Watch Fed Chair Powell speak live to business leaders in the Dallas area

[The stream is slated to start at 3 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks Thursday to business leaders in the Dallas-Forth Worth area on monetary policy. Powell is delivering a speech followed by a question and answer session. […]

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: TPR, CPRI, DIS

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Disney — The media stock popped 7% on stronger-than-expected earnings and guidance, aided by growth in its streaming business. The company said it expects high-single-digit adjusted earnings growth in fiscal 2025. Capri , Tapestry — Both luxury apparel stocks rose after the companies called off their […]

Gary Gensler reviews accomplishments, was ‘proud to serve’ as SEC chair

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler testifies before a House Financial Services Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler spoke this morning at the Practising Law Institute’s 56th annual conference on securities regulation.  It sounded awfully […]

DIS, CSCO, ASML, TPR and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Disney – Shares popped more than 9% after the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter results beat analysts’ estimates . For the period, Disney earned $1.14 per share, after adjustments, on revenue of $22.57 billion. That’s above earnings of $1.10 per share on revenue of $22.45 billion that analysts […]

VCs say tech investing is ‘tough’ amid IPO lull and ‘nuts’ AI hype

Edith Yeung, general partner at Race Capital, and Larry Aschebrook, founder and managing partner of G Squared, speak during a CNBC-moderated panel at Web Summit 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. Rita Franca | Nurphoto | Getty Images LISBON, Portugal — It’s a tough time for the venture capital industry right now as a dearth of blockbuster […]

UK car finance industry in crisis, with banks bracing for mega payouts

View looking towards the Royal Exchange and in the City of London where the glass architecture of the tower 22 Bishopsgate disappears into mist on 6th November 2024 in London, United Kingdom. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images Britain’s motor finance industry is in disarray, with analysts warning of worst-case scenarios similar in […]

Chinese AI startup Shengshu launches image-to-video tool, rivaling Sora

Pictured here is an AI-generated clip from Vidu’s website. The tool can create videos from text or image prompts. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC BEIJING — Beijing-based Shengshu Technology on Wednesday said that its artificial intelligence-powered text-to-video tool Vidu will now be able to generate videos by combining images. Vidu already allows users worldwide to create […]

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: IBTA, CSCO, CNH

Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. CNH Industrial — Shares popped nearly 8% after Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha conference told attendees he took a medium-sized position in the agricultural equipment company. Cisco Systems — Shares inched lower by less than 1% even after Cisco Systems posted a beat […]

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: RIVN, CAVA, RKLB, AMGN

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Charter Communications , Liberty Broadband — Cable operator Charter Communications agreed to acquire Liberty Broadband in an all-stock deal. Charter shares rose 5.6%, while Liberty Broadband slid 3%. Cava Group — Shares of the Mediterranean-inspired food chain popped 7% after third-quarter results came out stronger than […]

Banks report ten-fold surge in digital scams, BioCatch says

Leylaynr | E+ | Getty Images U.S. and Canadian banks reported a ten-fold surge in digital scams this year as criminals flock to techniques that rely on duping customers into sending them money, according to cybersecurity firm BioCatch. The sharp rise in reported scams from the first three quarters of 2023 comes as banks have […]