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  • T-Mobile CEO John Legere shared his views on the company’s earnings report and the latest wireless industry developments in an interview Tuesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Alley.” On the company’s fourth quarter: “We’re the only wireless carrier who had double-digit service revenue growth, overall growth, customer growth,” Legere said. Nobody has grown service revenue for over three years [except for T-Mobile].” On wireless spectrum: “We have more spectrum per person than AT&T, Sprint, Verizon,” he said.
    Full interview with T-Mobile CEO John Legere on earnings, countering Verizon's data plan

  • “I think the new administration will have very little to do with what happens in the economy in 2017. And that’s what we’re trying to talk to our clients about,” said the senior global equity strategist for Wells Fargo Investment Institute. This is going to be a modest growth, modest inflation year,” he added. Wells Fargo Investment Institute serves clients of the company’s wealth and investment management division, which has $1.7 trillion in assets. In this exclusive strategy session, Wren sits
    Wells Fargo strategist Wren says market to stall on DC gridlock, but this strategy will still work

  • Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov shared his views on the election, Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump in an interview Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” On Putin: “I believe Putin will be looking for new targets. The question with Putin is not if he attacks, the question is when and where he attacks,” he said. His latest book is titled “Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped.” He also discusses:Trump’s Russia policyNATOPutin’s next mov
    The full interview with former world chess champion Garry Kasparov on Trump, Putin

  • Activist hedge fund manager Mick McGuire spoke with CNBC about his positions in Buffalo Wild Wings and Deckers Outdoor and how he plans to unlock value in both names. “Deckers is a company that fits our investment model very, very well. McGuire, who is founder of Marcato Capital Management, reported a 6 percent stake in Deckers Outdoor on Wednesday, and disclosed intentions to engage with the board of directors. In this interview, the hedge fund manager explains why he sold out of United Rentals
    Activist investor Mick McGuire on why he sees value in Deckers, Buffalo Wild Wings, other holdings

  • Evercore ISI’s Ed Hyman said he is bullish on the stock market because of President Donald Trump’s economic agenda and put an 80 percent probability on some sort of corporate tax reform being implemented. When asked about the market’s strength and resilience, Hyman said in an interview Friday on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” And so whenever you get a hint of things coming, the market responds to it quite a bit. In regard to which sectors will rise the most, he reaffirmed his bullish stance on a
    Ed Hyman, Wall Street's top-ranked economist for decades, is bullish on the market due to Trump

  • Jason Zweig, a best-selling author and investing columnist for The Wall Street Journal, sat down with CNBC’s Mike Santoli for an in-depth discussion on the psychology of investing, the traits of successful investors and why the average investor is actually better off than the pros. “If you’re an individual investor, you have a massive advantage over professional investors, which is nobody’s looking over your shoulder, except maybe your spouse or your significant other or your partner,” Zweig sai
    Investing columnist Jason Zweig on the big advantage small investors have over the pros

  • NBA 2K eLeague, centered around Take-Two’s “NBA 2K” franchise, will launch in 2018 and represents the gamemaker’s first major push into the world of competitive gaming. Take-Two, which also makes the “Grand Theft Auto” series, and the NBA have been business partners since 1999, when the publisher launched its “NBA 2K” franchise. The publisher has dabbled in eSports before, launching an “NBA 2K”-themed tournament last year, but has largely stayed on the sidelines of competitive gaming. Even with
    NBA and Take-Two team to launch eSports league

  • There is no official link between FIFA or EA Sports and the illegal website run by Douglas and Rigby. He had been shown footage of a 12-year old boy gambling on the website, describing this as “horrific”. Despite the case, Douglas continued to upload new videos to his YouTube page about FIFA, including one in which he issued an apology. Douglas said he pleaded guilty to two charges, but pleaded not guilty to others. Trust me when I tell you as a lesson has been learnt, a very valuable lesson,” D
    YouTube star fined $114,000 for running FIFA video game gambling site used by kids as young as 12

  • Sam Stovall, a veteran Wall Street strategist known for his study of market patterns, sat down with CNBC’s Mike Santoli for an in-depth interview on the various principles he uses to predict market returns and evaluate stocks. Stovall explains why he believes the S&P 500 should be trading at around 2,340, or only about 2 percent higher from here. “The reason we haven’t stumbled with a P/E so high at this point is, we’ve had inflation in the low 2 percent area. In this exclusive conversation, Sto
    Veteran Wall Street strategist Stovall says market close to overvalued, but certain stocks are still cheap

  • Feel like you need to take a mulligan on your Social Security strategy? More than one-third of retirees decide to claim their benefits as soon as they can, at age 62. “They feel nervous Social Security will not be there, so they take it early,” said Jennifer Birchett, principal wealth advisor of True Wealth Management in Atlanta. Republicans, led by house speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), are proposing reforms such as raising the retirement age or capping payouts for high-income workers — somethi
    Two easy fixes for Social Security's biggest mistake

