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This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.good morning. Congratulations to the Michigan Wolverines on winning the March Madness slot.Stock futures are down this morning as all three major stock averages ended Monday’s trading higher.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Strictly meet deadlinesU.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran conflict in the James S. Brady Press Conference Room at the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington, DC.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesWith less than 12 hours left until President Donald Trump’s…
The crew of Artemis II captured what NASA chief called an “absolutely amazing” photo of the moon eclipsing the sun, and the spacecraft broke Apollo 13’s 56-year record for longest human journey from Earth.”This is not AI,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Tuesday in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.””This is why we do what we do,” Isaacman said as Artemis II continued its return to Earth.The White House released photos taken by Artemis II on Monday, and NASA released other photos from the Orion capsule, which carried four astronauts on a six-hour lunar flight.A view of the moon covering…
The ongoing conflict in Iran has far-reaching implications for the global economy, from food to fertilizer. Many of these impacts are having ripple effects on nearly every aspect of daily life, including rising oil prices, export bottlenecks and delays due to the impending closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and widespread security concerns across the Middle East. CNN is tracking some of these influences and how they compound on each other. Learn how the Iran war affected countries around the world. The impending closure of the Strait has caused oil and gasoline prices to soar. This has led to a…
Liverpool travel to Paris on Wednesday and head coach Arne Slott will need to find answers to a number of questions if they are to survive a disappointing season.Lott’s team will face Paris Saint-Germain in a tough Champions League quarter-final. They were crowned European champions for the first time about 12 months after losing to the Parisians on penalties in the last 16 stage. A lot has changed for the Reds during that time. This time last year, Slott was on the verge of being crowned Premier League champions in his debut season in charge at Anfield. I missed the…
For decades, buying stock in hot startups meant being able to invest in funds run by top VCs. But as the AI boom sparks an investment frenzy, more family offices and private assets are bypassing VC intermediaries and entering directly into the cap table. Mitch Stein, founder of high-net-worth investment advisory firm Arena Private Wealth, told TechCrunch on a recent episode of Equity: “Companies are going private for a long time, and the number of IPOs is historically low.” “A lot of money is being made long before companies go public, and the private market is now dominated by many…
On April 5, US President Donald Trump issued an expletive-laden threat to Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, which is about to close and oil prices are soaring worldwide, or it would bomb its bridges and power plants.”In Iran, Tuesday is Power Plant Day and Bridge Day, all rolled into one. There’s no better day than this!!! Open the fucking straits, you crazy son of a bitch, or you’ll live in hell – look! Praise be to Allah, President Donald J. Trump,” Trump posted on his Truth Social account, followed by a post on X.His broadside remarks came days…
The United States attacked military targets on Kharg Island overnight, according to U.S. and White House officials. U.S. officials said the attack did not target oil facilities. The US had previously attacked Kharg Island in March. U.S. Central Command said at the time that 90 targets were hit, including “naval mine storage facilities, missile storage facilities, and multiple other military facilities.” Khalg Island, an exposed coral island off Iran’s coast, is an economic lifeline for Tehran, which processes about 90% of the country’s oil exports. Here’s what we know about this island. What is Kharg Island? Kharg Island stretches eight…
Millwall slip up at the worst possible moment. Boro fall short, Ipswich gain capital Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Highlights of Millwall vs Norwich City in the Sky Bet Championship After Friday’s joy came Monday’s harsh reality. For the first time in the promotion race, Millwall finished second, kicking off earlier than the other teams and having the chance to lay down their marker. They also took the lead against Norwich, but fought back to earn a total of four points against their rivals, something they had not been able to do in previous games against…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said investors shouldn’t get complacent that the market is at the bottom just yet because the real driver of this market is interest rates, not geopolitics.Cramer noted on Monday that the S&P 500 index may have bottomed last Monday, March 30, but stressed that the tipping point was “not about stocks per se” during the “mad money” period. Rather, he noted, it was driven by interest rates. Bond yields fell sharply after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested in a speech at Harvard University last week that the central bank would not raise interest rates despite rising…
Onasan Ra | Null Photo | Getty ImagesASML Stocks fell on Tuesday after U.S. lawmakers last week proposed further measures that could restrict additional chip manufacturing tools from China and impact the Dutch semiconductor giant’s already vulnerable sales to the country. Dutch ASML shares were down about 2.6% as of 6:11 a.m. ET. On Thursday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced the Multilateral Coordination for the Control of Hardware Technology (MATCH) Act, which aims to cut China off from chip-making tools and target the nation’s most important semiconductor companies. The office of Rep. Michael Baumgartner (R-Wash.), who sponsored the bill,…