Tesla cars charge at a Tesla Supercharger station in Pasadena, California, March 30, 2026. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Tesla stock rose more than 6% on Wednesday after UBS analysts upgraded their rating on the stock from sell to hold, and increased their price target by about a dollar to $352. Flipping from a previously…
Election officials assist voters in casting their ballot in the primary vote at Bruns Avenue Elementary School, Mecklenburg County Precinct 12, on March 3, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Grant Baldwin | Getty Images House Democrats on Wednesday are introducing a proposal that would give tax relief to election poll workers. Under the legislation, led…
As WWE gears up for WrestleMania this weekend, the biggest annual event for the professional wrestling organization, data shows that its appearance in Las Vegas last year had an economic impact worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Parent company TKO said Wednesday that recent studies conducted by research firm Applied Analysis show that the two-day…
When the NASCAR Cup series went to Kansas Speedway in the fall, Denny Hamlin finished second and had the fastest lap of the day. However, when the series was there last spring, he had a DNF. Now, the driver of the No. 11 car is the favorite to get into Victory Lane when Cup goes…
Nike director Tim Cook and CEO Elliott Hill coughed up about $1 million each in another round of insider stock buying. The market and Jim Cramer applauded the moves. Cook, also the longtime CEO of Apple , bought 25,000 shares of Nike at an average price of $42.43 each last Friday. Hill bought just over…
Here are the companies making headlines in midday trading. Nvidia – Shares of the chip giant popped about 1% as investors plowed money back into tech stocks. Nvidia is on pace for an 11th consecutive winning session, its longest stretch of daily gains on record. Caterpillar – The manufacturer of construction equipment dropped about 5%….
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Good morning, and happy Tax Day. As of last week, the average tax refund this year is more than 10% higher than the same time a year ago, according to IRS data. S&P 500 futures are little changed this morning after the…
Thousands of revelers who dressed as Santa Claus and other famous characters, participate in the annual SantaCon pub crawl on Saturday, December 13, 2025, in New York City, United States. Selcuk Acar | Anadolu | Getty Images The president of SantaCon was arrested on Wednesday on a federal criminal indictment accusing him of using the…
Vanderbilt’s Eli Stowers will likely be the second tight end taken in the 2026 NFL Draft, reinventing himself as a pass-catcher with off-the-charts athleticism for his size and earning comps to Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf in the draft process. But becoming a star tight end in college wasn’t the path that Stowers was…
Jeanine Pirro is sworn in as the new interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia during a ceremony hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 28, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters Federal prosecutors are still pressuring the Federal Reserve over the Trump administration’s allegations that there…
