In the past decade, AT&T grew just 71% in market valuation compared with Netflix’s explosive growth of more than 4,000%. Those who invested in AT&T 10 years ago would have earned a healthy return. Now a booming media company, AT&T has made big business moves and faced significant challenges in recent years. Although news that AT&T won the case drove its shares down 2%, it boosted Time Warner shares 5% in extended trading on June 12, 2018. These breaches resulted in the unauthorized disclosure of

What leverage Iran has over the USMichael Greenwald, former U.S. Treasury Attaché, and CNBC’s Michelle Caruso-Cabrera join ‘The Exchange’ to discuss the U.S.-Iran relationship and what’s next for the conflict.

Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday:Alphabet — Alphabet shares gained more than 2% and hit an all-time high after an analyst at Pivotal Research upgraded them to buy from hold. SmileDirectClub — SmileDirectClub jumped nearly 19% on Monday after the company announced a deal to sell some of its products at Walmart. CrowdStrike — Shares of the cybersecurity company surged more than 9% after CEO George Kurtz told CNBC’s Jim Cramer that the company had a great quarter. Commercial M

Burger King has launched its plant-based Rebel Whopper in the U.K. — but vegetarians and vegans will probably turn their noses up at it. The new Whopper, made available Monday to those who download the Burger King app, is “100% plant-based” but will be cooked on the same grill as Burger King’s regular beef Whopper burgers. A disclaimer on Burger King’s U.K. website states: “The Rebel Whopper is plant-based; however, it is cooked on the same broiler as our original Whopper to deliver the same uni

Tom Hanks, winner of the Cecil B. Demille Award, poses in the press room during the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 05, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. Award-winning actor Tom Hanks said he’d taken inspiration, or “stolen,” from a long list of fellow Hollywood legends during his career, in a tearful acceptance speech at the 77th annual Golden Globes on Sunday night. He counted co-stars Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Julia Ro

Australia has been burning since September and an end to the catastrophic destruction does not appear to be in sight. The wildfires have already claimed more than two dozen lives and destroyed almost 2,000 homes, according to the Associated Press. Hundreds of millions of animals are also believed to have died as the fires have scorched an area twice the size of Maryland. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government is committing an extra 2 billion Australian dollars (US $1.4 billion) to “em

As the U.S. braces for more conflict with Iran, Tehran says it is backing further away from a landmark 2015 deal to limit its development of nuclear weapons. The state announced Sunday that it would not follow a key guideline of the agreement following the U.S. killing of its top general, Qasem Soleimani, on Thursday. Iran said it will not abide by the deal’s caps on the number of uranium enrichment centrifuges it can operate. The latest spike in tensions follows decades of enmity between the U.

Defense stocks have risen since a U.S. airstrike killed Gen. Qasem Soleimani, Iran’s top military commander, last week. That outperformance by defense stocks should continue if the market follows trends from the past three decades. The analysis found that defense stocks earned double the return of the S&P 500 in the six months after a crisis event. Trump signed a $738 billion National Defense Authorization Act last month, $21 billion bigger than the previous year’s bill. But even without Congres

Escalated geopolitical tensions swooped in and spoiled the market’s party in the new year, and Wall Street analysts warned the sell-off might be just beginning. After a historic run in 2019 and a strong first day of 2020, the S&P 500 fell after a U.S. airstrike in Iraq killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani on Friday, spiking oil prices. Stocks were weak for most of the day Monday before paring some of their losses as the oil spike eased. Some on Wall Street see a deeper sell-off on the horizon

Just after Monday’s opening bell on Wall Street, Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street” that the key to the stock market is: “Gold, gold, gold,” which was up for the ninth straight session. “When I see this endless buying for gold it makes me think for the first time people are just saying, ‘I’m really fearful,'” said Cramer. He pointed out that the gold buying started even before Thursday night’s U.S. drone strike in Iraq that killed top Iranian commander Gen. Qasem Soleimani as he was leaving B

