Big Earnings Tuesday, Tesla Beats the Street -- and Musk Takes Aim at Apple, Interviews with the CEOs of General Electric and Raytheon Technologies on Quarterly Results, and Chinese Tech Stocks Tumble on Beijing's Crackdown.

Squawk on the Street

Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber focused on a busy morning full of earnings news by highlighting Tesla's better-than-expected quarterly results. They discussed Elon Musk's message on chip shortages and what Jim would have liked to hear from Musk on Tesla's earnings call. The anchors also reacted to Musk's comment on the call in which he takes aim at Apple without mentioning the company by name. Shares of General Electric jumped on upbeat results and positive free cash flow for the second quarter. GE Chairman & CEO Larry Culp appeared on the program to discuss his company's numbers as well as the challenges posed by supply constraints. Raytheon Technologies Chairman & CEO Greg Hayes joined the show exclusively to discuss everything from his company's earnings and guidance to his outlook for business travel, in light of Raytheon's role as an aircraft engine maker. Also in focus: Earnings movers including UPS and 3M, Chinese tech stocks including Alibaba and Tencent extend losses as Beijing's regulatory crackdown intensifies, plus, inflation's effect on the homebuilding/home improvement stocks.