Brex co-founders Pedro Franceschi and Henrique Dubugras. Brex Capital One said Thursday that it was acquiring startup Brex for $5.15 billion. The credit card lender said it would pay for the company, known as a startup that lends to other startups, for 50% cash and 50% stock. Shares of the bank fell about 4% after…
Retail traders leaned on their 2025 playbook and bought the dip this week as market volatility surged. Stocks posted their worst day since October on Tuesday after President Trump threatened to take over Greenland and announced tariffs on eight European nations that opposed him. But the market rebounded on Wednesday after Trump announced a “framework”…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Procter & Gamble — The consumer packaged goods company shed nearly 1.5% after its fiscal second-quarter revenue missed expectations. Procter & Gamble reported revenue of $22.21 billion, less than the $22.28 billion expected from analysts polled by LSEG. However, its earnings of $1.88 per…
Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s senior managing director, speaking at the Delivering Alpha conference in New York City on Sept. 28, 2023. Adam Jeffery | CNBC BlackRock fixed income chief Rick Rieder’s star is rising as a potential Federal Reserve chair following flattering remarks Wednesday from President Donald Trump. In a CNBC interview, Trump called Rieder “very…
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is nearing the end of a search to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and hinted he has his candidate in mind. In a CNBC interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the president said a search that began in September and once included as many as…
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during the 2025 IIF annual membership meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday that he disagreed with President Donald Trump’s approach to immigration, offering a rare public rebuke…
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, speaks at the American Business Forum at the Kaseya Center in Miami on Nov. 6, 2025. Chandan Khanna | AFP | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Wednesday advocated for a test of President Donald Trump‘s proposed 10% cap on credit card interest rates in two U.S….
U.S. President Donald Trump attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged U.S. lawmakers to pass legislation to limit credit card rates to 10%, following a social media post this month ordering banks to set that cap. “I’m…
Warren Buffett, Greg Abel and Ajit Jain during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025. CNBC Berkshire Hathaway, with new CEO Greg Abel in charge, has taken a formal step toward unwinding a rare misstep by Warren Buffett. The conglomerate, which owns GEICO insurance and BNSF Railway, registered its…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Netflix — Shares of the streaming giant fell 6.8% after Netflix reported a narrow earnings beat for the quarter that ended Dec. 31, posting earnings per share of 56 cents while analysts polled by LSEG estimated 55 cents per share. The company’s revenue of $12.05 billion…