timef 02/04/2026

The Trump administration will draw down 700 law enforcement officers from Minnesota on Wednesday, border czar Tom Homan said.

Alexa+ launched last year in an "early access" preview, meaning consumers had to join a waitlist or buy a new device to use the service.

The U.S. labor market barely budged in January, with hiring below even muted expectations.

Eli Lilly's fourth-quarter earnings come as it tries to maintain its advantage over Novo Nordisk in the GLP-1 market.

Uber said revenue in its food delivery business increased 30%, beating analysts' estimates.

The chipmaker's stock has surged over the past year amid the AI boom

Gold and silver climb with further gains seen determined by rate expectations

The Panama Canal has been thrust into the middle of a power struggle between the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies.

Euro zone inflation cooled to 1.7% in January, flash data from statistics agency Eurostat showed Wednesday.

Analysts are skeptical that India will stop buying Russian oil completely.

Shares of Chinese solar panel makers surged after a team of staff sent by Elon Musk had reportedly visited several photovoltaic suppliers in China.

Venezuela assured Beijing that its oil pricing will not be dictated by the U.S. and that Chinese investment in the South American country will remain secure.

Just as Novo Nordisk showed signs of a recovery, another cold shower hit investors as the drugmaker surprise prereleased its 2026 forecast late Tuesday, sending shares tumbling. 

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday that there's "no drama involved" between the company and OpenAI. "Everything's on track," he added.

With Shell’s results on the horizon, questions remain over the pace of earnings growth in years to come — despite evidence that it is one of the best-run companies in its sector.

While U.S.-China AI competition has focused on intelligence, businesses in China have a different benchmark for choosing AI tools.

UBS reported its fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday.

Wall Street's fears around artificial intelligence-driven disruption affecting software companies have made their way into Asia.

Nintendo fell over 10% in Asia trade as the gaming giant faces headwinds from an unprecedented memory shortage. 

Pinterest CEO Bill Ready lashed out at staffers who created an internal tool to track layoffs at the company, and fired those involved.

Elon Musk is now overseeing two companies worth over $1 trillion, at least on paper.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday that there's "no drama involved" between the company and OpenAI. "Everything's on track," he added.

The deal pegs the enterprise value at S$13.8 billion.

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran has stepped down from his position as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, CNBC has confirmed.

Asia-Pacific markets looked set to fall, tracking Wall Street losses as a sell-off in U.S. technology stocks weighed on sentiment.

A weaker crude price environment has ramped up the pressure on Big Oil’s commitment to allocating cash to shareholders.

Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft's commercial business, wants to reduce the customer feedback loop as the company sells artificial intelligence services.

While a building boom is good for the economy, it presents challenges, with construction costs in Singapore consistently ranked among the highest in the world.

Analysts said back-to-back trade deals with the U.S. and EU could lift pharma, manufacturing and IT stocks.

Bitcoin fell below $73,000 on Tuesday as investors sold the asset to hedge against heightened geopolitical and economic uncertainties.

Advanced Micro Devices reported fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday that topped expectations and provided a stronger-than-expected forecast.

Shares of stocks with significant private credit market exposure were diving on fears about exposure to the industries being disrupted by artificial intelligence, including software.

Apple is introducing agentic coding to Xcode, jumping into one of the biggest trends in technology.

Nvidia and AMD are leaders in the GPUs, which power large language models and have skyrocketed in demand with the data center buildout.

The U.S. Central Command said the drone approached the USS Abraham Lincoln with "unclear intent."

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the chipmaker's plan to invest in OpenAI remains "on track."

The company is banking on its Wegovy pill and next-generation weight loss injectable CagriSema to recapture share of the key U.S. market. 

The stockpile is the latest move by the Trump administration to build a Western supply chain to counter China's dominance in critical minerals.

President Trump says India will stop buying sanctioned Russian oil as part of trade deal, but data shows shadow fleet vessels unloading the crude at its ports.

D'Amaro's appointment to the top job once again brings to the fore Disney's storied history in park-going at a time of massive growth for the division.

The record-setting deal will be the largest merger of all time and is valued at $1.25 trillion

While rising costs are squeezing Pandora's margins from one side, a deteriorating macroeconomic backdrop is hitting it from the other.