Month: November 2024
Sony reports 69% jump in operating profit, beating expectations
Sony’s PlayStation 5. Thiago Prudencio | Lightrocket | Getty Images Sony reported a 69% jump in operating profit Thursday, smashing analyst expectations. Here’s how the Japanese tech giant did in the September quarter, versus LSEG consensus estimates: Operating profit: 445.1 billion yen ($2.91 billion), versus 336.07 billion yen expected. That’s up 69% year-over-year and beats analyst […]
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Bitcoin’s on track to hit $100,000 after Trump’s election victory, analysts say
Bitcoin is on track to hit the $100,000 price milestone by the end of the year after President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory, according to analysts. James Butterfill, head of research at CoinShares, said a price rise to $100,000 — which would imply 33% upside — “is possible now,” as Trump’s presidential win and the Republicans’ new majority […]
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Top trader Vitol eyeing metals market as global oil demand set to peak in 10 years, CEO signals
Russell Hardy, chief executive officer of Vitol Services Ltd. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Vitol is eyeing the metals market with global petroleum demand expected to peak in a decade, signaled Russell Hardy, CEO of Vitol, the world’s largest independent energy trader. “The petroleum, the oil business, we still think it will […]
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Nissan shares plunge over 10% after downbeat quarterly results, production-cut plans
The Nissan ARIYA on the EV test track at the New York International Auto Show on March 28, 2024. Danielle DeVries | CNBC Shares of Japanese automaker Nissan tumbled as much as 10.12%, a day after the company posted downbeat quarterly results and said it would reduce global production capacity by 20%. Shares of the […]
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American interest in moving abroad skyrockets after Trump’s win — here’s how many would actually leave
Americans disappointed with the outcome of the U.S. election took their anguish online, with searches related to moving abroad surging following the results of the presidential race. Google Trends showed that searches related to “leaving the country” and “how to move to …” spiked following the news that Donald Trump would be returning to the […]
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China expected to announce highly anticipated fiscal stimulus package
Key Points Chinese authorities have ramped up stimulus announcements since late September, sparking a stock rally. While the People’s Bank of China has already cut several interest rates, major increases in government debt and spending requires approval by the country’s parliament, called the National People’s Congress. That approval could granted during a weeklong meeting of […]
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Australian airports hit by outage at immigration counters
A Qantas aircraft at Sydney Airport on November 09, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. James D. Morgan | Getty Images News | Getty Images A technical outage crippled all of Australia’s major airports on Friday, leading to long queues at international terminals after the disruption of automated kiosks for identity and facial recognition, authorities said. In a statement the Australian Border Force […]
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Stock futures are little changed as Wall Street looks to extend postelection rally: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the morning trading on November 07, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images U.S. stock futures hovered near the flatline Thursday night after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite hit records in a postelection rally and investors weighed the […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Powell maintains that elections won’t sway Fed’s policy
Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington on November 07, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on […]
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Polymarket plans U.S. return after signaling Trump election win, founder says
Online election betting platform Polymarket plans to bring its prediction markets back to customers in the United States, on the heels of accurately forecasting the electoral win of President-elect Donald Trump. “I want to give a lot of credit to the people who fought the battle to go and legalize political prediction markets in America,” Polymarket founder and […]
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