People walk along a street amid rain caused by Tropical Storm Melissa, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on Oct. 23, 2025.Eddy Vittini | ReutersTropical Storm Melissa neared hurricane strength Saturday and was expected to rapidly intensify this weekend, as forecasters warned of massive rainfall and life-threatening flooding and landslides in the northern Caribbean.An astounding 35 inches (89 centimeters) of rain was anticipated in southwest Haiti.The erratic and slow-moving storm has killed at least three people in Haiti and a fourth person in the Dominican Republic, where another person remains missing.Up to 25 inches (64 centimeters) of rain was forecast for…
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Elon Musk, during a news conference with President Donald Trump, inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on May 30, 2025.Tom Brenner | The Washington Post | 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. Flat tireAll eyes were on Tesla yesterday, when the electric vehicle maker became the first Magnificent Seven company to report earnings for the new season. Investors weren’t impressed: Though quarterly revenue was higher than a year ago, snapping two down quarters, earnings per…
Irish presidential candidate Catherine Connolly, who is running as an independent in the Oct. 24 election, attends the Irish National Ploughing Championships in Screggan, Ireland, on Sept. 16, 2025.Clodagh Kilcoyne | ReutersCounting was underway Saturday for votes in Ireland’s presidential election, with early tallies suggesting a significant lead for left-wing independent Catherine Connolly.Voters were choosing between Connolly and center-right Heather Humphreys as their new president, a largely ceremonial role in the European Union member country.The two women were the only contenders after Jim Gavin, the candidate for Prime Minister Micheál Martin’sFianna Fail party, quit the race three weeks before the…
Bank of America named several stocks that are well positioned ahead of their quarterly reports. The Wall Street investment bank says companies like Meta Platforms are compelling, with more room to run. Other buy-rated names screened by CNBC Pro include: Roblox, Wex, Coupang and Trip.com. Roblox The gaming company is firing on all cylinders, according to Bank of America. “Tactically, we expect a beat & raise off conservative guidance,” analyst Omar Dessouky wrote ahead of Roblox’s earnings report later this month. The bank admitted that the stock is likely being “driven by broadening participation,” but says it’s still too attractive…
Saying “no” is essential in parenting. But setting limits shouldn’t start and end with that one word.As a certified child life specialist and licensed therapist, I know that saying “no” is meant to help kids feel safe, supported, and understood. I often help kids understand: “Your parents aren’t saying ‘no’ to control you, they’re saying ‘no’ to support you.”Boundaries deepen trust and cooperation over time. When we say “no” with calm, consistency, and care, we’re setting limits. But we’re also teaching emotion regulation, self-control, and connection. These are crucial skills our kids will carry far beyond childhood. Here’s how to say…
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOpenAI on Thursday announced it has acquired Software Applications Incorporated, a small company that built an artificial intelligence interface for Apple computers.All 12 members of the Software Applications team will join OpenAI, according to a spokesperson. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.The startup’s product called Sky allows users of Mac computers to prompt it with natural language to get help with writing, coding, planning and managing their…
Another strong week for stocks drove companies including General Motors to become overbought, according to one popular technical metric. Other stocks are also considered oversold after a busy earnings week. Each of the leading U.S. stock indexes closed higher this past week. All three major averages closed at record highs Friday after cooler-than-expected September inflation data , with the S & P 500 rising above 6,800 for the first time and the 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average topping 47,000 for the first time. CNBC Pro screened the S & P 500 for the stocks that were the most overbought and…
Company: Fluor Corp (FLR)Business: Fluor is a holding company that provides engineering, procurement, construction, fabrication and modularization, and project management services. The company’s segments include energy solutions, urban solutions and mission solutions. The energy solutions segment provides EPC services for traditional oil and gas markets, including the production and fuels, chemicals, LNG and power markets. The segment serves these industries with comprehensive project life-cycle services. The urban solutions segment provides EPC and project management services to the advanced technologies and manufacturing, life sciences, mining and metals, infrastructure industries and professional staffing services. The mission solutions segment provides high-end technical solutions…
The most gifted runners not only go faster and with a smoother gait. They also need less recovery time. The phase of the current bull market that pushed off the blocks six months ago is proving elite at refreshing itself with the briefest of respites before continuing forward to the next mile marker. The S & P 500 fell a maximum of 2.98% using intraday prices, nearly all of that in one day on Oct. 10, after President Donald Trump rhetorically re-escalated the U.S-China trade confrontation. The index then spent the next nine trading days inside that single-day range until…
Cameron Pappas, owner of Norton’s FloristNorton’sFor Cameron Pappas, owner of Norton’s Florist in Birmingham, Alabama, the artificial intelligence boom is a world away.While companies like Nvidia, Alphabet and Broadcom are lifting the stock market to fresh highs and bolstering GDP, Pappas is experiencing what’s happening in the real economy, one that’s far removed from Wall Street and Silicon Valley.Small businesses like Norton’s, and companies of all sizes in retail, construction and hospitality, are struggling from higher costs brought by the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs, and as downbeat consumers reduce their spending.”We’ve just got an eagle eye on all of our costs,”…
