Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Genius Sports — The sports analytics company jumped 8% after setting lofty 2028 targets at its investor day. Genius sees ” group revenue ” totaling $1.2 billion by then, along with free cash flow of $220 million. Netflix — Shares declined 5% as investors waited to…
Exterior view of Macy’s herald square store in New York City, on November 28, 2025. Kena Betancur | Afp | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Shopping around Macy’s beat Wall…
Are you exhausted by all the politicking and bubble talk surrounding the College Football Playoff? Joel Klatt, FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst, certainly is, and he thinks he might have the solution to help put bubble talk to rest once and for all. In the most recent episode of “The Joel Klatt Show,” he…
Homes near a data center in Ashburn, Virginia, US, on Friday, July 25, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Data centers that haven’t been built yet are driving up electricity prices and could leave consumers on the hook for expensive power infrastructure if demand projections are wrong. The race to build facilities that provide…
Sports merchandiser Fanatics announced Wednesday it’s launching Fanatics Markets, its own prediction market, in 24 states this week, including California, Texas, Florida and Washington. The platform will allow people to trade on events in sports, finance and culture, according to Fanatics, and will launch in segments across the country over the next several days. The…
For the first time in years, analysts are feeling optimistic about luxury. Next year, the sector will finally return to growth, market watchers say, yet companies’ performance is likely to diverge based on their level of exposure to different segments of the customer base, making stock picking key for luxury investors in 2026. J.P. Morgan…
Filip Kaliszan, CEO of Verkada. Courtesy: Verkada Security technology startup Verkada has reached a $5.8 billion valuation after a new funding round led by CapitalG, Alphabet’s venture capital arm, announced Wednesday. “I think Google saw the opportunity with us in the application of AI and everything we’re driving to apply AI to the physical security…
The Purdue Boilermakers are the No. 1 team in the country and steamrolling the opposition, with Rutgers being their latest victim on Tuesday night. And that matchup was also one of two differing roster makeups, as Purdue relies on several upperclassmen, while Rutgers has a neophyte roster. Boilermakers head coach Matt Painter provided his perspective…
NEW YORK — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday predicted that the administration still will be able to implement its tariff agenda regardless of whether it prevails in a pending case before the Supreme Court. Repeating assertions he had made prior to the high court hearing a month ago, Bessent cited several sections of 1962…
Levi Strauss CEO Michelle Gass was out for a run in San Francisco last March when she first heard the song “Levii’s Jeans” from Beyonce’s latest album, “Cowboy Carter.” “Literally, I got chills,” Gass recounted to CNBC, adding the name-check represented a “once in a lifetime” marketing opportunity she couldn’t afford to squander. “She is one…
