Month: January 2025
Billionaire family offices kick off 2025 with investments in AI, health care
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Europe’s richest person, Bernard Arnault, built his fortune on designer handbags and Champagne. His latest bet: security guards. Last week, Arnault’s […]
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TikTok’s traffic bounces back despite being pulled off app stores, fears of shutdown
A 3D-printed miniature model of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and TikTok logo are seen in this illustration taken January 19, 2025. Dado Ruvic | Reuters TikTok has nearly bounced back to its original traffic levels after usage fell 85% when the app temporarily shut down earlier this month, according to Cloudflare Radar. “DNS traffic for […]
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Implemented or not, Trump’s 25% tariff threat is challenging the auto industry
A car carrier trailer waits in line next to the border wall before crossing to the United States at Otay commercial port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on Jan. 22, 2025. Guillermo Arias | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — As President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and […]
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Exxon beats fourth-quarter estimates with higher Permian, Guyana output
Exxon Mobil on Friday beat Wall Street’s estimate for fourth-quarter profit as higher oil and gas production offset lower oil prices and weaker refining margins. Fourth quarter profit was $7.39 billion. Profit per share was $1.67, beating analyst estimates of $1.56, according to LSEG data. The No. 1 U.S. oil producer reported total earnings of […]
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Europe stocks open in the green to extend record high; traders digest dovish ECB messaging
French inflation held at 1.8% in January French inflation came in at 1.8% in January on a preliminary basis, steady on the previous month, statistics agency Insee reported Friday. Economists polled by Reuters expected a reading of 1.9%. The figure is adjusted for comparison with other euro zone countries. National German inflation figures are due […]
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From jewelry to food waste, firms are ‘shaking’ things up with circular-economy shift
Rapeepong Puttakumwong | Moment | Getty Images From jewelry and clothes to food waste, a growing number of sectors are focusing on operating as part of a “circular economy,” aiming to waste less — and reap the financial benefits in the process. The rising cost of raw materials and a move to reduce carbon emissions […]
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Trump says 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada may not include oil: ‘Oil is going to have nothing to do with it as far as I’m concerned’
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 30, 2025. Kent Nishimura for The Washington Post | Getty Images Donald Trump has confirmed he will impose 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada from February, following through on threats issued weeks earlier. The […]
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Swiss pharma giant Novartis posts better-than-expected fourth-quarter sales
An office building designed by Frank O. Gehry at the Novartis AG headquarters campus in Basel, Switzerland. Bloomberg | Getty Images Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis on Friday reported better-than-expected sales in the fourth quarter, but falling short of its own guidance over the full-year stretch. Fourth-quarter net sales rose 16% on a constant currency basis […]
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CNBC Daily Open: What DeepSeek? Big Tech is already bringing in billions
Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images 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 Markets rise amid choppy […]
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Tom Daley shares how mindfulness helped him overcome ‘terrifying’ pressure of performing at the Olympics
Tom Daley attends Out100 Celebration on December 11, 2024 in Hollywood, California. Olivia Wong | Wireimage | Getty Images Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley tapped into the age-old strategy of mindfulness to help him overcome the pressure of performing at the world’s biggest sporting event, he told CNBC. “The pressure of what it means to […]
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