Month: February 2025
Tariffs: How they work, who pays for them and why Trump loves them
A drone view shows shipping containers from China, at the China Shipping (North America) Holding Company Ltd. facility at the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington, California, Feb. 4, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters President Donald Trump has long been a fan of tariffs, and in his first month back in the White House he […]
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Shipping giant Maersk’s shares jump 10% on profit beat despite trade uncertainty
Maersk shares jumped more than 10% after the shipping giant posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter results on Thursday, putting shares on course for their best daily performance since 2016. Earnings before interest, depreciation, taxes and amortization (EBITDA) rose 26% to $12.13 billion in the full-year stretch and came in at $3.6 billion in the fourth quarter, exceeding […]
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Singapore Airlines CEO shares how he is staying ahead of the competition
Singapore Airlines has been ranked as one of the world’s top airlines for decades. In this episode of Managing Asia, Christine Tan sat down for an exclusive interview with CEO Goh Choon Phong to discuss his strategy for staying ahead of increasing competition and ensuring SIA remains a world-class airline. Singapore Airlines has been ranked […]
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China says will protect its own interests in face of U.S. ‘bullying’
Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — China has toughened its tone following the Trump administration’s opening salvo of trade tariffs. “In the face of one-sided acts of bullying, [China] will definitely […]
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Volvo Cars weighs tariffs-led production move, warns of ‘hyper-competitiveness’ in China
Sweden’s Volvo Cars on Thursday reported a 12% rise in full-year operating income and record revenue, but warned of severe market challenges ahead from intensifying electric vehicle competition and global tariffs. The automaker, which is majority-owned by China’s Geely Holding, said operating income came in at 22.3 billion Swedish kronor ($2.04 billion) in 2024 amid an […]
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Maersk jumps 7.5% on earnings beat, Volvo Cars retreats 6% amid warnings of market challenges
Danish brewer Carlsberg slightly misses on fourth-quarter sales, points to slower growth in 2025 Danish brewer Carlsberg on Thursday reported a slight miss in fourth-year sales and pointed to lower growth in 2025. The company posted fourth-quarter sales to 15.72 Danish kroner ($2.18 billion), coming in just below the 15.79 billion Danish kroner estimated by analysts in […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Consecutive stock gains signal calm, but heed Fed officials
The seal of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors near the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images If investors were to judge the stability of the economy by looking at the stock market, its two-day winning streak might […]
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Danish brewer Carlsberg slightly misses on fourth-quarter sales, points to slower growth in 2025
MOSCOW, Russia – March 31, 2022: Bottled Carlsberg beer seen on a supermarket shelf. Russia on Monday seized control of the Russian subsidiaries of Danone and Carlsberg, both of which are in the process of selling their Russian operations. The Danish brewer is still represented in Russia by the brands Carlsberg, Kronenbourg, Holsten and Tuborg. […]
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Ukraine’s allies warn Europe against returning to Russian gas as part of a peace deal
A chimney and pipes at the BKM Nonprofit Fotav Zrt power plant in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ukraine’s closest allies have warned against the European Union reopening Russian gas pipelines as part of a potential peace settlement, with one Baltic nation describing the prospect as “not […]
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Huawei revenue rises at fastest pace since 2016 on the back of consumer segment growth
Huawei launched the Mate 70 series in an event in Shenzhen on November 26, 2024. The phones are the first capable of running Huawei’s new operating system called HarmonyOS NEXT. Huawei BEIJING — Chinese telecommunications and smartphone giant Huawei continues to grow and take market share from Apple, despite U.S. restricting the company’s access to […]
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