Federal agents stand, following an incident where a civilian’s car was hit by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 12, 2026. Tim Evans | Reuters President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to…
Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee expressed caution Thursday about recent attacks on the central bank and Chair Jerome Powell, saying they could adversely affect inflation. “Anything that’s infringing or attacking the independence of the central bank is a mess,” Goolsbee said during a CNBC “Squawk Box” interview. “You’re going to get inflation come roaring…
U.S. Treasury yields gained Thursday as investors monitored geopolitical uncertainty, with talks over Greenland and the possibility of a U.S. strike on Iran. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield rose 2 basis points at 4.164%. The yield on the 2-year Treasury advanced more than 4 basis points to 3.556%. Meanwhile, the 30-year Treasury yield was slightly higher at 4.799%. One basis…
People walk past Morgan Stanley global headquarters in Manhattan on March 20, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Morgan Stanley on Thursday reported fourth-quarter results that exceeded Wall Street expectations on the back of strong revenues from wealth management. Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street analysts surveyed…
U.S. automakers are increasingly entering the energy storage business as they pivot away from electric vehicles and try make use of battery factories that cost billions of dollars. Energy storage uses a lot of the same underlying technology as EV batteries to store power for homes, businesses and even utilities. Tesla has been investing in…
Taxpayers can expect a small windfall from refunds this filing season, and several stocks could see a bump as a result, according to Wolfe Research. The tax filing season kicks off on Jan. 26, with the Internal Revenue Service expecting to receive roughly 164 million individual income tax returns this year. Individuals have until April…
Oil prices fell 3% on Thursday after comments from U.S. President Donald Trump calmed fears that an American strike on Iran could be imminent. Brent crude oil futures, the global benchmark, were last seen trading 3% lower at $64.47 a barrel, and front-month West Texas Intermediate crude was also down 3% to $60.17 a barrel….
LONDON — European stocks opened higher Thursday, led by AI chip stocks which surged following record earnings by TSMC. The pan-European Stoxx 600 advanced 0.33% moments after the opening bell in London. Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML popped 7% in early dealmaking as investors responded to stronger-than-expected earnings from Taiwan’s TSMC. TSMC reported a 35%…
People walk past the logo of Amazon Web Services (AWS) at its exhibitor stall at the India Mobile Congress 2025 at Yashobhoomi, a convention and expo center in New Delhi, India, October 8, 2025. Anushree Fadnavis | Reuters Amazon launched its “sovereign cloud” offering in Europe on Thursday in a move designed to keep it…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer parsed Wednesday’s session and expressed concern about the sectors that led the market’s gains, saying “the wrong stocks are going higher.” “This was a market where the winners were consumer packaged goods stocks and the oils – the worst possible leadership groups,” he said. “The consumer packaged good plays are recession stocks,…
