Month: March 2025
Trump’s tariffs showcase his extraordinary presidential power — and its limitations
U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as he speaks with members of the media on the South Lawn before boarding Marine One at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 28, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters U.S. importers and their customers are about to experience the full force of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented use of […]
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Samsung to launch its Apple Vision Pro rival headset this year
Samsung’s extended reality ‘Project Moohan’ headset on display at the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Samsung will launch its extended reality headset this year, a spokesperson for the company told CNBC on Tuesday. The device, dubbed Project Moohan, is Samsung’s answer to Apple‘s $3,500 Vision Pro, which was launched last […]
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Airline stocks tumble amid economic concerns
United airplanes are seen at the Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, Unitted States on July 16, 2024. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Stock Chart IconStock chart icon NYSE Arca Airline Index versus the S&P 500 Airlines, especially full-service carriers with big international networks, had been a bright spot thanks to strong demand […]
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Tech stocks are down 7% since Trump’s inauguration as trade war fuels uncertainty
CEO of Meta and Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attend the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th U.S. president in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. Saul Loeb | Via Reuters Technology […]
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Best Buy shares plunge as CEO warns price increases are ‘highly likely’ due to Trump tariffs
Best Buy on Tuesday posted fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that topped expectations, but CEO Corie Barry projected that prices for U.S. consumers would rise as President Donald Trump’s tariffs on China and Mexico go into effect. On Best Buy’s earnings call, Barry said China and Mexico are the company’s top two supply-chain sources, with about […]
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Bundesbank proposes debt reform that could add 220 bln euros to spending
Joachim Nagel, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank, during a presentation of the Bundesbank’s 2024 Annual Report in Frankfurt, Germany, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images Germany’s central bank proposed on Tuesday a far-reaching reform of the country’s constitutionally enshrined cap on borrowing, which could give the government up to […]
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Trump tariffs live updates: Mexico president says retaliatory tariffs coming Sunday
Mexico will announce retaliatory tariffs on Sunday, Sheinbaum says Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum holds a press conference a day before the imposition of tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico March 3, 2025. Luis Cortes | Reuters Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is now speaking about the U.S. tariffs, […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia, Tesla, Target, Illumina and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Nvidia — Shares fell another 3%, extending the chipmaker’s nearly 9% decline Monday after President Donald Trump enacted tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Tuesday. Investors remain concerned about how tariffs and greater export restrictions will affect Nvidia’s business in China. After Monday’s sell-off, Nvidia was worth […]
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Bitcoin erases all of its gain that followed Trump’s crypto reserve announcement
The new Bitcoin token is photographed on U.S. $100 bills. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The price of bitcoin failed to recover the $85,000 level – where it traded before President Donald Trump’s announcement of a U.S. crypto reserve sent it soaring – after a sell-off driven by tariff concerns knocked it down. […]
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Why automakers including Honda and Toyota are pouring millions into rockets and satellites
In January, Toyota said its mobility software subsidiary “Woven by Toyota” was investing $44 million into Japanese rocket maker Interstellar Technologies. Rival Honda has been developing a proprietary reusable rocket since 2019 to launch low-earth orbit satellites to space. Chinese automaker Geely Holding Group, a Tesla competitor, has invested $326 million to manufacture its own […]
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