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This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Wednesday. In addition to Disney’s Josh D’Amaro, another top dog was announced yesterday. Penny the Doberman Pinscher won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.Stock futures are rising this morning. The market is emerging from a negative session.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. The glass slipper fitsWalt Disney Parks & Resorts Chairman Josh D’Amaro speaks during Day 2 of D23 Brazil: The Disney Experience at the Transamerica Expo Center on November 9, 2024 in…
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – In the eastern city of the mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), home to some of the world’s largest cobalt and copper reserves, all eyes are on the outcome of a conference thousands of kilometers away.On Wednesday, in Washington, D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host the first Critical Minerals Ministers Meeting, where delegations from 50 countries, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, will discuss efforts to strengthen and diversify mineral supply chains as the United States seeks to counter China’s global dominance in the sector.Recommended stories list of 3…
london — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Britain’s Prince Andrew, has left his longtime home in Windsor and is now a resident of Norfolk, England, CNN has learned. Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was evicted from the vast 30-room Royal Lodge in the heart of the royal family’s Windsor estate outside London in October after his brother Charles III ousted him from the monarchy over the swirling Jeffrey Epstein scandal. The move, which was expected to take place after the holiday season, comes amid fresh pressure on Mountbatten-Windsor after he reappeared in newly released US Department of Justice documents related to the investigation…
The undisputed title fight between Caroline Dubois and Terry Harper and Ellie Scotney will be broadcast live on Sky Sports on Sunday 5th April, making it the highest-grossing all-female TV show.The card at London’s Olympia will be Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotion’s first UK event. Rising star Dubois will face British rival Harper in a 10-round world title unification bout for the WBO and WBC lightweight titles. In a historic double main event, unified super bantamweight world champion Ellie Scotney (11-0) of Catford will take on WBA world titlist Mayeli Flores (13-1-1 (4)) of Mexico in a 10-round undisputed championship…
chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Shares fell 9% in premarket trading Wednesday after first-quarter estimates fell short of some analysts’ expectations. AMD reported fourth-quarter revenue of $10.27 billion, which beat the LSEG consensus estimate of $9.67 billion on Tuesday. The company said it expects first-quarter sales to be $9.8 billion, plus or minus $300 million, compared to the expected $9.38 billion. But some analysts had expected chipmakers to provide stronger guidance for the first quarter as the boom in spending on processors needed to power AI continues. Along with AMD, Nvidia is one of the leading manufacturers of AI…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sit in a car during a welcome ceremony at Palam Air Base in New Delhi, India, December 4, 2025. Grigory Sysoev | via ReutersA day after President Donald Trump said India had agreed to halt purchases of Russian crude oil as part of a new U.S.-India trade deal, the Kremlin said it had not heard anything from New Delhi to suggest such oil had stopped flowing.”We have not yet heard any announcement from Delhi on this matter,” Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in comments reported by news agency RIA…
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti speaks on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 20, 2026.Oscar Molina CNBC UBS Fourth-quarter profit rose 56% from a year earlier to $1.2 billion, exceeding expectations. The Swiss bank also announced Wednesday a $3 billion share buyback plan in 2026, but said it aims to exceed that target. Danish pharmaceutical giant novo nordiskBut on Tuesday, the company disappointed investors by forecasting lower sales and profit growth this year. Following the surprise announcement (Novo was scheduled to report earnings on Wednesday), shares of Novo’s American Depositary Receipts fell more than…
A cargo ship passes through the Panama Canal Cocoli Locks on February 21, 2025 in Panama City.Martin Burnetti | Martin Burnetti AFP | Getty ImagesThe Chinese government condemned the Panama Supreme Court’s ruling and warned that unless the Central American country changed course, “it is inevitable that it will pay a heavy price.”The rebuke came shortly after Panama’s Supreme Court ruled that Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison’s license to operate ports at both ends of the canal was invalidated.The ruling is seen as a major victory for the Trump administration’s security ambitions in the Western Hemisphere. The White House has made…
US-made M-16s, M-4s, M249 machine guns are falling into the hands of militants. Upgrade to watch the full report. South Waziristan, Pakistan — In the sienna-colored curves of Pakistan’s Hindu Kush mountains, one of the most rugged and lawless regions in the world, a cavernous, grooved crater gouged out from a hillside shines in the winter sun, just ten miles from the border with Afghanistan. Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of copper, 22,000 tons, was last year dug out of this crater –– the Muhammad Khel Copper Mine –– and hauled off to China; a nation with a seemingly…
Aston Martin boss Adrian Newey has revealed the team has been “at a disadvantage” for four months.The biggest regulation change in F1 history could lead to a major shake-up in the pecking order, with Aston Martin potentially making a big leap forward under the influence of design genius Newey, who has helped create 15 championship-winning cars. F1 teams have been allowed to work on 2026 cars from January 2025, with longer work allowed on the power unit side, but Aston Martin is already trying to catch up and was late to last week’s Barcelona shakedown. Newey said on Aston Martin’s…