News & Analysis - CNBC

1. Microsoft sets record for biggest tech deal ever, topping Dell-EMC merger in 2016

2. Stock futures are flat after sell-off on Wall Street, more bank earnings ahead

3. Rising interest rates could keep a choke hold on tech and growth stocks

4. Scientists warn it's too soon to relax despite omicron Covid variant proving to be less severe

5. Chip shortage and Covid weigh on China's smartphone market even as it bounced back from pandemic lows

6. UK inflation rate soars to 30-year high as cost pressures continue

7. SoFi stock soars after clearing final regulatory hurdle to become a bank

8. Better founder Vishal Garg, who did mass Zoom layoff, returns as CEO

9. Mortgage rates jump again, causing headaches for homebuyers

10. Microsoft to buy Activision in $68.7 billion all-cash deal

11. Peloton hires McKinsey to review cost structure; cycle maker may cut jobs, close stores

12. Russia needs to stop clinging to the idea of reviving the Soviet Union, Ukraine ambassador says

13. Some Americans blocked from ordering Biden's free Covid tests in early website launch

14. Cramer's Investing Club Stock Profile: Chevron stands out among peers as a free cash flow machine

15. Goldman CEO says he sees 'real wage inflation everywhere' after 33% jump in pay expenses

16. How the U.S. fell behind in lithium, the 'white gold' of electric vehicles

17. The world is hungry for lithium. Geothermal energy could transform how it's sourced

18. Rudy Giuliani, three other Trump allies subpoenaed in January 6 riot probe

19. Biden avoids wading into the congressional stock trading debate

20. Jim Cramer says Goldman Sachs shares are a 'steal' after post-earnings tumble