CNBC Daily Open: Dow drops, Nvidia couldn’t save Nasdaq

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May 30, 2024

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during morning trading on Dec. 14, 2023, in New York City.

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This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.

What you need to know today

Treasury yields weigh on Wall Street
The S&P 500 snapped its three-day winning streak as Treasury yields climbed. Despite Nvidia‘s continued rise since its earnings report last week, the tech giant couldn’t prevent the Nasdaq Composite from falling. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also declined, shedding 400 points, with insurer UnitedHealth leading losses. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose for a second consecutive day following a lackluster auction of government bonds on Tuesday. Rising yields can dampen consumer spending and make Treasurys and money market funds more appealing than stocks. Oil prices also slipped.

Salesforce plunges
Shares of Salesforce slumped more than 17% in extended trade after the cloud software company reported weaker-than-expected revenue and issued earnings and revenue guidance that missed analysts’ expectations for the current quarter.

Peltz dumps Disney stake
Activist investor Nelson Peltz has sold his entire stake in Disney, according to a person familiar with the matter. Peltz sold all of his Disney stock at roughly $120 a share, the person said, making about $1 billion on the position. In early April, Peltz lost a proxy battle at Disney to elect himself and former Disney Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo to the company’s board. Peltz had long taken issue with Disney’s governance, particularly the company’s streaming strategy and a failed succession plan for CEO Bob Iger.

American sales strategy backfires
Shares of American Airlines slid more than 13% after CEO Robert Isom said the airline would slash capacity in the second half of the year. It comes a day after the carrier parted ways with its chief commercial officer, Vasu Raja, and cut its revenue and profit forecast. Raja led a plan to drive direct bookings at the airline in lieu of third-party sites and travel agencies, a strategy that included gutting the airline’s sales department. Raja will leave the company next month.

Asia-Pacific markets slide
Markets in the Asia-Pacific region were trading lower after another U.S. Treasury sale was met with lackluster demand. A slew of economic data due to be released on Friday also weighed on investor sentiment. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.3% and Korea’s Kospi dropped 1.5%. Japan and South Korea will release industrial production figures on Friday. China will release the official purchasing managers index for May. Mainland China’s CSI 300 index slipped 0.5% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 1.4%.

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The bottom line

The world can be a confusing place at times. You would think we were in the midst of an energy transition, only for that environmental nirvana to be shattered by a multibillion dollar shale deal. ConocoPhillips is set to buy Marathon Oil in a $17 billion deal that would boost its portfolio and push its market cap past that of BP, according to Enverus M&A analyst Andrew Dittmar.

No amount of federal aid for an energy transition — through Biden’s $369 billion Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — can bring about an immediate end to our addiction to oil.

Toyota, which has been dragging its feet on rolling out all-electric vehicles, unveiled a new range of hybrid engines on Tuesday that can use biofuels to meet tougher emissions standards. The Japanese marque is not the only one resorting to hybrid vehicles as EV sales stall due to range anxiety and insufficient charging infrastructure.

Meanwhile Chinese automaker BYD introduced a hybrid engine that, when fully loaded with battery and gasoline, can cover 2,100 kilometers (1,300 miles).

Conoco’s deal couldn’t juice markets, which, after clocking some record highs, are under pressure from rising Treasury yields. With earnings season mostly in the rearview mirror, the focus has returned to the Fed, the economy and inflation.

Atlas Merchant Capital CEO Bob Diamond told “Squawk on the Street” the Fed would “want to see some economic weakness before they cut rates. I mean 25 basis points doesn’t matter in the scheme of things. Maybe there’s 25 [points] there for signaling reasons. I don’t see the Fed, the FOMC, taking the risk of stoking inflation.”

While markets are on pace to end on a high this month, Wolfe Research chief investment strategist Chris Senyek expects trading to become a lot “choppier over the summer.” He suggests sticking with large-cap technology stocks. This month, information technology stocks have outpaced all other S&P 500 sectors, up more than 13%. Nvidia alone has advanced more than 30% in May.

“If we’re correct and trading becomes choppier, our sense is that investors are likely to stick with what has worked so far this year,” Senyek wrote. “Said differently, our sense is that the ‘Mag 7,’ Secular Growers, and Momentum stocks will outperform over the summer.”

— CNBC’s Alex Harring, Pia Singh, Spencer Kimball, Sara Salinas, Scott Wapner, Jordan Novet and Leslie Josephs contributed to this report.

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Uber launches true driverless robotaxi operations in the Middle East with WeRide [Video]

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November 26, 2025

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Uber launches true driverless robotaxi operations in the Middle East with WeRide [Video]

Just over a year after Uber announced a strategic partnership in the Middle East with autonomous vehicle specialist WeRide, the companies have officially begun offering the public robotaxi rides without a driver or safety operator present on board.

