The tech industry has lost focus on what we actually need right now. And that means you and I need to be very clear with these tech leaders on what we want them to fix and what products we want to buy. Because an iPhone that's wrapped in a soft aluminum orange coat of paint was not hitting the mark this [music] year.And neither is most of the AI nonsense being pushed in our direction. >> [music] >> So, while some folks write their wish lists to Santa, I have a wish list for Apple CEO Tim Cook. This is One M ...

The year's most important giving season has arrived amid economic uncertainty, but corporate philanthropy is holding strong. Joining us right now is Lisa Anastasia. How do I pronounce your last name? I apologize. I feel like I'm mispronouncing it or just Anastasia. Don't worry about it. >> Okay. She is the chief development and external relations officer at Boys and Girls Club of America. Good morning to you. Help us understand what's going on in the world of philanthropy right now, especially well, there's ...

President Trump has signed an executive order to reclassify marijuana from a schedule one to a schedule three drug. While not making it fully legal, it would ease federal restrictions. Joining us right now with what this means for the marijuana industry and personal consumption is Kevin Sabbat.He is the CEO of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, a former White House Drug Policy Advisor, and he's the author of One Nation Under the Influence. Kevin, first of all, thank you uh for being here. It's been a while sinc ...

Um, as I'm sure you know and everybody else, Donald Trump's handpicked board at the Kennedy Center voted yesterday to rename the venue the Trump Kennedy Center. It's embarrassing. It's it's just is it really is humiliating and the White House doesn't even understand how humiliating this is for them.Uh, many point out the board lacks the legal authority to do this. uh that it would take an act of Congress to officially change the name. I know David, we we we were skeptical about even bringing this up because ...

CONGRESS FROM OWNING OR TRADING INDIVIDUAL STOCKS. THEY'VE COMMITTED TO DO THAT. WE'LL SEE WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY DO.BECKY, QUICK. >> WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS ON THE RACE FOR THE FED CHAIR JOB. OUR SENIOR ECONOMICS REPORTER, STEVE LIESMAN JOINS US WITH THE DETAILS.>> REALLY GOOD MORNING BECKY. SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS TELLING CNBC THAT FED GOVERNOR CHRIS WALLER HAD A, QUOTE, STRONG INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP IN WHICH THE TWO DISCUSSED THE LABOR MARKET IN DEPTH AND HOW TO JUMPSTART JOB CREATION. ...

College sports valuations are surging, driven by bigger media deals, expanded playoffs, conference realignment. Among the factors changing the college landscape and driving record valuation, you've got name, image, and likeness rights known as NIL and a pro sports business model all taking shape. The top 75 athletic programs are now worth a total of 51.2% billion.That's up 24% from 2024, according to CNBC's official college valuations list, which is out today. This year's most valuable athletic program is t ...

I want to get your take on this because a lot of notes came out. Should you believe the numbers. Should you believe the guide is one headline.A lot of people saying I'm not really quite sure what we saw in this quarter. How did you take this quarter. And it's also very important to note this quarter kind of uh is in the middle of the holiday peak.So we're kind of getting the look at the first half of the holiday peak. Obviously the current quarter is going to show the rest of it. >> So absolutely it was a g ...

Good morning. So, you just lowered your price target after this earnings, but you kept an overweight rating. Explain the rationale there.Lowering the price target, but keeping the rating. >> Uh yeah. No, good morning and uh thanks for having me.Great to be here. Uh listen, quoting, you know, Elliot Hill himself, uh this is not a turnaround that's linear, you know, by any means. uh they never are, you know, especially in a competitive consumer space and especially in this athletic space uh which is an extrem ...

Well, Frank, I what I think is interesting is the reaction of the Chinese government or the non-reaction because officially the foreign ministry dodged a question. They didn't actually go into anything other than a boilerplate statement which was that uh Beijing Beijing's position on Tik Tok is consistent and clear. But uh the state media reaction has been interesting in that it's been quoting a probe Beijing professor on the Tik Tok deal.And there that professor is saying that this deal is in line with Chi ...

We got some news on Nike today. Uh Nike shares down sharply. Uh really on China weakness, also some soft guest guidance.Joining us right now is Kevin McCarthy. His Newberger Burman, a senior research analyst. The stock off about 10% right now.Kevin, uh you heard what we heard from Nike about all this. Do you say to yourself this is a dip worth buying. Do you say that there there's more to go.What what are your feelings here. >> Yeah, good morning, Andrew. Um, you know, I I think clearly the market is going ...