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My top 10 things to watch Thursday, Dec. 5 1. Shares of companies holding cryptocurrency and enabling trading surged as bitcoin topped $100,000 for the first time ever. MicroStrategy shares jumped 9%. Robinhood and Coinbase rose 7.5% and 5%, respectively. The rally in bitcoin, which has skyrocketed around 140% year to date, accelerated after crypto … Read more
The logo of Intel is seen during Computex 2024 in Taipei, Taiwan, June 4, 2024. I-hwa Cheng | Afp | Getty Images Intel on Thursday announced the appointment of two new directors with significant semiconductor manufacturing experience as the company ramps up the search process for ousted CEO Pat Gelsinger’s replacement. Former ASML CEO Eric … Read more
A woman passes by a logo of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 13, 2024. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Oil prices rose on Thursday as OPEC+ members agreed to delay crude production increases. U.S. crude oil rose 50 cents, or 0.73%, to … Read more
American Airlines planes sit parked at LaGuardia airport on traditionally the busiest travel day, the day before the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving, in the Queens borough of New York City, U.S., November 27, 2024. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters American Airlines has inked a long-awaited credit card deal with Citigroup, dropping its other partner, Barclays. The airline said Thursday that … Read more
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier leaves after the result of the vote on the first motion of no-confidence against the French government, tabled by the alliance of left-wing parties the “Nouveau Front Populaire” (New Popular Front – NFP), after the use by French government of the article 49.3, a special clause in the French Constitution, … Read more
Cups mark the location of shell casings found at the scene where the CEO of United Healthcare Brian Thompson was reportedly shot and killed in Midtown Manhattan, in New York City, US, December 4, 2024. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Shell casings found at the scene where the UnitedHealthcare CEO was shot dead by a masked gunman in … Read more
Say hello to life at the mall. The classic American mall is undergoing a dramatic transformation as real estate developers swap out dying department stores for apartments, ushering in an era where living at the mall could soon become a new norm. Some U.S. developers are knocking down department stores like Macy’s or JCPenney and … Read more
Art Cashin speaking at the NYSE on Dec. 30th, 2022. CNBC Art Cashin, UBS’ director of floor operations and a fixture at the New York Stock Exchange for nearly 60 years, died this week at age 83. Cashin was one of the great historians of the stock market, but he was not an academic. His method … Read more
CNBC’s Jim Cramer opined on artificial intelligence, explaining why Salesforce‘s recent quarter suggests the innovative potential for the new technology is strong. “I try not to go into too much depth about the power of AI because I’m sure you’re sick of hearing about it,” he said. “But now I’m thinking maybe I don’t talk … Read more
The Coinbase and bitcoin logos are displayed on a phone screen in San Anselmo, California, on Feb. 15, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Cryptocurrency-related stocks popped in premarket trading Thursday after the price of bitcoin soared above $100,000 for the first time overnight. MicroStrategy surged 6.1%, while Robinhood Markets and Coinbase Global climbed 4.3% … Read more