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Micron stock pops after announcing billions more in U.S. investment

TazaPulseJuly 9, 2026

Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Micron shares rose 7% on Thursday as the company announced a new round of investments aimed at boosting the U.S. semiconductor supply chain, and plans to accelerate its spending in the country through 2035. The new strategic investment of up to $3 billion includes $500 million for Taiwanese-headquartered...

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OpenAI’s newest AI model is 54% more token efficient on agentic coding, Altman tells CNBC

TazaPulseJuly 9, 2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC on Thursday that GPT-5.6 Sol, the company’s latest artificial intelligence model, is 54% more token efficient on agentic coding tasks, and that it’s “as good or better” than competing models on the market. “Every enterprise now is thinking about spend and the value they’re getting in exchange for AI,...

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Meet SK Hynix, the trillion-dollar chipmaker debuting on U.S. markets

TazaPulseJuly 9, 2026

A SK Hynix flag (R) and a South Korean national flag (L) flutter outside the company’s Bundang office in Seongnam on Jan. 26, 2024. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images U.S. investors are getting a new way to buy into the memory boom. SK Hynix, the second most valuable company in South Korea, behind...

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5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday

TazaPulseJuly 9, 2026

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Thursday. We’re releasing our exclusive America’s Top States for Business study this morning. Fun fact: It’s the 20th year of the study. S&P 500 futures are higher this morning after another losing day for the index. Here are five key things...

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What AI companies want for the millions they’re spending on elections

TazaPulseJuly 9, 2026

AI executives and companies are betting that spending millions in the 2026 midterm elections will allow them to influence AI bills being developed in Congress. As of the end of June, the two biggest artificial intelligence political action committees have dropped at least $44 million into 40 House and Senate candidates, per a CNBC analysis...

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AirPods maker Luxshare slides over 5% in Hong Kong debut

TazaPulseJuly 9, 2026

People visit the booth of Luxshare Precision Industry Co., Ltd during Electronica China 2021 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre on April 14, 2021 in Shanghai, China. Visual China Group | Getty Images Shares of Luxshare Precision Industry fell more than 5% in their Hong Kong trading debut Thursday, as investors cheered the market entry...

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World Cup drives Google Search to record queries per second

TazaPulseJuly 9, 2026

Argentina’s forward #10 Lionel Messi kicks the ball during the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on December 18, 2022. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images Alphabet-owned Google broke a search record thanks to the World Cup international soccer tournament. During...

Jim Cramer sees a big risk to the bull market resurfacing — and it’s not the Iran war

TazaPulseJuly 9, 2026

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that while Wall Street was focused on re-escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran, he is more concerned about a flood of new stock and bond issuance that could threaten the bull market. “At least when it comes to the stock market, I’m a lot more worried about supply —...

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SpaceX closes at $148 in two-day slide after Nasdaq 100 inclusion

TazaPulseJuly 9, 2026

SpaceX stock closed at $148 on Wednesday, below the company’s first trading price of $150 per share for a second day in a row. Elon Musk‘s aerospace and defense contractor was included in the Nasdaq 100 index on Tuesday, less than a month after its stock market debut on June 12. The rapid inclusion in...

The U.S. strikes Iran, Samsung’s Wall Street letdown, using AI for financial planning and more in Morning Squawk

TazaPulseJuly 8, 2026

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. This year’s FIFA World Cup isn’t over yet. But as CNBC’s Alex Sherman reports, media companies are already thinking about how to get rights to the next ones. Stock futures fell sharply this morning after President Donald Trump said the...