Nike caught a downgrade from a Wall Street firm — a move Jim Cramer dismissed as pointless. Needham said Thursday it was “stepping to the sidelines” until it had greater clarity of Nike’s turnaround under new CEO Elliott Hill, downgrading the stock to a hold from buy. The analysts said Hill is doing the right…
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Friday the White House could deploy alternative measures if the Supreme Court rules against President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose sweeping levies. “There was a big call last night with all the principals to talk about if the Supreme Court were to rule against this…
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on December 17, 2025, shows Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum speaking during her daily press conference at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on November 28, 2025, and US President Donald Trump looking on during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington,…
Yuichiro Chino | Moment | Getty Images For executives and founders who have gotten rich off one stock, sometimes it is possible to have too much of a good thing. While the tech stock boom has meant a windfall for employees at high-flying companies, it’s risky to have too much of your net worth tied…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Vistra , Oklo — The nuclear power companies jumped 15% and 18%, respectively, after striking deals to power Meta’s AI ambitions . Intel — Shares popped nearly 3% after President Donald Trump posted a flattering message about Intel on social media following his meeting with the…
It’s the week Sin City turned sci-fi. Humanoid robots shadowboxed, danced and pretended to run small shops. Singapore-based Sharpa displayed a robotic hand playing table tennis and dealing blackjack hands. Across Las Vegas, technology companies used the annual CES trade show to reveal their visions of the future and to loudly proclaim that physical artificial…
It could be the year Main Street’s appetite for cryptocurrency exposure meaningfully grows. Although it’s been two years since the first spot bitcoin ETFs began trading on U.S. exchanges, BlackRock’s Jay Jacobs thinks they’re a fairly new concept. “It’s still so early,” the firm’s U.S. head of equity ETFs told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week….
UBS believes that reduced leverage and the resumption of share repurchases could drive shares of Waste Management higher from here. The bank upgraded the waste management stock to a buy rating from neutral. It also lifted its 12-month price target to $260 per share from $225, which signals upside of about 19%. Analyst Jon Windham…
General atmosphere during an IMAX private screening for the movie “First Man” at an AMC theater in New York City on Oct. 10, 2018. Lars Niki | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images The theatrical industry is in flux — and one stock is rising above the rest. IMAX saw its shares jump more than…
Semiconductor stocks rose on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump praised Intel and its CEO. Intel shares rose 2% in extended trading on Thursday after Trump said he had “a great meeting with the very successful Intel CEO, Lip-Bu Tan” in a post on Truth Social. It was last seen 2.46% higher in early pre-market…
