIS) earnings report Q1 2024

Disney (DIS) earnings report Q1 2024

LOS ANGELES – The Walt Disney Company will report fiscal first quarter results after the bell Wednesday as its board battles again with activist investor Nelson Peltz and Blackwells Capital. The media behemoth will also post earnings a day after it announced its sports network ESPN would partner with Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery to … Read more

Tech layoffs continue to hit

Tech layoffs continue to hit

FAANG stocks displayed at the Nasdaq. Adam Jeffery | CNBC 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 see? You can subscribe here. What you need to know today Stocks … Read more

No letup in tech layoffs

No letup in tech layoffs

Justin Tallis | AFP via 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 see? You can subscribe here. What you need to know today Stocks advanceU.S. stocks gained … Read more

Elon Musk funds Gina Carano lawsuit vs. Disney over ‘Mandalorian’ firing

Elon Musk funds Gina Carano lawsuit vs. Disney over ‘Mandalorian’ firing

Gina Carano as Cara Dune in the “The Mandalorian,” a Star Wars series on Disney+. Disney Elon Musk’s company X is funding a new lawsuit filed by actor Gina Carano over her firing from the Disney+ streaming TV series “The Mandalorian” after she shared a controversial social media post Carano sued Disney and its Lucasfilm … Read more

ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery to launch joint sports streaming platform this year

ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery to launch joint sports streaming platform this year

The Disney+ website on a laptop computer in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Monday, July 18, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Walt Disney‘s ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery plan to launch a joint sports streaming service this fall, giving consumers a new way to access marquee live sports … Read more

Wall Street anxious over Fed concerns

Wall Street anxious over Fed concerns

U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of the Federal Reserve on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Federal Reserve announced today that interest rates will remain unchanged.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC … Read more

Wall Street rattled over Fed worries

Wall Street rattled over Fed worries

A trader works, as a screen displays a news conference by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell following the Fed rate announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., January 31, 2024.  Brendan McDermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets … Read more