New York Yankees catcher Austin Romine was buckling his shinguards in the dugout when he heard a booming voice and immediately looked up.It was CC Sabathia. He was pissed.“First dude,” Sabathia said.It was Sept. 27, 2018. Sabathia was set on revenge against the Tampa Bay Rays, after reliever Andrew Kittredge aimed a 93-mph fastball at Romine’s head and narrowly missed in the top of the sixth inning with the New York Yankees ahead, 7-0, at Tropicana Field.He decided he was going to hit catcher Jesús Sucre to lead off the bottom of the inning to send a message. He was…
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If President Trump has his way, the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles will soon slam into reverse. He will erase tax credits for electric vehicle purchases, federal grants for chargers, and subsidies and loans to help retool assembly lines and build battery factories.Executive orders issued by Mr. Trump on Inauguration Day amount to a sweeping repudiation of a centerpiece of former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s multibillion dollar program to address climate change, which Republicans cast as a campaign to ban gasoline cars.The orders also present a challenge to automakers that have invested billions of dollars in electric vehicles,…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Apple — Shares slipped nearly 2% after Jefferies downgraded the iPhone maker to an underperform rating from hold. Analyst Edison Lee called its AI outlook “subdued” and expects Apple to miss its fiscal first-quarter revenue growth forecast of 5% when reporting earnings later this month. Qorvo — The chipmaker moved 2% higher on the back of an upgrade at Morgan Stanley to overweight from equal weight. The bank believes Qorvo could see “a renewed earnings recovery path” now that activist investor Starboard Value has a stake in the company. 3M —…
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES — Netflix is due to report fourth-quarter earnings after the closing bell Tuesday.Wall Street will be paying close attention to details surrounding the company’s advertising-supported business model, its recent collection of live sporting events and the continued impact of its password crackdown on subscriber numbers.After all, this is expected to be the last time Netflix will report subscriber data to shareholders, as it plans to focus on revenue and other financial metrics as performance indicators.Here’s what Wall Street expects for the company’s most recent quarter: Earnings per share: $4.20, according to LSEGRevenue: $10.11 billion, according to…
Citi expects Curtiss-Wright , an engineering company with a big nuclear business, to ride the wave of increased global military spending. Analyst Jason Gursky initiated research coverage of the defense and aviation company, which traces its roots back to the original pioneers of aviation , Glenn Curtiss and Wilbur and Orville Wright, with a buy rating and a 12-month price target of $410, implying about 20% potential upside from Friday’s close. This year, shares have already advanced about 6.2% after soaring 60% in 2024, by 34% in 2023, another 21% in 2022 and 20% in 2021. Curtiss-Wright can benefit from…
A view of the area as fire brigades responding to a fire that broke out in a hotel in Bolu Kartalkaya Ski Center, on January 21, 2025 in Bolu, Turkiye.Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A fire raged through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday during a school holiday, killing at least 66 people — at least two of them when they jumped from the building to escape the flames, officials said.At least 51 people also were injured in the fire at the Grand Kartal hotel in Kartalkaya, in Bolu…
Mop-haired and dressed in jeans and a black-and-white striped sweater, 16-year-old Martin Odegaard looked like a student walking the streets of Madrid.But this was no ordinary teenager.Ten years ago today, Odegaard was in the Spanish capital to be presented as Real Madrid’s new £3.5million ($4.3m at the current exchange rate) signing, the club having beaten a host of European football’s other big beasts to buy one of world football’s brightest prospects from Stromsgodset in his homeland of Norway.Flanked by Madrid’s communications director, he sat in silence for more than a minute as a cacophony of camera shutters clicked in front…
Larry Summers, president emeritus and professor at Harvard University, at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMiracle drug innovations — such as those that sparked the meteoric rise of Wegovy and Zepbound — could come every couple of years thanks to new technologies, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers predicted Tuesday.Speaking on a World Economic Forum panel moderated by CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick, Summers said the world was currently in “a moment of stunning technological possibility” that was driving unprecedented innovation.”There hasn’t been a moment where the technological possibilities…
Goldman Sachs GS AI AssistantCourtesy: Goldman SachsGoldman Sachs is rolling out a generative AI assistant to its bankers, traders and asset managers, the first stage in the evolution of a program that will eventually take on the traits of a seasoned Goldman employee, according to Chief Information Officer Marco Argenti.The bank has released a program called GS AI assistant to about 10,000 employees so far, with the goal that all the company’s knowledge workers will have it this year, Argenti told CNBC in an exclusive interview. It will initially help with tasks including summarizing or proofreading emails or translating code…
Tesla remains Piper Sandler’s number one “buy-and-hold idea” despite a potentially choppy first half of the year. The investment firm upgraded shares of the electric vehicle maker and “Magnificent Seven” member to an overweight rating on Monday. Piper Sandler previously had not assigned the stock a rating. Shares of Tesla have soared 101% in the last 12 months. Analyst Alexander Potter’s new price target of $500, up from $315, implies that the stock could rise 17% from its current levels. TSLA 1Y mountain TSLA 1Y chart As a catalyst, Potter pointed to emerging artificial intelligence opportunities for Tesla. “We think…
