Climate volatility leads to ‘real dollars’ being lost: Crop One”Climate volatility is real, and it’s real dollars,” says Sonia Lo, CEO of Crop One, a U.S.-based vertical farming company. She explains her company’s business model and growth plans.

Clobotics: Taking on smart wind and smart retailClaire Chen of Clobotics explains her company’s use of drone power and machine vision to conduct equipment quality checks and stock taking. She also talks about its competitiveness among other artificial intelligence startups.

Atlantic Equities downgraded Apple on Tuesday, saying the run-up in the shares was mainly due to the much anticipated 5G cycle, but were now fully valued. The firm lowered its rating to underweight (equivalent to a sell) from neutral while raising its price target to $275 from $235. “We believe upside potential from the 5G cycle is now more than fully priced in,” Atlantic Equities analyst James Cordwell said. There are only 7 analysts with a sell or underweight rating on the stock, according to

The United States reportedly presented Britain with new evidence showing that the use of Huawei equipment in its 5G networks would put intelligence sharing at risk. Allowing Huawei access to the U.K.’s rollout of fifth-generation mobile internet would be “nothing short of madness,” U.S. officials told their U.K. counterparts, according to a report from The Guardian newspaper. A U.S. delegation visited the country on Monday to try to convince it not to use Huawei gear. London is expected to make

JP Morgan Chase Q4 earnings: $2.57 a share, vs $2.35 EPS expectedMarty Mosby, director of bank strategies at Vining Sparks, and CNBC’s Mike Santoli, join “Squawk Box” to give their initial reactions to J.P. Morgan Chase’s quarterly earnings results.

U.S. government debt prices turned higher Tuesday morning, as investors await the planned signing of an interim trade deal between the world’s two largest economies. ET, the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to price, was lower at around 1.8354%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also lower at around 2.2950%. Market focus is largely attuned to global trade developments, with the U.S. and China set to ratify their so-called “phase one” trade deal on Wednesday.

The Ukrainian natural gas company that prompted President Donald Trump to seek investigations from Ukraine’s president over its hiring of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son was hacked by Russian spies, security experts said in a report released Monday. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Army, or GRU, “launched a phishing campaign targeting Burisma Holdings” as early as November, according to the cybersecurity firm Area 1 Security. John Podesta, who was chair

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a press conference after the Senate Policy luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday Dec. 10, 2019. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, in a Tuesday letter to President Donald Trump, expressed concern that a weak trade deal that fails to address “structural inequities” in the U.S.-China relationship could harm American workers and businesses for years to come. Trump and Chinese officials are due to sign a partial trade deal on Wednesday aft

BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink is warning that the financial risks of climate change are bigger than any crisis he’s experienced in his career on Wall Street. “This is bigger,” he argued, calling on the investment community and corporate America to help combat climate change. “Nothing could be more ‘long-termism’ than climate change.” President Donald Trump, a skeptic that human behavior causes climate change, plans to attend the gathering this year after canceling last year because of th

Delta Air Lines’ fourth quarter profits topped Wall Street’s expectations, as lower fuel prices and strong travel — particularly for high-priced premium tickets — demanded lifted the Atlanta-based carrier’s results. Delta reported net income of $1.1 billion, up 8% from the fourth quarter of 2018. Here’s how Delta did in the fourth quarter of 2019 compared with what Wall Street expected:Adjusted earnings per share: $1.70 versus $1.40 expected. Revenue: $11.44 billion versus $11.35 billion expecte

U.S. stock index futures edged lower Tuesday morning ahead of the kickoff of earnings season. ET, Dow futures indicated a negative open of about 45 points. Futures on the S&P and Nasdaq were also slightly lower. Investors will be keeping an eye on earnings with some of the biggest lenders officially opening the latest round of corporate releases. On the data calendar, the National Federation of Independent Business will release its latest small business survey at 6 a.m.

If the 2015 Iran nuclear deal does collapse, a “Trump deal” negotiated by the U.S. president should replace it, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday. “We’re going to come under pressure, everybody will say, ‘well you’ve got to get rid of this nuclear deal, the JCPOA,’ that’s what Trump wants. Johnson said that if the U.S. could not tolerate the deal as it stood, another would have to be negotiated by Trump. Well, if we’re going to get rid of it, let’s replace it and let’s replace it wi

The chief of the world’s largest money manager believes the intensifying climate crisis will bring about a fundamental reshaping of finance, with a significant reallocation of capital set to take place “sooner than most anticipate.” In an annual letter to CEOs published Tuesday, BlackRock Chief Executive Larry Fink said: “Climate change has become a defining factor in companies’ long-term prospects … But awareness is rapidly changing, and I believe we are on the edge of a fundamental reshaping o

J.P. Morgan Chase posted profit and revenue that exceeded analysts’ expectations on a surge in trading revenue at the end of 2019. The bank said Tuesday that fourth-quarter profit rose 21% to $8.52 billion, or $2.57 a share, compared to the $2.35 estimate of analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. CEO Jamie Dimon noted that his investment bank produced record revenue for a fourth quarter, aided by a rebound in trading revenue. CFO Jennifer Piepszak said last month that trading revenue was “meaningfully”

President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un stand on North Korean soil while walking to South Korea in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on June 30, 2019, in Panmunjom, Korea. South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday it was too early to be pessimistic about stalled denuclearisation dialogue between the United States and North Korea, adding that Pyongyang has not yet shut the door to more talks. “Some were concerned about a new round of provocations just in time for Chairman

Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co., leaves the Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. A Canadian court on Monday denied a media consortium’s request to broadcast a portion of hearing seeking to extradite Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou to the United States. The consortium’s application, which Meng and the Attorney General of Canada opposed, sought to record and broadcast the “double criminality” porti

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex gesture during their visit to Canada House in thanks for the warm Canadian hospitality and support they received during their recent stay in Canada, on January 7, 2020 in London, England. Speaking to Canadian television network Global News on Monday, Justin Trudeau said there were still details to iron, both in the U.K. and Canada, including security costs. “There are still a lot of decisions to be taken by the Royal Family, by the Susse

The Australian Department of Defence shows a fire in the distance seen from the Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Adelaide ship off the coast in Eden in New South Wales, as part of bushfire relief operations. Australia’s devastating bushfire season is far from over despite cooler weather this week, Victorian state officials warned on Tuesday as Melbourne was blanketed by hazardous smoke. At least 180 fires continued to burn across Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) states although widespread rainfall

Shares in Asia bounded higher on Tuesday as market sentiment improved ahead of the phase one trade deal signing between China and the U.S. later this week. Optimism rose further after Washington said Beijing was no longer a currency manipulator. The Shanghai composite traded down 0.28% to close at 3,106.82, and the Shenzhen composite fell 0.23% to 1,818.13. In December China’s trade surplus with the U.S. was $23.18 billion — down from $24.6 billion in November. Washington has demanded that Beiji

Swiss wealth giant UBS has predicted that the U.S. Federal Reserve could lower interest rates three times in 2020 — a forecast that differs widely from many other projections calling for no change or just one rate cut this year. The CME FedWatch tool places the probability of the Fed standing pat on interest rates at more than 50% through September. “We think they’re going to get that downshift. So, we’re thinking first cut maybe in March but we really need to see … loss of growth momentum,” h