Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Pfizer — The pharma giant issued disappointing 2026 earnings guidance. Pfizer a profit between $2.80 per share and $3 per share for the coming year. Analysts polled by LSEG expected earnings per share of $3.05 for 2026. The company also reaffirmed its 2025 outlook. Shares hovered…
Slope, a lending startup that uses artificial intelligence to vet businesses, is partnering with Amazon starting Tuesday to provide a reusable line of credit to Amazon sellers, backed by a JPMorgan Chase credit facility, the company told CNBC exclusively. The new relationship means eligible U.S. Amazon vendors can apply for and access capital directly through…
When SpaceX eventually goes public, the long-anticipated offering is expected to be the largest IPO ever, reshaping valuations across the aerospace industry and delivering a rare blockbuster deal for Wall Street. The Elon Musk -led space launch company is preparing to go public next year, reportedly targeting a valuation of about $1.5 trillion , potentially…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: KLA Corp. — The semiconductor equipment maker jumped 4%, nearing a 52-week high, after Jefferies raised its 12-month price target to $1,500 from $1,200, saying “AI continues to drive spend with [wafer fab equipment] accelerating into C26/C27,” and citing KLA’s “outsized exposure to the Leading Edge.”…
Kevin Hassett’s candidacy for the Federal Reserve chair, once seen by the market as almost a sure thing, has received some pushback by high-level people who have the ear of President Donald Trump, according to sources familiar with the matter. There’s concern that the National Economic Council director is too close to the president, the…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Tilray — The cannabis stock jumped about 3%, building on last week’s rally sparked by news that President Donald Trump would instruct federal agencies to give the drug a less-stringent Schedule III classification from its current Schedule I designation. Dollar General — Shares rose 3% after…
China’s slow ramp up of U.S. soybean imports this year underscores how Beijing has gradually increased its domestic production, thanks to policy support. “The course of improvement in food self-sufficiency mirrors the efforts in China’s energy and chips security,” Goldman Sachs analysts said in a Dec. 9 report about China agriculture stock plays. Beijing’s top…
Kevin Warsh, former governor of the US Federal Reserve, during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 25, 2025. Tierney L. Cross | Bloomberg | Getty Images Prediction markets swung sharply Friday after President Donald Trump said Kevin Warsh has risen…
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is making a big bet on defined outcome exchange-traded funds — also known as buffer ETFs, which use options to help protect against market losses. This month, Goldman Sachs agreed to buy defined outcome ETF provider Innovator Capital Management for $2 billion. The deal is expected to close in the first…
Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images Coinbase is gearing up to launch an in-house prediction market, powered by Kalshi, a source close to the matter told CNBC — a strategic play to expand the number of asset classes available on the cryptocurrency exchange at a time some investors are shying away from digital…
