Chinese electric car company Nio launched its lower-cost brand Onvo on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Shanghai, China. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng HEFEI, China — There’s yet another Chinese electric car aiming to undercut Tesla, with a steeper discount. Onvo, the lower-priced brand launched by premium electric car company Nio, announced its first car, the…

Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading: Nike — Shares soared 10%. The sneaker company announced that CEO John Donahoe would step down from the role on Oct. 13. Nike veteran Elliott Hill, who had been at the company for 32 years before retiring in 2020, will take the helm. FedEx — Shares…

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Tech stocks — Key tech names rallied a day after the Federal Reserve’s supersized rate cut decision. Tesla and Meta jumped around 7% and 4%, respectively, while chip darlings Nvidia and ASML each advanced more than 5%. Edgewise Therapeutics — Shares skyrocketed more than 54% after…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Darden Restaurants — Shares advanced nearly 11% after the restaurant operator announced a multiyear partnership with Uber for on-demand delivery later this year. The company reported weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings and revenue, however, as its sales weakened at Olive Garden and its fine dining restaurants. NextEra Energy…

Ray Dalio said the 2024 U.S. elections will likely be the most important of his lifetime and he thinks the country needs a “strong leader of the middle.” Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Thursday, the founder of Bridgewater Associates explained that the U.S. should aim to reach “broad-based prosperity” and the presidential election…

Binance CEO Richard Teng speaks in Singapore on Sept. 17, 2024, at an event hosted by the local foreign correspondents association. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has seen a 40% increase this year in institutional and corporate investors joining the platform, CEO Richard Teng told CNBC’s Lin Lin in an interview…

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2024.  Kevin Mohatt | Reuters The Federal Reserve projected lowering interest rates by another half point before the end of 2024, and the central bank…

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Intuitive Machines — Shares soared 51% after the space exploration company secured a roughly $5 billion space network contract from NASA. United States Steel — The U.S. steel producer saw shares jump more than 2% after news that a U.S. security panel has reportedly granted Nippon…

JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon gestures as he speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 6, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters JPMorgan Chase has created a new global role overseeing all junior bankers in an…

Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. United States Steel — Shares advanced more than 3% after Reuters reported the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States granted a request to push back a review of Nippon Steel’s bid for U.S. Steel until after the November election. Reuters cited a person familiar…