A lot of attention right now on marine insurance and the straight of hormuz especially given the two-week ceasefire agreement that the uh white house has announced today. With me now, Marsh CEO John Doyle. What are you seeing in terms of clients looking at shipping in the Persian Gulf and when they might be ready to attempt getting through the straight of Hormuz.>> Well, thanks Contessa. It's good to be with you. Certainly welcome news overnight um for our clients, ship owners amongst them of course, but yo ...

April 2nd, 2025 will forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn. >> President Trump really had two top goals in sort of upending decades of global trade policy. He wanted to bring back manufacturing jobs and he wanted to bring a lot of foreign investment into the US.On those two key measures, we have not seen improvement over the last year. Manufacturing job losses actually accelerated in 2025 and foreign direct investment was lower for all the fireworks over the past year. Our tariffs ar ...

For more on this post ceasefire rally that we've got going this morning, let's bring in Roger Altman, founder and senior chairman of Evercore Manor. We have a grateful to get you today. Roger, thanks for the help.>> Good morning, Carl. Thanks for having me. >> Um, so ceasefires are always a little porous uh in the early days, but we do have the Saudis intercepting drones.Uh, Israel's hammering Lebanon today. The Iranian Navy says, "You either get our permission to cross the straight or you'll be destroyed." ...

The allimportant spring housing market is well underway, but the war with Iran and its impact on the US economy have thrown a massive wrench in buyer demand. Buyers are more concerned about the economy and mortgage rates than they are about home prices. That according to real estate agents responding to the quarterly CNBC housing market survey.Just 9% of agents said their buyers were most concerned about home prices. A sharp drop off from the previous quarter's 18%. This even as nearly twice as many agents ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a press briefing with reporters on Wednesday. The U.S. will impose tariffs of 50% on “any and all” goods imported to the country from any nation “supplying military weapons to Iran”, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday. Trump said in a Truth Social post that any country found to be supplying Iran with weapons would be subject to the levy “immediately”, with no “exclusions or exemptions”. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNB ...

Whimo Commercial Service is now live in Nashville. Its latest launch in an aggressive push to expand into multiple new markets this year. But the more significant takeaway is actually what's happening with the ride handling platforms.When this Lyft Nashville deal was announced last September, Lyft shares surged to a three-year high and Uber sold off. It was supposed to be Lyft's big moment in autonomy. Now look at what's actually rolling out.Riders hail through Whimo's own app to start and Lyft only gets qu ...

Morning, Becky. That's the biggest question right now, what talks will look like from here. H, and whether there is room for agreement on a permanent deal.And I would say there's some real skepticism around that right now. Earlier this morning, Vice President JD Vance, who's over in Hungary, emphasized that the ceasefire and broader negotiations are contingent on the Iranians coming honestly to the negotiating table. He called the two-we delay a fragile truce.If the Iranians are willing in good faith to wor ...

some pretty volatile times that we're experiencing. What What do you do in a period like this. >> Yeah, they don't get more exciting than this.Well, look, you have to look through the noise. I mean, uh before last night, I wasn't sure exactly what we were going to talk about today. Uh but I thought the right thing to actually discuss was to look through the geopolitical events because at some point they will resolve themselves and look at what the basic underlying uh economy is doing.And basically, it's pre ...

CNBC's Megan Cassella joins 'Squawk Box' to report on the latest updates around the Iran war. ...

President Trump saying that the ceasefire with Iran will lay the groundwork for a permanent peace deal. Let's get over to Megan Cassella in Washington. She's got the latest on what we've been hearing.Megan, good morning. Morning, Becky. That's the biggest question right now, what talks will look like from here and whether there is room for agreement on a permanent deal.And I would say there's some real skepticism around that right now. Now, earlier this morning, Vice President JD Vance, who's over in Hungar ...