  • Hedge fund manager and author Brian Kelly sat down with CNBC’s Mike Santoli to talk about bitcoin. The digital currency was created after the 2009 financial crisis and is now worth more than $1,000 each. “If you are a baby boomer you buy gold, if you are a millennial you buy bitcoin,” said Kelly. “The millennials that I talk to don’t trust gold, but do trust math (bitcoin).” The author of “The Bitcoin Big Bang — How Alternative Currencies are About to Change the World” breaks down the basics of
    Hedge fund manager Brian Kelly on the future of digital currencies and how to invest in them

  • There has also been resurgence of funding and hiring in investigative journalism departments. Action is also being taken on a governmental level against potentially harmful fake news. But, public sector funding can be hard to come by. The source added that extra funding for the East StratCom Task Force had been proposed by the European Parliament last November, but had not been endorsed by member states. But, he added that the products would help the newspaper move “closer to (its) audience” as
    The value of truth: How governments and the media are investing in the renewed appetite for facts

  • The H-MEX (Hyundai Medical Exoskeleton), designed for paraplegics, was the first exoskeleton born from the company’s R&D labs. That device not only allows people paralyzed below the waist to take steps but also improves blood circulation among patients. Additionally, says Kyungmo, the exoskeleton can be used in rehabilitation for patients with spinal injuries that have not resulted in permanent paralysis. Leg lengths on the exoskeleton are adjustable to fit any user. Carbon fiber walking canes f
    Hyundai debuts a miracle device that can help paraplegics walk

  • The Atlanta Falcons may not be flying high at the end of Super Bowl LI. Electronic Arts’ “Madden NFL 17” has made its annual prediction about the big game — and the video game forecasts the New England Patriots will come out on top by a score of 27-24. Here’s how this year’s game will play out, per the simulation. The Falcons will draw first blood, scoring during the first quarter after running back Tevin Coleman takes a pass from the backfield 15 yards into the end zone. Patriots quarterback To
    Madden predicts Super Bowl winner

  • Nintendo cut its operating profit forecast for the year ending March to 20 billion yen ($176 million) from 30 billion yen, though a weaker yen and revenue from mobile gaming helped the videogames maker to its first quarterly profit in a year. October-December profit reached 32.3 billion yen from 33.5 billion yen a year earlier, the Japanese firm said on Tuesday. That compared with a Thomson Reuters Starmine SmartEstimate of 30.71 billion yen drawn from six analyst forecasts.
    Nintendo lowers full-year operating profit outlook, but returns to quarterly profit

  • The proposed 20 percent tariff on Mexican imports will almost certainly impact American wallets if it’s passed, but that impact may be on products that will surprise you. While staples like fruit, vegetables and beer, all among the chief products our neighbor to the South sends our way, have been widely discussed, there are a number of other everyday products that could be impacted. Mexico is a manufacturing hub that many companies use extensively. And should the tax be approved, it could boost
    10 popular products in the US you didn't know were made in Mexico

  • Masaya Nakamura, the “Father of Pac-Man” who founded the Japanese video game company behind the hit creature-gobbling game, has died. Nakamura, who died on Jan. 22, founded Namco, part of Bandai Namco, in 1955. It started out as just two mechanical horse rides on a department store rooftop but went on to pioneer game arcades and amusement parks. Bandai Namco, formed in 2005 from a merger of two game companies, confirmed Monday that Nakamura had died. Pac-Man, designed by Namco engineer and video
    'Father of Pac-Man,' Japanese arcade pioneer Masaya Nakamura dies at 91

  • Stocks remain the best place to invest in 2017 and beyond, as compelling valuations show the market has further room to run, according to Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management’s Andy Chase, who oversees more than $20 billion in assets for investors. “I look at stocks as the only asset class, frankly, that hasn’t had price inflation. He was selected by Barron’s in 2016 as the top financial advisor in the United States, after a 30-year career in wealth management. In this exclusive strategy ses
    Top-rated financial advisor Andy Chase on the best investment for 2017

  • Michael Mauboussin, head of global financial strategies at Credit Suisse and author of four books on investing, joined CNBC’s Mike Santoli for an exclusive strategy session on how investors can outperform the market by spotting trading inefficiencies. One of those inefficiencies includes finding overly bullish or overly bearish sentiment in a security, which often reflects herd mentality and causes investors to put down their guard. They’re all uniformly bullish. They’re all uniformly bearish. I
    Credit Suisse's Michael Mauboussin on spotting market inefficiencies to beat the market

  • On Thursday, Nintendo flexed its massive intellectual property muscles further to announce the imminent arrival of a mobile game from another one of its long-running franchises: Fire Emblem. Unlike its competitors, Nintendo’s foray into the mobile gaming space came as late as 2015, when it partnered with DeNA to develop several gaming titles. Earlier this month, Nintendo unveiled more details about its next-generation hybrid console, the Nintendo Switch. It is part gaming console, part handheld
    Fire Emblem becomes the latest Nintendo franchise to get a mobile game

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