U.S. Treasury yields: a divided Fed holds interest rates steady
U.S. Treasury yields continued their upward climb on Thursday as investors weighed the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates steady and sought insight on future monetary policy decisions. At 3:20 a.m. ET, the 30-year Treasury bond had…
Shell smashes expectations as profits more than double in second quarter
The Shell gas logo is displayed at a gas station on April 27, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Shell has agreed to purchase Canadian energy company, ARC Resources in a deal valued at $16.4 billion. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images British energy…
Western Europe heatwaves hit GDP, food and insurance
People are silhouetted against the setting sun in Berlin on June 19, 2026 in Berlin, Germany. A heat wave is currently affecting all of Germany. Florian Gaertner | Photothek | Getty Images Europe’s increasingly extreme summers are becoming an…
China threatens retaliation against U.S. humanoid robot ban, says it ‘severely damages’ relations
A humanoid robot from Robostore joins CNBC’s Power Lunch on Dec. 30, 2025. CNBC BEIJING — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has repeatedly ignored Beijing’s restrained stance on product bans, China’s commerce ministry said…
China AI supplier Zhongji Innolight Hong Kong debut
The Zhongji Innolight logo is displayed on the screen of a tablet computer. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Zhongji Innolight fell 5% on Thursday after the Chinese optical transceiver maker made its trading debut on the Hong Kong Stock…
U.S. resumes strikes against Iran, retaliating against surprise missile attack
US President Donald Trump during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. forces began launching strikes against Iran at 8 p.m. Wednesday…
Samsung Electronics second-quarter operating profit beats estimates on soaring AI chip demand
The logo of Samsung is seen at the Samsung Electronics Seocho building in Seoul on July 7, 2026. South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics forecast on July 7 a roughly 19-fold jump in second-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, buoyed by…
Microsoft (MSFT) Q4 earnings report 2026
Microsoft shares moved 7% higher in extended trading on Wednesday after the software maker disclosed strong fiscal fourth-quarter revenue and called for steady 2026 capital expenditures. Here’s how the company did relative to LSEG consensus:…
Gundlach says the bond market is signaling the Fed has to act on inflation
DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said the Treasury market is signaling that the Federal Reserve will need to do more than talk tough if policymakers are serious about reaching their 2% inflation target. «If you really want to get to 2%, I think…
Altman to meet with White House’s Wiles ahead of AI framework deadline
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC on Wednesday that he has seen the proposed framework for implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order on artificial intelligence, and that he will meet with Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, while…