Slightly over a year ago, CNN hosted a debate between then-President Joe Biden and Former (and current) President Donald Trump. President Biden’s approval rating heading into the debate was already low. The Pew Research Center’s survey in April of 2024 showed that the number of U.S. adults who disapproved of his performance as President vastly outnumbered those who approved. Times/Siena polls suggested Trump led Biden by about 3% among likely voters ahead of the debate, and that lead widened to 6% after Biden’s poor peformance and ultimately, he bowed to pressure from his own party to withdraw from the race.…
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Versant signage on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, July 21, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesComcast on Thursday announced the expected board members of its cable networks spinout, Versant.They come from backgrounds in media, technology, finance and other industries, according to Versant.Versant will be the parent company of what are now NBCUniversal’s cable networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel. On the digital front, it is also set to house Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass and SportsEngine.The spinoff is expected to be completed…
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick answers questions during a television interview at the White House on June 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty ImagesCommerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Thursday that TikTok will go dark for Americans unless China agrees to give the U.S. more control over the popular short-form video app.”We’ve made the decision. You can’t have Chinese control and have something on 100 million American phones,” Lutnick told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Thursday.TikTok’s future in the U.S. has been uncertain since 2024, when Congress passed a bill that would ban the platform unless its Chinese owner,…
Udaipur cityNavalarp Teratanatorn | 500px | Getty ImagesHello, this is Amala Balakrishner, writing from Singapore. This week, I look at migration trends among India’s wealthy and uncover what is pushing them out, and keeping them rooted in India.This report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse and the big businesses behind its meteoric rise. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.Each weekday, CNBC’s “Inside India” news show gives you news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse businesses, and the people behind its rise. Livestream the…
Spotify has the ability to add more global users than Meta Platforms, YouTube, Amazon Prime or Netflix, and to increase revenue by 16% annually through 2030, according to Oppenheimer. Analyst Jason Helfstein upgraded the music streaming platform to outperform from perform and set an $800 price target on the stock, which implies shares can gain nearly 19%. “We believe that SPOT will benefit from the secular tailwind of growing digital audio streaming adoption and that the company’s subscription economics are better than most believe,” Helfstein wrote in a report on Wednesday. Shares of Spotify have rallied 51% so far this…
Sydney Sweeney attends the 10th Annual LACMA ART+FILM GALA at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on November 06, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.Presley Ann | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesActress Sydney Sweeney helped bring American Eagle shares into the latest round of meme stock mania on Thursday.The “Euphoria” and “Anybody But You” star will headline a fall campaign for the clothing retailer, American Eagle announced Wednesday. Shares of the company surged more than 6% in Thursday morning trading.Stock Chart IconStock chart iconAmerican Eagle, 1-dayThursday’s jump makes American Eagle poised to join the ranks of a new class…
Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime associate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, speaks at a news conference on oceans and sustainable development at the United Nations in New York, June 25, 2013 in this screengrab taken from United Nations TV file footage.UNTV | ReutersGhislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned accomplice of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is expected to meet with the Department of Justice on Thursday, NBC News reported.The sit-down, if it happens, would come just two days after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he intended to meet with Maxwell to ask her what she knew about potentially other people who sexually…
The President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde at the 2025 European Central Bank Forum on Central Banking on June 30, 2025 in Sintra, Portugal.Horacio Villalobos | Corbis News | Getty ImagesThe European Central Bank on Thursday kept interest rates steady amid major economic uncertainty, as the European Union scrambles to negotiate a trade agreement with the U.S. before the end of the month.The ECB has cut interest rates at each of its four meetings so far this year, taking its key deposit facility from 3% in January to 2% in June. Last year it reduced rates from a…
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Meme stocks — These stocks once again are making attention-grabbing moves. Opendoor Technologies jumped 7%, while GoPro and Krispy Kreme each fell around 4%. Dow Inc. — The chemical company’s stock slid more than 10% after disappointing second-quarter results. Dow posted a loss of 42 cents per share, excluding items, on $10.1 billion in revenue, while analysts penciled in a loss of 17 cents a share and $10.23 billion, respectively, according to LSEG. Alphabet — Shares of the Google parent rose almost 4% on a stronger-than-anticipated earnings report. Alphabet earned $2.31…
Analysts on the Street are impressed by Google parent Alphabet ‘s second-quarter results, with a handful raising their estimates on the stock. Alphabet on Wednesday exceeded top- and bottom-line estimates , and saw its overall revenue jump 14% year over year — higher than the 10.9% Wall Street expected. The company also expects more AI-related spending, lifting its capital expenditures forecast for 2025 due to “strong and growing demand for our Cloud products and services.” The robust results quelled investors fears that the search engine giant’s AI strategy is flailing compared to peers, particularly as chatbots such as OpenAI and…
