CNBC: Cisco shares slide 9% despite earnings beat and stronger-than-expected guidance

Cisco is showing booming demand for AI infrastructure, but its results weren't good enough to satisfy investors.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/cisco-shares-slide-9percent-despite-earnings-beat-and-strong-guidance.html

CNBC: Workday skyrockets 20% before trading halted on report of Silver Lake takeover

Workday shares have plummeted this year on AI disruption fears.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/workday-skyrockets-25percent-before-trading-halted-on-report-of-silver-lake-takeover.html

CNBC: Cramer: How words of wisdom from Gene Hackman help me make peace with investing mistakes

This is an excerpt from the CNBC Investing Club's August Monthly Meeting, which was held Thursday.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/cramer-how-words-of-wisdom-from-gene-hackman-help-me-make-peace-with-investing-mistakes.html

CNBC: UConn women's coach Geno Auriemma says WNBA should shift focus away from transgender debate

Geno Auriemma said the WNBA should steer attention away from the transgender athlete debate and focus more on basketball.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/uconn-coach-geno-auriemma-wnba-trans-debate.html

CNBC: Apple's Tim Cook joined by Howard Lutnick in opening Houston manufacturing plant

As Tim Cook gets set to step down as Apple CEO, he's offering a glimpse into what he may be doing as chairman.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/apples-tim-cook-and-howard-lutnick-open-houston-manufacturing-plant.html

CNBC: Trade court upholds Trump's closure of 'de minimis' loophole

President Donald Trump in a Truth Social post celebrated the continued closure of the deminimis exemption as a "BIG WIN."

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/trump-trade-court-de-minimis-tariffs-ieepa.html

CNBC: These charts show why stocks keep rallying. Profit margins are the highest on record

Recent FactSet data show that the rise in earnings is not coming from sales growth alone.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/these-charts-show-why-stocks-keep-rallying-profit-margins-are-highest-on-record.html

CNBC: Kennedy Center board votes to put Trump name on facade despite court order

President Donald Trump's name was removed from the Washington, D.C., performing arts center in June as the result of a lawsuit by an Ohio congresswoman.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/kennedy-center-trump-name-beatty.html

CNBC: Mamdani's NYC pied-à-terre tax can continue rollout during court appeal

The tax championed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani has drawn the ire of President Donald Trump, who said it must be stopped and vowed to explore federal options.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/mamdani-nyc-pied-a-terre-tax-lawsuit.html

CNBC: Reddit stock jumps on inclusion in S&P 500

Reddit shares jumped on the company's inclusion in the S&P 500.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/reddit-shares-jump-11percent-on-inclusion-in-sp-500.html

CNBC: South Korea’s Kospi has staged a stunning comeback. How long will the bull market last?

South Korea's Kospi has staged a reversal from its latest rout, returning to bull-market territory as investors piled back into the semiconductor giants that dominate the index.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/south-korea-kospi-bull-market-sk-hynix-samsung-surge.html

CNBC: From Apple to Ford: How Chinese tech is becoming harder for global companies to ignore

Global companies are increasingly tapping Chinese technology for its growing capabilities and scale, even as geopolitical risks remain.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/14/china-tech-global-appeal-apple-ford-catl-deepseek.html

CNBC: Uber partners with China's Pony.ai for 2,000 robotaxis in Europe

The rollout comes as robotaxi fleet sizes become increasingly critical for commercialization.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/14/uber-partners-with-chinas-ponyai-for-2000-robotaxis-in-europe.html

CNBC: U.S. to use economic tactics on Iran 'that have never been seen'; Navy works to relieve troubled carrier USS Abraham Lincoln

"It will be a combination of economic isolation like ‌the world has ​never seen before, ​and ​the continued blockade in ‌the Strait of ​Hormuz," Bessent said.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/14/us-iran-war-trump-hormuz-carrier-abraham-lincoln-george-washington.html

CNBC: China built robots that can do backflips – but can they make money?

Unitree’s IPO will gauge investors’ appetite for a technology that has yet to prove its commercial viability amid intensifying geopolitical tensions.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/14/china-humanoid-robots-unitree-ipo-tesla-optimus.html

CNBC: How a niche copper trade became a real-time gauge of Trump’s next tariff move

The widening price of copper between two metals exchanges is offering investors a gauge of U.S. tariff risk.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/14/copper-trump-tariffs-metal-commodities-trade-war.html

CNBC: Trump ally Nigel Farage wins special election to return to UK parliament

Farage stepped down last month to trigger the special vote amid controversy over his finances.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/14/nigel-farage-reform-uk-parliament-re-election.html

CNBC: Tata chairman’s shock exit move puts JLR owner's bets on chips, iPhones and Air India at risk

Tata Sons Chairman's sudden exit plan has sparked concerns over the Indian multinational's commitment to invest big bucks in projects of national importance.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/14/tata-chairman-resignation-chandrasekaran-chips-iphone-air-india.html

CNBC: ‘Absolutely unacceptable’: Japan PM Takaichi condemns Putin’s visit to disputed Kuril Islands

Japan protested Vladimir Putin’s first visit to the disputed Kuril Islands, escalating tensions over territory claimed by both Tokyo and Moscow.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/14/putin-kuril-islands-japan.html

CNBC: AI’s infrastructure boom is getting more leveraged — and harder to track

AI’s infrastructure boom is increasingly being funded through bonds, leases and private capital, while leveraged investors add another layer of market risk.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/14/ai-infrastructure-debt-leverage-risks.html

CNBC: Nintendo shares pop 7% after 'Pokémon Pokopia' sales top 5 million

Nintendo has been grappling with rising memory prices which forced the company to raise prices of its Switch 2 console which went on sale just over a year ago.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/14/nintendo-shares-pokemon-pokopia-switch-2.html