This has been written about for three or four years, you know, the downfall of office and it was going to bring down the banking system and it hasn't. And you know, office is improving dramatically. Maybe not across the board, but it is improving.So, it's kind of hard to sit here today and say that that's going to happen because it hasn't. And I think again that the office buildings are going to resolve. As I mentioned earlier, some are doing great.I think there's an opportunity to fix up some of the buildi ...

Today, Bitcoin swings as investors shed their speculative tech and crypto holdings. Senators call for a probe into the Trump family's World Liberty financial over alleged token sales tied to North Korea and Russia. And John Woo of Avalabs breaks down what factors contributed to Bitcoin's price dropping below $90,000 this morning.Welcome to CNBC's Crypto World. I'm Talia Kaplan. Cryptocurrencies are mixed as investors continue to sell their speculative crypto and tech stock holdings.As of noon Eastern, Bitco ...

Have you started the interviews for the Fed chair. >> Yes. >> Who have you interviewed.>> I think I already know my choice. >> Who is it. >> Well, I liked him, but he's not going to take the job.He refused. You like Treasury better, right. >> Much better, sir.>> Uh, so we are talking to various people and the I mean, frankly, I'd love to get the guy currently in there out right now, but people are holding me back. He's done a terrible job hurting housing a little bit. The truth is we we've been so successfu ...

Mr. . President, why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files. Why not just do it now.>> You know, it's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you are a terrible reporter.Uh it's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him a horrible uh insubordinate and and just a terrible question. And you could even ask that same exact question nicely.You're all psyched. somebody psyches you over at ABC, they're going to psych it. Uh, you're a terri ...

Bitcoin, it briefly dipped below 90K, but it's back around $93,000. It's down about 10% in just one week. It's now negative for the year.Is this the bottom or are we headed lower from here. Joining me now is Cosmo Jang, general partner at Panta Capital. Cosmo, it's great to have you on.>> Hi, Morgan. Thanks for having me. >> Is this crypto winter coming early here.>> Look, we just had a long six-month rally, so some consolidation I think is very reasonable. Crypto tends to have these characteristics of risk ...

Well, meanwhile, Loop upgrading Alphabet to buy this morning, saying, quote, "Weights of AI enthusium enthusiasm have obliterated the wall of worry." They specifically say search concerns are no longer valid with traffic share to Gemini having doubled yearon-year. That was before Google came out with news on Gemini earlier today, and Dear Josa has more on all of it in today's tech check. Hi, D.>> Hey, Morgan. That's right. It was the Gemini 3.0% launch, and Alphabet shares, they're higher today.So a bright ...

Hi, that's right. President Trump just wrapping up a session in the Oval Office with Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman. The president uh sort of jawboning bin Salman uh during the course of that Oval Office session to increase his commitment to investments in the United States from uh an announced $600 billion to a full $1 trillion.Interesting interplay between the two leaders there as they talked about how much the Saudis would ultimately end up investing. But Muhammad bin Salman expressing optimism a ...

Bring in show music, please. >> Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer. Today on Squawk Pod, a return to Washington by Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman.>> We talk about it all the time. Koshogi, guess where we are now. Full circle.>> Retired four-star general David Petraeus on the diplomatic stakes. >> It's a very significant visit. There are a lot of deliverables and I think it will be uh again something that they will definitely celebrate this evening properly.>> The complicated web of connections to th ...

We have another move. We we mentioned your buy of Amcor, right. >> You sold WPP, >> right.So, this was in our international income strategy and it's really just a violation of our investment thesis. The company is doing horribly compared to its two top peers. We have a huge tax loss. We have a lot of gains in that portfolio.So, we realized the tax loss, got out of the stock. We're done. There's not that much interesting to tell.>> Okay. All right. Well, thank you very much for that.I thought it was interest ...

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