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The uncrewed SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station with its nose cone open revealing its docking mechanism while approaching the station. NASA NASA has opened up the International Space Station (ISS) to tourists and already companies are buying rides to fly so-called “private astronauts” up to the laboratory in the sky for

Mary Meeker presents her annual Internet Trends Report at Code 2018. Asa Mathat | Vox Media The most highly anticipated report of the year for tech investors has arrived. Mary Meeker, a widely followed technology backer and general partner at the venture firm Bond Capital, published her 333-slide “Future of the Internet” report Tuesday ahead

In this May 2, 2019, file photo Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown, center, watches as his company’s stock begins to trade following its IPO at Nasdaq in New York. Mark Lennihan | AP Short-sellers lost $398 million betting against Beyond Meat through Friday, according to research S3 Partners. And those losses got bigger on Monday as the

Ethan Brown, founder and chief executive officer of Beyond Meat Inc., center, rings the opening bell during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, U.S., on Thursday, May 2, 2019. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Beyond Meat‘s stock continues to skyrocket and even the most optimistic Wall

Stanley Druckenmiller Katie Kramer | CNBC Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller went after President Donald Trump and lawmakers on Friday for attacking big technology companies. “We are attacking our companies that are the leaders in this stuff. But man, it’s great. We’re supporting our steel industry, our coal industry, [and] our aluminum industry. Way to think about the

Chipotle Mexican Grill food catering. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Friday: Baird named Chipotle a ‘positive fresh pick’ Baird said it likes the stock for “near and long-term horizons.” “Based on the pullback in the stock relative to the April-May highs, combined with our incrementally positive view

Tech titans or falling knives? FANG — Wall Street’s widely used acronym for Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google parent Alphabet — has lost nearly half a trillion dollars in market value since each stock’s 52-week high. Alphabet has been the biggest loser, shedding $173 billion since April. As regulators set their sights on big tech,

May’s overall job growth disappointed, but there were pockets of strength with strong hiring in the health care, computer and digital design and food service industries. The Labor Department’s Friday report on the employment situation also showed a decline in retail positions while manufacturing continued to added to a string of lackluster prints. CNBC studied

Since last decade, NASA has turned repeatedly to Colorado companies to produce the technology it needs to not only send astronauts on new lunar missions but also to Mars and into the depths of space. Above, the International Space Station. NASA | Getty Images National Aeronautics and Space Administration is opening the International Space Station

President Donald Trump tours the area around the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Calexico, California, U.S., April 5, 2019. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters First, China. Now, Mexico. And Wall Street analysts scrambling to quantify the impact of tariffs on the companies they cover are beginning to feel like its Groundhog day. President Donald Trump opened a

The SEC this week voted to approve a financial investment reform package. Known as “Regulation Best Interest” or “Reg BI,” the package is intended to strengthen protections for investors by requiring financial advisors and in particular broker-dealers to disclose conflicts of interest. Does it provide more protection for investors than previous rules? It depends on

Scrutiny from federal regulators will likely have a chilling effect on mega deals from some of the world’s most valuable companies. While a bulk of Wall Street analysts have said that possible antitrust probes into Facebook, Apple, Google’s parent company Alphabet and Amazon won’t result in actual breakups, it could hurt their ability and appetite

Workers assemble cars on the line at Tesla’s factory in Fremont. David Butow (Photo by David Butow/Corbis via Getty Images) David Butow | Corbis News | Getty Images A key metric for Tesla’s sales bounced back in the spring after a disappointing first quarter, but the company will need consistent strong performance to return its

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during the Time 100 Summit event on April 23, 2019, in New York. Don Emmert | AFP | Getty Images Apple is facing two major threats to its bottom line in the form of tariffs and antitrust regulations and Morgan Stanley on Wednesday broke down what the government-created pressures may cost

A shopper carries a Tiffany & Co. retail bag on Fifth Avenue in New York, May 30, 2019. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co. blamed disappointing quarterly results on a steep decline in Chinese tourism, the company said Tuesday. After slashing the company’s full-year profit outlook to low-to-mid-single-digit

