Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 31, 2026 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were little changed on Tuesday night after all three major indexes surged during the regular session on hopes that an end to the Iran war is in…
The Anthropic logo appears on a smartphone screen with multiple Claude AI logos in the background. Following the release of Claude Opus 4.6 on February 5, Anthropic continues to challenge its main competitors in the generative AI market in Creteil, France, on February 6, 2026. Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Anthropic leaked part…
CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman speaks during the 2026 Infrastructure Summit of government officials, corporate executives, and labor leaders, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2026. Kylie Cooper | Reuters OpenAI on Tuesday announced that it closed a record-breaking funding round at a post-money valuation of $852 billion. The round totaled $122 billion of committed…
The outbreak of the Iran war sparked heavy selling pressure across every European equity market through March, as investors gauge the potential impact of the continent’s second energy price shock in four years. There has been little room to hide for European equity investors. Britain’s FTSE 100 , which is more heavily tilted to oil…
Mercedes-Benz USA CEO Adam Chamberlain said Tuesday that 2026 is shaping up to be more challenging than expected. “If you look at the market in the first couple of months of the year, the market environment is definitely a little tougher than we anticipated,” Chamberlain told CNBC at the company’s manufacturing plant in Vance,…
Gas prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station on March 30, 2026 in Pasadena, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Gasoline prices over $4 a gallon, part of an ongoing supply shock in the energy markets, might seem like a cue for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to head off inflation. At…
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on March 25, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities have all been gripped by volatility over the course of the past month, with many assets seeing wild swings and major…
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Iranian President in Ashgabat on December 12, 2025. Alexander Kazakov | Afp | Getty Images Russia has found itself in the curious position of benefiting from the turmoil hitting its Middle East partner and ally, Iran….
On any given day, 2.5 billion people use Unilever products that span 400 brands. That success has created a huge target on the company’s back as the sustainability movement gains more traction with consumers shunning plastic pollution. Sajjad Hussain | AFP | Getty Images Unilever’s plan to merge its food business with spice maker McCormick…
Warren Buffett speaking with Becky Quick on CNBC’s Squawk Box from Omaha, NE on March 31st, 2026. Gerard Miller | CNBC Warren Buffett said on Tuesday that he has not spoken to Microsoft founder Bill Gates “since the whole thing” with the Jeffrey Epstein files “was unveiled.” “I haven’t talked to him at all since…
