This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Tuesday. If you have a sweet tooth, you may need to prepare for sticker shock as cocoa prices begin climbing again. Stock futures are higher this morning following a winning session on Wall Street. Here are five key things investors need…
Have you ever spent time with someone and felt completely drained afterwards, even though nothing unpleasant happened? Or entered a peaceful temple, room or natural setting and instantly felt calmer? Some people are particularly sensitive to the emotional atmosphere around them. They may absorb the mood of a room quickly and need time alone afterwards…
Four deaths in Utah have been linked to potent semi-synthetic kratom compounds, state officials said Monday. The kratom-derived compounds, mitragynine pseudoindoxyl (MGPI) and dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine (MGM-15), are illegal in the state and were recently classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as Schedule 1 drugs. Both are semi-synthetic derivatives of kratom. Utah health, poison center and agriculture…
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across France, as a wave of protests by high-school pupils spread to their parents, university students and unions. Crowds of teenagers marched from the Place de la République in Paris, calling for more resources for schools, and what they called less repression from police. Police…
Frazao Studio Latino | E+ | Getty Images Dividend stocks like utilities are being pummeled amid bond market chaos and the rise of the 10-year U.S. treasury, raising questions for seniors about how to continue meeting their income needs. While dividend stocks are only part of a diversified portfolio for older investors, many boomers often…
A month after Meta’s launch of Muse, the personal agent that quickly turned into a viral sensation, a group of companies is coming together to try to simplify the process of bringing the technology into the business world. Meta, Walmart, Stripe and a handful of other companies are publishing what they’re calling a “personal agent…
Think parks are clean? These are the germiest things you touch without realising A park can look perfectly clean and still have plenty of places where germs quietly collect. You might be thinking about muddy shoes, dusty benches or the occasional stray dog, but some of the most frequently touched surfaces are probably not the…
Soap opera star Robert Kelker-Kelly has died, according to a Missouri medical examiner’s office. He was 62. A spokesperson for the Missouri Office of the Regional Medical Examiner, which serves Franklin, Jefferson, and St. Charles counties, confirmed in a statement to NBC News that Kelker-Kelly died on Saturday. The medical examiner’s office did not list…
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has urged people not to “listen to various rumours” after a Russian lab technician died at a plague research centre in Siberia. Peskov called for people to follow only information from Russia’s public health watchdog, which named the official cause of death of the lab technician as pneumonia of unknown origin….
Meta Platforms may be leaving billions of dollars in potential cloud revenue on the table. The reason? It may have found a much better use for its computing power. In a Tuesday note to clients, Wells Fargo argued that enthusiasm around the company’s Muse artificial intelligence agent is justified. At the same time, the analysts…