Walmart CEO John Furner, left, and Target CEO Michael Fiddelke. Walmart (L) | Getty Images (R) When Walmart and Target report holiday earnings this quarter, investors may quickly brush off those results. Instead, they will likely focus more on the two big-box retailers' futures under new CEOs and the outlook for U.S. consumers in 2026. Both companies had leadership changes this month: Walmart CEO John Furner and Target CEO Michael Fiddelke, both longtime company insiders, took on their roles on Feb.

Unicorns are so 2021. The hottest status symbol for start-ups right now are “soonicorns,” a term coined by Stanford professor Ilya Strebulaev, as reported by the New York Times. A soonicorn is a venture-backed company valued between $500 million and $999 million. It’s set to cross the billion-dollar unicorn threshold, but not quite there yet. Think of it as a minor league star before they hit the bigs.

It's been a rough start to the year for Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH). The world's second-largest cryptocurrency is already down 33%, and currently trades for a price of about $2,000. That's about 60% lower than it was just six months ago. Against that backdrop, it might seem unlikely that Ethereum can turn things around in 2026. But that's exactly what I'm predicting.

Walser Wealth Management President Rebecca Walser reacts to more than three dozen states suing Meta alleging that Facebook and Instagram features are harmful to children on 'Making Money.' Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court in a landmark trial over claims that social media platforms harm children — his first time answering youth safety allegations before a jury.

Operator Welcome to the Scandic Hotels Group Q4 2025 Report Presentation. Now, I will hand the conference over to the speakers, CEO, Jens Mathiesen; and CFO, Par Christiansen. Please go ahead. Jens MathiesenPresident & CEO Thank you, and good morning, everyone. And thank you for joining us here for our Q4 presentation. I'm Jens Mathiesen. I'm the CEO of Scandic.

Bayer stock slumped on Wednesday as the German giant set a preliminary accord to cap litigation over its weedkiller Roundup.

BAE Systems attracted record orders in 2025, and now the UK defense staple is setting its sights on years of growth amid a global ramp-up in spending. Its shares rose 3.6% on Wednesday after its full-year earnings report showed sales soared 10% last year to reach a record £30.7 billion ($41.7 billion). That helped push operating profits to £2.93 billion, a 9% year-on-year increase, as revenues grew 8% to £28.3 billion.

Palo Alto Networks beat Wall Street's fiscal second-quarter estimates after the bell on Tuesday but shares fell 6% on disappointing guidance. Here's how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: $1.03 per share excluding items vs. 94 cents expected Revenue: $2.59 billion vs. $2.58 billion expected The cybersecurity company forecasted lackluster earnings for the fiscal third quarter in the range of 78 cents and 80 cents, falling short of an estimate of 92 cents from LSEG.

ChatGPT-4o is officially no more. OpenAI killed it on Friday the 13th. For some users, the move felt like a death in the family. Over 21,000 people signed a Change.org petition to save it. A #Keep4o movement emerged on social media. One woman told the BBC she was left in tears over the “death” of her AI husband Barry. OpenAI’s reasoning was straightforward.

Yves here. This post provides an update on how tech giants are fighting back against voter resistance to AI costs being dumped on communities, such as sharply rising electricity costs and environmental damage. By Joseph Romm, a leading expert on climate solutions and clean energy and the former acting assistant secretary of energy efficiency and renewable energy at the U.S. Department of Energy.

FOX Business' Grady Trimble has the details from inside an autonomous robotaxi on 'Varney & Co.' Tesla will avoid a 30-day suspension of its dealer and manufacturer licenses in California after complying with a state order to stop using the term "autopilot" when marketing its vehicles, state regulators said Tuesday. The decision comes after the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) found in December 2025 that Tesla violated state law by misleadingly marketing its electric vehicles with the terms "autopilot" and "full self-driving."

"Late Show" host Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night called CBS's denial of his claim that it blocked the broadcast of his interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico "crap" — and urged the network and its parent, Paramount Skydance, to stand up to the "bullies" in the Trump administration. Colbert's broadside came hours after CBS issued a statement on the controversy.

The cost of a vet visit ranges from about $50 to $250, according to several pet insurers, but the exact price depends on a variety of factors. Here’s what affects the price of vet visits, how much pet insurance may cover, and how to potentially lower your out-of-pocket costs. Learn more: How does pet insurance work? A complete guide.

Arthur Mensch, founder of Mistral AI, during the 'Nvidia GTC' meeting at the 2025 VivaTech conference in Paris, France, on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images NEW DELHI — More than 50% of enterprises' current software could be replaced by AI, the CEO of Mistral AI told CNBC on Wednesday, potentially adding to investor concerns over software stocks.

“Am I crazy, or are these ‘real’ concerns from his parents?”

Yves here. This article discusses a study performed in Brazil, which in essence found that city slums offer some hope of upward mobility since the public schools there, although less good that in higher income neighborhoods, were still better than those in the countryside. Of course, that pre-supposes free public education. We don’t have that where I am now. Parents have to pay for uniforms, shoes, and books.

Indian data center firm Yotta to build $2 billion AI hub with Nvidia’s Blackwell chips

Nvidia H100 chips inside a server room at the Yotta Data Services Pvt. data center, in Navi Mumbai, India, March 14, 2024. Dhiraj Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images American AI chip darling Nvidia is expanding its partnerships in India, including with venture capital firms, as it bets on the country's AI ecosystem that has drawn massive Big Tech investments. 

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This report is from this week's CNBC's The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what's driving the world's second-largest economy. You can subscribe here. The big story There's nothing quite like the holiday rush in China for the Lunar New Year. The Beijing city streets start emptying out several days in advance as the majority of residents return to their hometowns or travel elsewhere.

Check out what's clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Federal regulators warned Friday that a multistate outbreak of a highly drug-resistant salmonella infection has been linked to moringa powder, a nutrient-dense plant supplement that has recently surged in popularity as a trendy "superfood." The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducting a traceback investigation said the outbreak has been linked to certain Rosabella-brand capsules distributed nationwide by Ambrosia Brands LLC.

The Port of Los Angeles is seen from the Goodyear Blimp on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. Juliana Yamada | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images New data from the Port of Los Angeles shows that commitments made by China to buy more U.S. agricultural products as part of a trade bargain between Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump have yet to materialize, and that has contributed to a decline in cargo volume to near a three-year low for the nation's busiest port.

All six Latin American leaders share an ideological affinity with Trump, and are the closest thing his government has to strategic partners/vassals in the region. The Trump administration is trying to cobble together a regional alliance of US client states, with the goal of curbing China’s influence on the American continent. To that end, Trump has announced plans to host a presidential summit at the Doral Hotel in Miami on March 7, to which he has invited Argentina’s Javier Milei, Paraguay’s Santiago Peña, Bolivia’s Rodrigo Paz, El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele, Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa, and Honduras’ Tito Asfura.

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Containers at a shipping terminal in Yokohama, Japan on Oct. 18, 2021. Japan's trade deficit surged in September as imports overwhelmed export growth. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japanese exports climbed 16.8% year on year in January, sharply beating market expectations and growing at their fastest rate since November 2022 as shipment to Asia and Western Europe surged, government data on Wednesday showed.