CNBC: As Iran war causes gas and airfares to spike, lawmakers warn of price gouging — but experts point to supply shocks

With airfares and gas prices spiking, some lawmakers are warning of the potential for price gouging, even as experts point to extreme supply shocks.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/iran-war-gas-prices-airline-tickets.html

CNBC: Circle heads for its worst day on record as stablecoin rival Tether announces audit milestone

Stablecoin issuer Circle is tumbling after competitor Tether announced it has hired a Big Four accounting firm to audit its USDT reserves for the first time.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/circle-stock-craters-as-stablecoin-rival-tether-announces-audit-milestone.html

CNBC: Pakistan offers to facilitate U.S.-Iran war talks as Trump, Tehran give mixed signals

Trump said top U.S. negotiators and their Iranian counterparts have been engaged in "very, very strong talks," but Tehran has denied that claim.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/trump-iran-war-pakistan-talks.html

CNBC: Jamie Dimon says Iran war makes Middle East peace prospects better in the long term

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon issued an optimistic viewpoint on Middle East peace, weeks into the war with Iran.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/jamie-dimon-iran-war-middle-east-peace-prospects-long-term.html

CNBC: We're buying more of this cybersecurity stock as the market keeps getting it wrong

We've repeatedly pointed out that we do not think AI will disintermediate traditional cybersecurity vendors.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/were-buying-more-of-this-cybersecurity-stock-as-the-market-keeps-getting-it-wrong.html

CNBC: Micron stock sinks for a fourth straight day despite dominant earnings report

Micron's revenue almost tripled in the last quarter, but the memory company's stock has sunk about 15% since reporting earnings on Wednesday.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/micron-mu-stock-q2-earnings-memory-shortage.html

CNBC: OpenAI revamps shopping experience in ChatGPT after struggling with Instant Checkout offering

OpenAI said the new experience will make it easier for users to find and compare products.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/openai-revamps-shopping-experience-in-chatgpt-after-instant-checkout.html

CNBC: Delta suspends 'specialty services' perk for members of Congress, cites DHS shutdown

Delta Air Lines' move comes as airports around the U.S. are seeing extra-long security lines as a result of elevated absences by TSA agents.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/delta-airlines-congress-dhs-shutdown-tsa.html

CNBC: Senate, White House start to coalesce around ending DHS shutdown amid TSA delays

The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down since February over Democratic concerns about its immigration enforcement policies.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/dhs-homeland-shutdown-tsa-delays-senate-white-house-funding-deal.html

CNBC: Arm releases first in-house chip, with Meta as debut customer

Arm is making its first CPU, pivoting from only licensing its architecture to giants like Apple, Nvidia, Amazon and Google. CNBC got an exclusive first look.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/arm-launches-its-own-cpu-with-meta-as-first-customer.html

CNBC: Home Depot makes another pro deal — plus, what's behind Corning's big rally

Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/home-depot-makes-another-pro-deal-plus-whats-behind-cornings-big-rally.html

CNBC: Strait of Hormuz tanker traffic won't return to normal for months, Kalshi bettors predict

Prediction market bettors aren't confident that the vital Middle Eastern oil passageway will reopen anytime soon.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/kalshi-polymarket-strait-of-hormuz-traffic-trump-iran.html

CNBC: Kuwait says Strait of Hormuz closure is beyond catastrophic, will trigger domino effect across global economy

Iran is holding the world economy hostage by blockading the Strait of Hormuz, said Shaikh Nawaf Al-Sabah, the CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/iran-war-oil-strait-hormuz-kuwait-gulf.html

CNBC: Baltimore is first U.S. city to sue over Grok deepfake porn as legal pressure mounts on Musk's xAI

Following international regulatory probes, lawsuits are piling up in the U.S. against Elon Musk's xAI and its Grok chatbot.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/musk-xai-sued-baltimore-grok-deepfake-porn.html

CNBC: More than 7 million student loan borrowers are in a defunct payment plan — what that means for their money

Here's what student loan borrowers should know about the consequences of remaining in the SAVE forbearance — and what their other options are.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/student-loan-save-forbearance.html

CNBC: Google partners with Agile Robots, growing its AI robotics footprint

Google's DeepMind division has been partnering with more robotics companies in recent months.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/google-agile-robots-ai-robotics.html

CNBC: Trump says U.S. and Iran are 'in negotiations right now,' Tehran is 'talking sense'

"Operation Epic Fury continues unabated" to achieve President Donald Trump's military objectives, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/trump-iran-war-negotiations.html

CNBC: World has 'never experienced' soaring refining margins like this, TotalEnergies CEO tells CNBC

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné on the Iran war, the $1 billion deal with the White House, investment in the U.S., and more.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/totalenergies-ceo-world-has-never-experienced-refining-margins-like-this-.html

CNBC: Investors hold $4.8 trillion in these retirement funds—how to choose one for yourself

Target-date funds are a popular option for retirement investors, but pros say you need to look under the hood before investing.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/how-to-choose-target-date-fund.html

CNBC: OpenAI shutters short-form video app Sora as company reels in costs

OpenAI said it's closing Sora, the short-form video app that went viral after its launch six months ago

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/openai-shutters-short-form-video-app-sora-as-company-reels-in-costs.html

CNBC: Jury finds Meta violated New Mexico law in child sex exploitation case

Jury reaches a verdict in New Mexico trial in which the state's attorney general alleged that Meta failed to safeguard its family of apps from child predators.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/jury-reaches-verdict-in-meta-child-safety-trial-in-new-mexico.html