2024-08-14

Wall Street cheers Brian Niccol appointment

Brian Niccol, CEO of Chipotle Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Wall Street believes Brian Niccol is the right choice to turn around Starbucks — and move the chain past the decadeslong Howard Schultz era. Starbucks tapped Niccol as its latest chief executive and chair on Tuesday. Niccol replaces Laxman Narasimhan, who took over the top job in March 2023 after…

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2024-08-06

Wall Street reacts to global market sell-off

(This is CNBC Pro’s live coverage of Monday’s Wall Street chatter as global markets sell off.) Stock markets around the world are selling off to start the week, as investors fear the U.S. could be headed into a recession amid a spate of softening economic data. Japan’s Nikkei 225 had its biggest one-day drop since 1987 overnight, losing 12.4%…

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