This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Hello, this is Leonie Kidd with today’s edition of Morning Squawk. The Anthropic effect is lifting the Nasdaq for a second day, after providing a boost to global technology stocks overnight. The Fed is also in focus, as predictions of a hawkish…
Image courtesy: Instagram/@dishadrawss At 26, Pune-based artist Disha Daga has taken her mandala designs from the margins of college notebooks to the walls of the Reserve Bank of India’s Pune office. She has worked with corporate clients, created murals outside India and taught thousands of people, despite never having formally studied art.Her journey began in…
The Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu also distanced itself from Mbappé, saying its contract with him had ended after he appeared in a 2024 ad for the platform that went viral. On Tuesday, a note on Mbappé’s Xiaohongshu account, which had more than a million followers, said it had been suspended “for violating community guidelines.”…
NPO chair Jet de Ranitz said the organisation had held discussions with broadcasters about participating next year. “In those discussions, we initially felt there was sufficient support to return. Unfortunately, we were unable to find a suitable format for this. “As a result, we must conclude that it is currently too early to participate in…
Boeing narrowed its loss in the third quarter after defense sales rose, but CEO Kelly Ortberg told staff that the manufacturer has “more work to do.” Here’s what Boeing reported for the third quarter compared with what Wall Street analysts are expected, according to consensus estimates from LSEG: Loss per share: 34 cents adjusted vs….
US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh speaks during a news conference at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, DC, on Sept. 16, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Reserve has considerable work to do. But it’s not going to do it in October. That’s the key…
CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a press briefing with AI executives following a meeting on artificial intelligence, outside the West Wing of the White House on September 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Anthropic’s much-anticipated initial public offering is giving potential investors some…
At one point, Gurjeet Singh Hundal depended on a rented battery rickshaw to support his family, earning a modest income after working as a foreman in a small kirpan manufacturing unit. Today, he and his wife, Komalpreet Kaur, run a dairy business in Amritsar that reports monthly sales of more than Rs 6 lakh. Their…
Damian Lillard spent the first 11 seasons of his career with the Portland Trail Blazers, becoming a franchise legend and one of the NBA’s top 75 players over that time. But despite his 3-point prowess and penchant for hitting incredible shots in the game’s biggest moments, he never found true team success, reaching the conference…
Israelis are voting in what many view as one of the most pivotal elections in the country’s history. Polling published on Friday suggests incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu is in a near neck-and-neck race with former military chief Gadi Eisenkot to become prime minister. But where do the two rivals stand when it comes to foreign policy…