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Police stand guard in front of the main gate of the National Assembly in Seoul on December 3, 2024, after South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law. South Korea President Yoon on December 3 declared emergency martial law, saying the step was necessary to protect the country from “communist forces” amid parliamentary

Shares of Salesforce surged in extended trading Tuesday after the enterprise software giant reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and issued a solid forecast for the current period. But most importantly, the company showed that Agentforce, its new AI platform, may kickstart revenue growth in the future. Revenue in the fiscal 2025 third quarter increased 8% year

Constellation Brands Inc. Svedka vodka at a liquor store in the Upper East Side neighborhood of New York, US, on Friday, June 28, 2024. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Constellation Brands announced Tuesday it will sell its Svedka vodka brand to New Orleans-based spirits company Sazerac. The transaction is expected to close in

David Einhorn speaking in New York City on April 3, 2024. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Hedge fund investor David Einhorn’s cautious stance all year made his performance suffer as he navigated what he believes is the priciest stock market of his career at Greenlight Capital. Einhorn’s hedge fund returned just 9% in 2024 through the

Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire by 2027, according to a recent report from Informa Connect Academy. Of the world’s billionaires, Musk is the closest to that 13-figure mark, and his wealth is growing. At the start of 2020, Musk was worth about $28.5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments. 1. The S & P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite edged higher Tuesday as Wall Street assessed President-elect Donald Trump’s plans, announced Monday evening, to impose new tariffs on imports

A pedestrian walks by the entrance to Lombard Odier in Geneva, Switzerland. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lombard Odier — one of Switzerland’s oldest private banks — was indicted by Swiss prosecutors on charges of aggravated money laundering. In a release on Friday, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, or OAG, said

Stocks slid on Thursday as Fed Chair Jerome Powell signaled that policymakers don’t need to be in a hurry to cut rates. Here’s what’s on CNBC’s radar Friday. Originally Posted Here

Carlos Tavares, chief executive officer of Stellantis NV, speaks to the media at the Stellantis auto manufacturing plant in Sochaux, France, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024.  Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has unexpectedly resigned from the automaker amid increasingly “different views” between the executive and the board

Best Buy ‘s quarter came up short of expectations, with the misses compounded by downward revisions to management’s outlook for the remainder of the year. We were not surprised by Tuesday morning’s print and have a plan. Revenue in the company’s fiscal 2025 third quarter fell 3.2% year over year to $9.45 billion, missing the

Hidden inside a 46-story luxury condominium building in Miami is a massive garage where dozens of busy robots whisk cars to and from parking spots. The futuristic 24/7 operation unfolds across a 13-level garage and employs five car lifts, dozens of lasers and hundreds of bar codes embedded in the floors. Residents who pull into one

Rafael Enrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Macroeconomic uncertainty and potential policy changes under the administration of President-elect Donald Trump have driven the stock market to new heights the past four weeks. But investors stand to benefit if they ignore short-term noise to focus instead on companies that can navigate challenges and deliver solid returns

Small caps just had their first historic week in three years, and one exchange-traded fund expert predicts the group’s record highs will help drive investors back into the group. “Small caps are going to become more in favor in 2025,” VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth said on CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “They started to perk up

Best Buy on Tuesday cut its full-year sales forecast and missed Wall Street’s quarterly revenue expectations, as early holiday shopping and a fresh batch of iPhones and AI-enabled laptops weren’t enough to drive higher sales. The consumer electronics retailer said it now expects full-year revenue to range from $41.1 billion to $41.5 billion, compared with

A “Keep America Great” hat tops off a Christmas tree at a “Merry Christmas” rally hosted by President Donald Trump at the Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek, Michigan, Dec. 18, 2019. Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Black Friday is poised to take on a new tint of red, white and blue

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor incorporates proven components. Courtesy: GE Verona GE Vernova is aiming to deploy small nuclear reactors across the developed world over the next decade, staking out a leadership position in a budding technology that could play a central role in meeting surging electricity demand and reducing carbon dioxide

Introducing the new Patek Philippe Cubitus line. Courtesy: Patek Philippe Storied Swiss watch maker Patek Philippe announced its first new collection in 25 years this week, dubbed the Cubitus line. The new collection comes at a time when luxury watch prices have largely stabilized, fueled by strong demand. Younger investors and collectors began buying up

Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach walks to a morning session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 14, 2023. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Workday shares slipped as much as 11% in extended trading Tuesday after the human resources and finance software maker issued a quarterly forecast that came

Betsie Van Der Meer | Digitalvision | Getty Images The holiday season is a time to give thanks, reflect on the past year, and spend time with family and friends. However if you’re not careful, it can also be a time you overspend on holiday purchases. About 83% of Americans plan to buy gifts for

A chip and snack food display at a convenience store in Miami Beach, Florida. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Processed food stocks tumbled on Friday as investors feared a crackdown under President-elect Donald Trump and ally Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Soda titans PepsiCo and Coca-Cola dropped more than 4% and 1.3%,

Nordstrom on Tuesday beat Wall Street’s quarterly sales expectations, as revenue grew about 4% year over year from shoppers buying clothing, shoes and activewear at both the company’s namesake department store and its off-price chain. Yet despite its better-than-expected quarter, the Seattle-based retailer gave only a slightly rosier full-year sales forecast — taking a conservative

Dell Technologies forecast fourth-quarter revenue and earnings below Wall Street expectations Tuesday, despite bullish commentary from the company on AI sales growth. The PC maker reported quarterly earnings Tuesday that beat analyst expectations for earnings per share but came up light on overall revenue. Shares fell 10% in after-hours trading. Here’s how Dell did for

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Courtesy: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Top universities are tapping into the

Can artificial intelligence be so transformative as to solve one of the U.S. economy’s biggest problems: its skyrocketing fiscal deficit? According to three economists at the Brookings Institution, the answer is yes — AI could prove a positive “critical shock” for the country’s fiscal health.  A working paper released last month by the Center on

Images By Tang Ming Tung | Digitalvision | Getty Images Actively managed exchange-traded funds are a growing trend in the investment space. To that point, investors have pulled money from active mutual funds and sought out actively managed ETFs in recent years. Investors yanked about $2.2 trillion from active mutual funds from 2019 through October

EasyJet on Wednesday reported record revenue from charging passengers for flight add-ons such as extra baggage in the full year to October, as the budget airline’s CEO criticized a recent Spanish fine over the practice. The easyJet group, which comprises an airline and a package holiday provider, said ancillary revenue — which includes additional luggage

Auliʻi Cravalho voices Moana in Disney Animation’s “Moana 2.” Disney The domestic box office is poised for its biggest Thanksgiving haul since the pandemic thanks to a Polynesian princess, a pair of witches and a revenge-fueled gladiator. Disney’s “Moana 2” is set to hit theaters Wednesday and generate between $120 million and $150 million in

Thomas Trutschel | Photothek | Getty Images The board of Acurx Pharmaceuticals on Wednesday approved the purchase of up to $1 million in bitcoin to hold as a treasury reserve asset. Shares of the company were last lower by more than 6% after spiking about 8% in premarket trading. “As demand for bitcoin grows, and so does

A gallery staff member looks at a painting by Andy Warhol & Jean-Michel Basquiat, Collaboration, 1982-1985, estimate £1,000,000 1,500,000 during a photo call at Christie’s auction house showcasing the highlights of 20th/21st Century Evening Sale in London, United Kingdom on October 06, 2023. Wiktor Szymanowicz | Future Publishing | Getty Images A version of this