Economy

Salesforce chair and CEO Marc Benioff speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images Salesforce shares rose 4% in extended trading on Wednesday after the business software maker reported robust fiscal second-quarter results that beat estimates and raised its full-year profit outlook. The […]

As Nvidia shares tumbled after the company reported earnings, CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday reminded investors that it’s important to own stocks in a variety of sectors, even ones that may not presently see huge gains. Owning a diverse group of stocks helps investors stay in the market when one stock or sector takes a […]

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz speaks at the Wall Street Journal Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Oct. 21, 2019. Martina Albertazzi | Bloomberg | Getty Images CrowdStrike shares slipped 4% in extended trading on Wednesday after the cybersecurity software maker reported strong fiscal second-quarter results but reduced full-year guidance in the wake of […]

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during Computex 2024 in Taipei on June 4, 2024. I-hwa Cheng | AFP | Getty Images Nvidia reported earnings after the bell that beat Wall Street expectations, and provided stronger-than-expected guidance for the current quarter. Nvidia shares fell 8% in extended trading. Here is how the company did versus LSEG […]

The dollar value of China exports are expected to decline 9.5% in June from a year earlier, according to a Reuters poll, deepening a 7.5% annual decline in May.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesChina’s exports contracted in June at the fastest pace since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, as high inflation in key developed… […]

The U.S. no longer has an inflation problem, according to veteran economist Steve Hanke.”I think the inflation story is history. One reason for that is that money supply has been contracting on a year-over-year basis by minus 4% in the United States,” Hanke, a professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, told CNBC’s “Street… […]

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Judiciary Committee during a hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 12, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty ImagesChina is requiring U.S. and other… […]

Luisa Moreno, President of mining company Defense Metals Corp, expects China to further restrict metal exports which could include rare earths.Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesChina’s metal export curbs on gallium and germanium could spur some countries to diversify their supply chains away from China.”This could be a wake-up call for some [countries] to… […]

A vendor arranging tomatoes at a wholesale vegetable market in Kolkata. Tomato prices surged 366.86% from 26.76 rupees per kg at the start of the year to 108.92 rupees per kg as of July 11.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesIndia is facing a tomato crisis as prices have skyrocketed more than 300% due to extreme… […]

Crypto investor Nicholas Pinto attends President Donald Trump’s gala dinner for people who spent the most money on Trump’s meme coin, $TRUMP, in a contest, at Trump National Golf Club in Potomac Falls, Virginia, May 22, 2025. Nicholas Pinto The price of President Donald Trump’s meme coin plunged 16% as of Friday morning, just hours […]