CNBC Daily Open: The flow of money in AI appears one-way at this point

CNBC Daily Open: The flow of money in AI appears one-way at this point

The Anthropic website on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Money keeps flowing into artificial intelligence companies but out of AI stocks. In what looks like — once again — a scenario of the left hand scratching the right, Microsoft and Nvidia will be investing a combined $15 billion into … Read more

Court blocks Texas from using new congressional map backed by Republicans

Court blocks Texas from using new congressional map backed by Republicans

The Texas State Capitol on the day of a new session of the Texas House after Democratic lawmakers left the state to deny Republicans the opportunity to redraw the state’s 38 congressional districts, in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 11, 2025. Sergio Flores | Reuters A federal court in Texas on Tuesday blocked Texas from using … Read more

House overwhelmingly passes bill to release Jeffrey Epstein files

House overwhelmingly passes bill to release Jeffrey Epstein files

Epstein abuse survivor Lisa Phillips speaks during a news conference with lawmakers on the Epstein Files Transparency Act outside the U.S. Capitol on November 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. Heather Diehl | Getty Images The House on Tuesday voted nearly unanimously to order the Department of Justice to release all of its files on notorious … Read more

Trump calls for ABC’s license to be revoked after reporter asks about Jeffrey Epstein files

Trump calls for ABC’s license to be revoked after reporter asks about Jeffrey Epstein files

US President Donald Trump, during a meeting with Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for ABC’s broadcast license to be revoked as … Read more

Watch live: Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at White House

Watch live: Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at White House

[The stream is slated to start at 11:45 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Donald Trump is meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of his nation, at the White House on Tuesday. “President Trump looks forward … Read more

Cloudflare says outage that hit X, ChatGPT and other sites is resolved

Cloudflare says outage that hit X, ChatGPT and other sites is resolved

Person’s handing hold an iPhone displaying a Cloudflare Error while attempting to access a webpage, during an outage of the Cloudflare service, Lafayette, California, November 18, 2025. Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare was hit by an outage on Tuesday, knocking several major websites offline for global users. Many … Read more

Klarna tops third-quarter revenue estimates in first earnings report since IPO

Klarna tops third-quarter revenue estimates in first earnings report since IPO

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO and Co-Founder of Swedish fintech Klarna, gives a thumbs up during the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Sept. 10, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Klarna topped Wall Street third-quarter revenue expectations in its first earnings report after debuting on the New York Stock Exchange … Read more

Treasury yields edge lower as investors navigate post-shutdown data flurry

Treasury yields edge lower as investors navigate post-shutdown data flurry

U.S. Treasury yields fell on Tuesday as investors prepared for the release of delayed jobs data after the 43-day government shutdown ended. The 10-year Treasury yield — the benchmark for U.S. government borrowing — fell almost 3 basis points to 4.104% as of 4:47 a.m. ET Tuesday. Yields on the 2-year Treasury note dropped by more than 4 … Read more

Diplomatic spat between Tokyo and Beijing threatens Japan’s already fragile economy

Diplomatic spat between Tokyo and Beijing threatens Japan’s already fragile economy

Oleksii Liskonih | Istock | Getty Images Japan’s fragile economy, already hurt by U.S. tariffs and declining investments in property, faces another hit due to the diplomatic spat between Tokyo and Beijing. Miffed over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments related to Taiwan, China on Friday advised its citizens against travelling to the country. Japanese … Read more

Saudi crown prince to visit U.S. for the first time since Khashoggi scandal

Saudi crown prince to visit U.S. for the first time since Khashoggi scandal

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman during a welcoming ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Bandar Algaloud/courtesy Of Saud | Via Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday, with the leaders expected to discuss … Read more