Today’s latest milestone involving robotaxi operations in the Middle East dates back to September 2024, when Uber and WeRide initially announced a strategic partnership to bring autonomous rides to the UAE.

Three months later, the partner officially launched autonomous rides in Abu Dhabi, but with a safety operator present in the vehicle. At the time, Uber and WeRide said the supervised rides were “laying the groundwork” for a true driverless commercial operations planned for 2025.

That day has come.

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WeRide and Uber have confirmed that commercial robotaxi operations are officially underway in Abu Dhabi without any safety operators on board – a first for the Middle East.

Uber rolls out Middle East robotaxi operations in Abu Dhabi

Uber shared details of its latest milestone late this evening or in the afternoon in the Middle East, depending on where you are.

Beginning today (Wednesday) customers in Abu Dhabi can select an UberX or Uber Comfort ride that enables them to be matched with a fully autonomous WeRide robotaxi without a driver inside. Riders in the Middle East can also increase their chances of hailing one of these driverless rides by select the “Autonomous” option in the Uber app.

In order to qualify, the prosepctive rider’s route must be part of WeRide’s operating territory in Abu Dhabi and a dedicated WeRide GXR Robotaxi vehicle (seen in the featured image above) must be available.

Similar to Uber’s partnership with Waymo in Austin and Atlanta, the global rideshare network will oversee fleet operations for WeRide vehicles, handling end-to end rider support. It has tapped Tawasul Transport to facilitate vehicle cleaning, maintenance, inspections, charging, and depot management. WeRide will remain responsible for vehicle testing.

As you may recall last spring, Uber and WeRide announced an expansion to their strategic partnership beyond the Middle East (although Dubai will be the city for its next robotaxi rollout). Over the next five years, Uber and WeRide intend to deploy true driverless public rides in 15 additional cities, some of which will be in Europe.

As promised, here’s some b-roll footage from Uber showing how riders in Abu Dhabi can order a WeRide robotaxi:

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ChargePoint brings 40+ new fast-charging ports to metro Detroit

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November 26, 2025

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ChargePoint brings 40+ new fast-charging ports to metro Detroit

ChargePoint metro Detroit — Photo: ChargePoint

Metro Detroit is about to get a big boost of fast EV chargers, with more than 40 new ChargePoint ports set to come online across multiple sites owned by the Dabaja Brothers Development Group.

The first ultra-fast charging site just opened in Canton, Michigan. It’s owned and operated by Dabaja Brothers, who plan to follow it with additional ChargePoint-equipped locations in Dearborn and Livonia.

“We started this project because we saw a gap in our community – there was almost nowhere to charge an EV in Canton, and a similar lack of charging across metro Detroit,” said Yousef Dabaja, owner/operator at Dabaja Brothers.

Each metro Detroit site will feature ChargePoint Express Plus fast charging stations, which can deliver up to 500 kW to a single port, can fast-charge two vehicles at the same time, and are compatible with all EVs. The stations feature a proprietary cooling system to deliver peak charging speeds for sustained periods, ensuring that charging speed remains consistent.

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The stations operate on the new ChargePoint Platform, which enables operators to monitor performance, adjust pricing, troubleshoot issues, and gain real-time insights to keep chargers running smoothly.

Rick Wilmer, CEO at ChargePoint, said, “This initiative will rapidly infill the ‘fast charging deserts’ across the Detroit area, allowing drivers to quickly recharge their vehicles when and where they need to.”

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Mercedes-Benz opens its first DC fast charging hub at Starbucks

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November 25, 2025

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Mercedes-Benz opens its first DC fast charging hub at Starbucks

Mercedes-Benz charging Starbucks — Photo: Mercedes-Benz HPC North America

Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging and Starbucks have officially opened their first DC fast charging hub together, off the I-5 in Red Bluff, California.

The 400 kW Mercedes-Benz chargers are capable of adding up to 300 miles in 10 minutes, depending on the EV, and every stall has both NACS and CCS cables – they’re fully open DC fast chargers.

Mercedes-Benz HPC North America, a joint venture between subsidiaries of Mercedes-Benz Group and renewable energy producer MN8 Energy, first announced in July 2024 that it would install DC fast chargers at Starbucks stores along Interstate 5, the main 1,400-mile north-south interstate highway on the US West Coast from Canada to Mexico. Ultimately, Mercedes plans to install fast chargers at 100 Starbucks stores across the US.

Mercedes-Benz HPC opened its first North American charging site at Mercedes-Benz USA’s headquarters in Sandy Springs, Georgia, in November 2023 as part of an initial $1 billion charging network investment. As of the end of 2024, Mercedes had deployed over 150 operational fast chargers in the US, but it hasn’t disclosed an official number of how many chargers are currently online.

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Andrew Cornelia, CEO of Mercedes-Benz HPC North America, is leaving the company at the end of the month to become global head of electrification & sustainability at Uber.

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