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cnbc. com > 05/12/2026 > cnbc-daily-open-can-starmer-keep-calm-and-carry-on. html

CNBC Daily Open: Can Starmer "keep calm and carry on?"

3+ hour, 8+ min ago  (471+ words) Hello, this is Katie Foley writing to you from London, where Downing Street is dominating the agenda. U. K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a crunch cabinet meeting this morning. His premiership seemingly rests on a knife-edge after a day of intrigue…...

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cnbc. com > 05/12/2026 > oil-energy-trading-iran-war-bp-shell. html

Behind Big Oil's first-quarter beat: The quiet rise of trading desks

4+ hour, 39+ min ago  (943+ words) Oil and gas giants benefited significantly from their trading desks through the first quarter, shining a light on a commercially sensitive and often-overlooked unit that tends to outperform during periods of market volatility. Europe's oil supermajors Total Energies, Shell and…...

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cnbc. com > 05/12/2026 > trump-xi-china-summit-taiwan-arms-sale-jimmy-lai-. html

Trump puts Taiwan arms sale, Hong Kong jailed activist Lai on agenda ahead of meeting with Xi

8+ hour, 14+ min ago  (621+ words) President Donald Trump said Monday that U. S. arms sales to Taiwan and the imprisonment of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai would be on his agenda for the Beijing summit later this week. Washington's arms sales to Taiwan have been a…...

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cnbc. com > 05/11/2026 > jim-cramer-todays-market-punishing-stocks-harder-than-1999. html

Jim Cramer says today's market is punishing stocks harder than 1999

11+ hour, 12+ min ago  (272+ words) CNBC's Jim Cramer said that while comparisons between today's market and the dot-com bubble are growing louder, one key difference stands out: Wall Street is punishing stocks even more aggressively than it did in 1999. He pointed to several healthcare and…...

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cnbc. com > 05/11/2026 > open-ai-dresser-enterprise-business. html

Open AI revenue chief Dresser says enterprise AI adoption is 'at a tipping point"

13+ hour, 35+ min ago  (407+ words) Open AI Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser said Monday that we're at a "tipping point" in enterprise artificial intelligence adoption, and the startup's new Deployment Company will help with the push to get more companies on board. "Think about the…...

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cnbc. com > 05/11/2026 > parabolic-ai-rally-has-bulls-eyeing-a-comeback-for-this-one-time-meme-metal-trade. html

Parabolic AI rally has bulls eyeing a comeback for this one-time meme metal trade

14+ hour, 49+ min ago  (40+ words) CNBC's Oliver Renick joins 'Squawk on the Street' to report on the latest options trends. The AI trade has taken many forms this year, from surging semiconductors to record-setting ETFs and a fresh breakout in the Mag-7 stocks....

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cnbc. com > 05/11/2026 > a-beat-and-raise-is-key-for-qnity-plus-ceos-on-trump-china-trip. html

A beat-and-raise is key for Qnity " plus, high stakes for CEOs on Trump China trip

15+ hour, 16+ min ago  (21+ words) Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading....

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cnbc. com > 05/11/2026 > saudi-aramco-oil-iran-war-strait-hormuz. html

Saudi Aramco CEO says oil market won't normalize until 2027 if Hormuz disruption persists

15+ hour, 22+ min ago  (484+ words) The oil market will take until 2027 to normalize if the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz persists beyond the middle of June, the CEO of the world's largest oil company warned Monday. "If the Strait of Hormuz opens today, it…...

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cnbc. com > 05/11/2026 > google-thwarts-effort-hacker-group-use-ai-mass-exploitation-event. html

Google says it likely thwarted effort by hacker group to use AI for 'mass exploitation event"

15+ hour, 28+ min ago  (230+ words) Google's Threat Intelligence Group said in a report on Monday that it thwarted an effort by hackers to use artificial intelligence models to"plan a mass vulnerability exploitation operation." The group, known by the acronym GTIG, said it has "high…...

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cnbc. com > 05/11/2026 > series-of-court-decisions-weaken-democrats-odds-of-winning-the-house. html

Series of court decisions weaken Democrats' odds of winning the House

16+ hour, 10+ min ago  (268+ words) Two court rulings in the past two weeks have hit the chances that Democrats flip control of the House in November, according to traders on prediction markets platform Kalshi." Odds that the party wins control of the lower chamber have…...