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Persephone Kavallines CNBC is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Disruptor 50 list — our annual look at the most innovative venture-backed companies using breakthrough technology to meet increasing economic and consumer challenges. The deadline for submissions is Friday, Feb. 16 at 11:59 pm EST. All independent, privately-owned companies founded after Jan. 1, 2009, are
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The Amazon Web Services logo at the Web Summit in Lisbon. Henrique Casinhas | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Amazon said Thursday John Felton, the company’s top logistics executive, will take over as chief financial officer of its AWS cloud computing unit. In a blog post, Doug Herrington, Amazon’s worldwide retail chief, said
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Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images The world’s largest contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on Thursday posted better-than-expected profit and revenue on the back of weaker macroeconomic conditions. Here are TSMC’s fourth-quarter results versus LSEG consensus estimates: Revenue: 625.53 billion New Taiwan dollars ($19.62 billion), vs. NT$618.31 billion expected Net income: NT$238.71 billion, vs. NT$225.22 billion
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In this article BLK BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock. Cameron Costa | CNBC Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have arrived after a hard-fought battle between the crypto industry and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock — the biggest asset manager in the world — thinks
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In this article AAPL MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Reuters Microsoft ended Friday’s U.S. trading session as the most valuable publicly traded company, surpassing Apple after briefly topping the iPhone maker during intraday trading Thursday. Shares of Microsoft climbed more than 3% for
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Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission just approved the first-ever batch of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds to come out of the U.S. The agency gave the green light on Wednesday to sponsors of 10 ETFs, including BlackRock, Invesco, Fidelity, Grayscale, and Ark Invest — paving the way for
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Europe’s fintech sector is fiercely competitive, with privately-held start-ups worth tens of billions of dollars vying to steal market share from incumbent banks. Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty Images The fintech industry saw more pain in 2023, with overall investment falling by half as higher interest rates and worsening macroeconomic conditions caused investors to
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