Manhattan aerial view, New York, USA PPAMPicture | E+ | Getty Images Goldman Sachs thinks Uber, as the leader among ride-sharing companies, has a key advantage as dense cities increasingly seek alternative transportation to relieve congestion and avoid heavy infrastructure rebuilding costs. “We believe the growing availability of new mobility options has the potential to

Getty Images Bank of America cut its 2019 profit outlook for the stock market’s biggest companies on Monday, citing renewed trade tensions between the United States and two key trading partners. The bank’s head of U.S. stock strategy warned clients that the market’s price has yet to reflect the impact the dispute between Washington and

Traders work at Goldman Sachs booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images The market, already in turmoil amid the U.S.-China trade war, was hit by another bombshell last week — President Donald Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on all Mexican imports. For

The economic relationship between the United States and China needs to change, Tony Ressler, a billionaire veteran of Wall Street, said Friday. “The Trump administration is making some very important points about how we do business with China,” said Ressler, co-founder of private equity giants Apollo Global Management and Ares Management. President Donald Trump, through

U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions on the comments of special counsel Robert Mueller while departing the White House May 30, 2019 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images Tariffs that the U.S. is threatening to impose against Mexican goods could have steep costs, both economically and politically, while also impacting important policy decisions.

The Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates twice this year in response to the impact from President Donald Trump potentially opening a new front in the trade war, according to J.P. Morgan strategists. The firm is the first on Wall Street to catch up to market expectations that the Fed will ease policy

Traders and financial professionals work at the opening bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), May 6, 2019 in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Evaluating the price-earnings ratio is a deeply ingrained practice for investors. But it isn’t a metric that delivers positive results,

Avocado toast and that extra side of guacamole are probably going to get more expensive if President Donald Trump‘s newest trade threat becomes a reality. The United States gets the vast majority of its supply of the popular fruit from Mexico. If Trump’s surprise threat of 5% tariffs on imports from the country goes into effect,

Union Pacific cargo train with multiple box cars approaching the camera as it prepares to cross a level railroad crossing near Jamestown, California, December 17, 2017. Smith Collection/Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images A number of American companies could see their sales decline if trade relations between the United States and Mexico deteriorate as a

Miners are seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China July 16, 2011. Stringer | Reuters China’s threat to curb exports of rare earth minerals to the United States could move the needle in an escalating trade war as the world’s two largest economies continue to jockey for leverage.

Let us now dispense with the notion that there is only one proximal cause of the disturbance in the force of the financial markets. There are several. Of course, the deepening trade war with China is the most important to date. The battle, in addition to tariffs, has widened to potentially include further bans on

Defense Department’s Patrick Shanahan, before he was tapped by President Donald Trump to serve as the department’s Acting Secretary Department of Defense The Pentagon presented a report to Congress on rare earth minerals in an effort to reduce reliance on China, according to a Reuters report. “The department continues to work closely with the president,

The front desk of the Amazon office is pictured in New York, May 1, 2019. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Wednesday: Goldman Sachs downgraded General Mills to ‘sell’ from ‘neutral’ Goldman downgraded the stock on concerns about slowing sales growth. “Following GIS‘s 2Q19 results we argued that

Amazon Web Services at the 2019 CERAWeek in Houston, TX. Mary Catherine Wellons | CNBC Amazon‘s stock could be worth $2,500 a share in one year, Cowen said, valuing its Amazon Web Services business at a whopping $505 billion. Cowen raised its 12-month price target for Amazon to $2,500 from $2,400, which would translate into

It would be a hard sell to get “Shark Tank ” investor Kevin O’Leary to put his money into auto stocks. O’Leary, chairman of O’Shares ETFs, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box ” Tuesday he “will not touch any of these companies.” O’Leary’s comments came after Fiat Chrysler and Renault submitted a proposal to merge the companies.