President Donald Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr. posted a photo on his Instagram account boasting about his new assault rifle magazine, which features an image of Hillary Clinton’s face behind jail bars. That magazine is inserted into the well of the AR-15, which has been modified to resemble the helmet of a Christian crusader, with a Jerusalem Cross. “Nice day at the range,” Trump Jr. wrote on the Instagram post Sunday. The Jerusalem Cross or Crusader Cross was the symbol of the the Latin K

It’s now been proven that you can use it to make a delicious (but inedible) breakfast. Media Molecule senior principal designer John Beech has put together a beautiful breakfast, called the “Full Beech Breakfast.” I have now published my “Full Beech Breakfast” in #MadeInDreams for all to have a closer look at! Its cartoony vibe really contracts the detailed and delicious breakfast. pic.twitter.com/RDBFcvdrKG — john Beech (@Johnee_B) January 2, 2020There isn’t anything playable in this beautiful

Nintendo is reportedly working on an updated Nintendo Switch model to be released sometime in 2020, according to Taiwanese electronics newspaper DigiTimes. DigiTimes reported the new Nintendo Switch model will be released in “mid-2020,” with production beginning “at the end of first-quarter 2020” — which is sometime around March. According to the DigiTimes report, Nintendo intends to release the new Switch model with a magnesium alloy body and an update to the CPU. Mochizuki’s August report outl

Ball Guy may be a friend who showers you with gifts in Pokémon Sword and Shield, but animals who insist the gentle orb is Bad may be delighted to see him in a totally new and more violent context today. Behold: Ball Guy as a Max Raid Battle. Yes, this is Ball Guy as a towering, peppy fiend who can attack you, as you can see in this footage by YouTuber ProsafiaGaming. Machoke’s animations work perfectly with Ball Guy at the helm. Honestly, though, after everything Ball Guy has done for us, I can’

Battery electric vehicle registrations grew to 37,850 in 2019, an increase of 144% compared to 2018, when 15,510 were registered. By contrast, in addition to the 144% growth in battery electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicle registrations increased by 17.1% to 97,850 units. Electric vehicles are becoming the car of choice for an increasing number of drivers, but they do face challenges, not least when it comes to perceptions surrounding range and charging infrastructure. The market share for

Japan said Monday it will pursue a criminal prosecution of former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn despite his dramatic escape from the country. Speaking to reporters at her Tokyo office, Justice Minister Masako Mori said Ghosn’s attempt to avoid trial was unlawful. “It is clear that we don’t have any records of the defendant departing Japan, hence we believe that he left Japan illegally,” Mori said. Ghosn, the former chief of the Nissan-Renault auto alliance, fled the country a week earlier despite bei

MADRID, SPAIN – JANUARY 04: Spain’s interim Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez gestures during his speech during the investiture debate at the Spanish Parliament on January 04, 2020 in Madrid, Spain. Spain is on track to get a new government Tuesday, but its economic and political future remains uncertain. Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez is set to receive enough support at a parliamentary vote Tuesday that will put an end to almost one year of political uncertainty. As a result, another snap vote took

Pro Guaido lawmakers struggle with the national guard to enter the National assembly as Luis Parra swears in at the assembly building session as the new leader of the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela on January 05, 2020. The leader of Venezuela’s internationally-recognized government was violently blocked from entering parliament, as the embattled administration of President Nicolas Maduro installed a new head of Congress. Juan Guaido, who had used his position as leader of the opposition

“Lethal conflict” between Iran and the U.S. is a risk in 2020, but the scale of the threat posed by Tehran could be overexaggerated, according to Eurasia Group. In a note on Monday, Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer and Chairman Cliff Kupchan outlined the consultancy’s top risks for 2020. While they acknowledged that Iran was indeed a geopolitical risk, Bremmer and Kupchan claimed that “neither Trump nor Tehran wants all-out war.” But Eurasia noted that media speculation around the escalating

Gold is a stronger hedge than oil for investors seeking safe returns amid the escalation of tensions between the U.S. and Iran, Goldman Sachs commodity strategists have suggested. Both oil and gold prices moved sharply higher on Friday and have continued to climb after a U.S. airstrike killed Iran’s top military commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad, sparking fears of retaliation from Tehran. Though the upward momentum in Brent prices suggests some expectation that the recent escalations will lea