Travis Hutchison, a soybean farmer, unloads his cargo from his family’s truck at a local grain dealer in Queen Anne, Maryland, on Oct. 10, 2025. Roberto Schmidt | AFP | Getty ImagesThis is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:1. Transpacific turmoilThe volatile U.S.-China relationship hit another bump yesterday when President Donald Trump said he is considering placing a cooking oil embargo on Beijing in retaliation for it’s refusal to buy U.S. soybeans. The ongoing feud has led to choppy stock market trading…
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An Aligned data center in Northlake, Illinois, US, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.Christopher Dilts | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNvidia, Microsoft, BlackRock and Elon Musk’s xAI are part of a consortium of investors that has agreed to purchase Aligned Data Centers for $40 billion, the companies announced Wednesday.Aligned designs and operates data centers and data campuses across North and South America, and is owned by Macquarie Asset Management.MGX of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners and members of Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership, or AIP, will acquire 100% of the company’s equity, in what will be the largest global…
An improving environment for peripherals has created a buying opportunity in Logitech , according to Citi. The bank upgraded the computer peripherals maker to buy from neutral, saying the return-to-office trend and strong gaming demand will be supportive of videoconferencing equipment, keyboards, mouses and other equipment from the company. “We’re upgrading LOGI to Buy from Neutral with a TP of $130 (ETR of ~25%),” read a Wednesday note from the firm. “Peripheral demand should benefit given positive PC datapoints with checks suggesting constructive Videoconferencing equipment demand amidst return to office, and strong gaming peripherals demand.” Logitech shares have already surged…
The Trump administration will set price floors across a range of industries to combat market manipulation by China, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC in an exclusive interview Wednesday.China has driven foreign competitors in the rare earth industry out of business over the past two decades by using its global dominance in refining and processing to slash prices, Bessent said.”When you are facing a nonmarket economy like China, then you have to exercise industrial policy,” Bessent told Sara Eisen at CNBC’s Invest in America Forum in Washington, D.C.”So we’re going to set price floors and the forward buying to make…
Walmart is deploying millions of ambient Internet of Things battery-free sensors throughout its massive supply chain in the U.S.The retail giant is using technology from Wiliot in what the IoT vendor is calling the first large-scale deployment of ambient IoT in the retail sector and one of the largest such implementations to date.Ambient IoT is a class of IoT devices mainly powered by harvesting ambient energy from radio waves, light, motion, heat, or other viable ambient energy sources. It’s an evolution of legacy IoT and radio frequency identification technologies that promise lower costs and high scalability.Walmart will be using the…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Bank of America — The Brian Moynihan-led bank rose 4.5% after earnings and revenue beat analyst expectations . BofA earned $1.06 per share on revenue of $28.24 billion, while analysts polled by LSEG estimated a profit of 95 cents per share on revenue of $27.5 billion. Strong investment banking revenue drove the results. Morgan Stanley — The Wall Street investment bank reported earnings that beat expectations by the largest margin in five years, sending shares 4% higher. Earnings came in at $2.80 per share, versus the $2.10 LSEG consensus…
As markets enter another phase of uncertainty from escalating trade tensions, utilities have offered defensive positioning against the volatility. PG & E stands out as one of the few utilities demonstrating both improving fundamentals and technical leadership. The reaffirmation of 2025 guidance, validated wildfire mitigation progress and expanding data-center pipeline support a compelling case for steady growth. With sector rotation tailwinds and a more transparent path to sustainable earnings, PCG offers investors a defensive growth profile with a confirmation for further upside. Trade timing & outlook PCG has broken decisively above its 200-day moving average and confirmed the breakout by…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 13, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesStocks rose Wednesday as a slate of stronger-than-anticipated earnings overshadowed worries about growing trade tensions with China.The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 351 points, or 0.8%. The S&P 500 gained 1%, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced nearly 1.2%.Bank of America shares jumped 4% after the company posted third-quarter earnings and revenue that beat analyst expectations, thanks to strong investment banking revenue. Morgan Stanley also posted better-than-expected earnings, sending its shares higher by 6%.Those reports come after…
The upgraded Apple Vision Pro features the powerful M5 chip, the comfortable Dual Knit Band, innovative features with visionOS 26, and all-new spatial apps and Apple Immersive content.Courtesy: Apple Inc.Apple announced new MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and Vision Pro models on Wednesday with an updated M5 chip that allows them to run faster than their predecessors.The new MacBook Pro models start at $1,599 and go on sale Oct. 22. The 11-inch iPad Pro starts at $999. The latest Apple Vision Pro, which includes a Dual Knit Band, starts at $3,499.The new devices, which are immediately available for pre-order, are Apple’s…
Chinese smartphone company Honor announced on Oct. 15 a slew of new AI features, including the ability to compare deals across different e-commerce sellers.CNBC | Evelyn ChengBEIJING — Imagine if Amazon gave 20% discounts for every purchase made using an iPhone Air.That’s essentially how Chinese smartphone company Honor wants to attract local buyers — by giving them an on-device AI tool that lets them quickly compare deals across Chinese e-commerce sites, including JD.com and different merchants on Alibaba’s Taobao. In one example seen by CNBC, the Honor AI-powered shopping search helped save 20% since the tool was able to find…
