Alaska Airlines plans new nonstop flights to Japan, Korea

Alaska Airlines plans new nonstop flights to Japan, Korea

Alaska Airlines planes. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Alaska Air Group expects to grow profits by $1 billion through 2027, and plans to ride the wave of high-end travel demand to get there. Alaska closed its $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines in September, less than a year after inking the deal that gives … Read more

Stocks are entering the hottest period of the year

Stocks are entering the hottest period of the year

A pedestrian passes in front of a statue of a bull in the Wall Street area in New York City. Doug Kanter | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter … Read more

Stocks are approaching the hottest period of the year

Stocks are entering the hottest period of the year

The Wall Street bronze Bull looks out to an empty Broadway in Lower Manhattan, New York, on Aug. 28, 2011, as Hurricane Irene hits the city and tri-state area with rain and high winds. Stan Honda | Afp | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily … Read more

Wall Street extends winning run

Wall Street extends winning run

Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on August 16, 2024.  Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you … Read more

Goldman Sachs jumps into bitcoin ETFs while Morgan Stanley retreats

Goldman Sachs jumps into bitcoin ETFs while Morgan Stanley retreats

When the SEC opened the door in January for bitcoin exchange-traded funds to hit the mainstream, many traditional financial institutions across Wall Street and beyond finally had the opportunity to buy into crypto. Since then, money has poured in, but in fits and starts. On Wednesday, banks and hedge funds with more than $100 million … Read more

Apple is Buffett’s biggest stock, but his moat thesis faces questions

Apple is Buffett’s biggest stock, but his moat thesis faces questions

Tim Cook and Warren Buffett Getty Images (L) | CNBC (R) Berkshire Hathaway‘s Warren Buffett was still using a flip phone as late as 2020, four years after his investment behemoth started amassing a huge stake in the company that makes iPhones. “I don’t understand the phone at all, but I do understand consumer behavior,” … Read more

Don’t read too much into market losses so far

Don’t read too much into market losses so far

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during morning trading on January 3, 2024, in New York City.  Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need … Read more

Will the S&P end 2023 on a record high?

Will the S&P end 2023 on a record high?

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 1, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they … Read more

Pig butchering scam results in four indictments, two arrests: DOJ

Pig butchering scam results in four indictments, two arrests: DOJ

Las Vegas Review-journal | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Federal prosecutors have disrupted a so-called pig-butchering scheme that cost victims more than $80 million, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. Four men have been indicted and two arrests have been made in one of the most sweeping enforcement actions yet on a type … Read more