CNBC: OpenAI expands Daybreak cybersecurity initiative as AI agent threats evolve

The company introduced Daybreak in May as a way for its ecosystem partners to use its most advanced AI models to adapt to a rapidly changing threat landscape.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/open-ai-daybreak-cybersecurity.html

CNBC: Nvidia teams up with Wall Street asset managers on $500 billion AI infrastructure push

The capital package highlights the growing role of private capital in financing the costs of the artificial intelligence boom.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/nvidia-wall-street-asset-managers-500-billion-ai-push.html

CNBC: Meta's latest model advances Zuckerberg's vision for personal AI assistants

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/2026/08/10/metas-latest-model-advances-zuckerbergs-vision-for-personal-ai-assistants.html

CNBC: Trump signs executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccines, falsely linking shots to autism

The order builds on the Trump administration's efforts to reshape the childhood shot schedule under HHS Secretary RFK Jr., a longtime a vaccine skeptic. 

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/trump-vaccine-executive-order-autism.html

CNBC: Trump says he spoke recently to Fed Chairman Warsh, denies regular calls

The president said he had recently been in touch with the Fed chairman, but denied regular contact amid concerns about central bank independence.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/trump-spoke-to-fed-chair-kevin-warsh-denies-regular-calls.html

CNBC: Trump Media posts $238 million second-quarter loss as crypto declines

TMTG said it has signed more than 10 customer agreements for Truth API, the service offering faster access to President Donald Trump's posts.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/trump-media-djt-tmtg-earnings-truth-social-crypto.html

CNBC: CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: 'Spider-Man' and 'The Odyssey' come courting the massive filmgoer market

More American movie stars have appeared in China this year, reflecting Hollywood's market interests amid political tensions.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/hollywood-returns-to-china-as-chinese-rivals-push-abroad.html

CNBC: A 'weaponized' yen: How the U.S.-Japan intervention may reshape global currency markets

The unprecedented U.S.-Japan intervention to support the yen may end up shaping market behavior.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/07/japan-us-yen-intervention-global-currency-markets.html

CNBC: Trump claims total control of Hormuz, demands Iran pay reparations as standoff deepens

The dueling positions Washington and Tehran staked out showed how far apart the two sides remain even as both talked of winding down regional hostilities.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/us-iran-war-trump-hormuz-control-reparation-talks-.html

CNBC: Singapore revises its annual growth forecast sharply higher on AI-related boost

GDP growth for 2026 is now expected to come in at 4.5% to 5.5%, more than double the low end of its previous forecast of 2%-4%

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/singapore-gdp-forecast-ai-boost-oil.html

CNBC: Hormuz Deadlock: Where oil prices could head next as prospects for an imminent deal fade

Oil traders keep clinging to hope that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen. That won't last forever.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/hormuz-oil-prices-us-iran.html

CNBC: U.S. judge ends graft case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani

A U.S. federal judge has approved the Department of Justice's decision to dismiss the criminal probe against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani on graft charges.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/us-judge-ends-graft-case-against-indian-billionaire-gautam-adani.html

CNBC: OpenAI wraps $7 billion share sale ahead of potential IPO

OpenAI's tender offer has been in the works since the company closed its record-breaking $122 billion funding round in March.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/openai-wraps-7-billion-share-sale-ahead-of-potential-ipo-.html

CNBC: Zelenskyy warns Putin is preparing for escalation by bringing in North Korean military equipment

His comments come shortly after deadly Russian attacks on cities across Ukraine overnight.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/ukraine-war-zelenskyy-russia-putin-north-korea.html

CNBC: Treasury yields up as oil prices jump and investors await inflation data

U.S. Treasury yields edged higher Tuesday as investors await July's inflation data print amid ongoing Iran tensions.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/treasury-yields-up-as-oil-prices-jump-investors-await-inflation-data-.html

CNBC: Eli Lilly takes weight-loss pill battle global with first Foundayo approval outside U.S.

Lilly's Foundayo wins U.K. approval, taking its weight-loss pill battle with Novo Nordisk's Wegovy beyond the U.S. market.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/foundayo-eli-lilly-wegovy-pill-uk.html

CNBC: U.S. oil tops $84 as Hormuz deal hopes dwindle and deadlock deepens

U.S. crude is back above $84 as last week's anticipation of a U.S.-Iran deal dissipates.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/oil-prices-today-us-crude-84.html

CNBC: FIFA World Cup 'will never be as profitable' if Infantino is ousted, Trump warns amid global soccer revolt

President Gianni Infantino pushed FIFA's commercialization drive, which culminated in the largest, most profitable World Cup on record

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/trump-world-cup-infantino-profit.html

CNBC: Hotel giant says ‘growing middle class’ boosted hotel demand despite Middle East hit

IHG reported higher first-half profit as U.S. demand accelerated and Middle East disruption weighed on travel.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/ihg-profit-us-travel-middle-east.html

CNBC: Wall Street just endorsed Jensen Huang's 'big concept' for AI. What now?

The first three-plus years of the AI buildout has been funded by record amounts of equity and debt issued by leading tech companies. Nvidia has a new idea.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/wall-street-endorsed-jensen-huangs-big-concept-for-ai-what-now.html

CNBC: We're starting a position in a memory maker that was just put in the Bullpen

This stock is one of the more volatile names in the market, prone to big swings.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/were-starting-a-position-in-a-memory-maker-that-was-just-put-in-the-bullpen.html