Month: May 2025
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang thinks U.S. chip curbs failed — and he’s not alone
Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia Corp., speaks during a news conference in Taipei on May 21, 2025. I-hwa Cheng | Afp | Getty Images Replacing Nvidia is a tall order. While Chinese competitors are years behind the company’s cutting-edge technology, many analysts and insiders warn they are catching up, thanks to U.S. export […]
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EasyJet shares fall 1.8% after first-half loss widens
Banco BPM says regulation decision to suspend UniCredit takeover bid is ‘abnormal’ Italy’s Banco BPM has criticized as “abnormal” a late-Wednesday decision by Italian market regulator Consob to suspend for 30 days a takeover bid for the bank launched by domestic rival UniCredit. Banco BPM had rejected the $10.5 billion purchase offer in November, while […]
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Travel demand looks good for the summer, but supply is relatively constrained, says EasyJet CEO
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Squawk Box Europe Easyjet CEO Kenton Jarvis discusses the firm’s first-half results and explains why airlines across the sector are facing supply chain issues. 05:02 10 minutes ago Source
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CNBC Daily Open: U.S. market sell-off on deficit fears unlikely to be stemmed by any ‘Trump put’
U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, speaking to the media as he departs a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images It’s one bad headline after another coming from the White House these […]
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Bitcoin hits new record high above $111,000 as rally marches on
Romain Costaseca | Afp | Getty Images Bitcoin continued its rally on Thursday, hitting a brand new record high above $111,000. Bitcoin hit $111,886.41 in early trading hours in London, according to Coin Metrics, before paring some of those gains to trade at around $111,012.00 at 07:03 a.m. London. Bitcoin’s move has been “driven by a mix of positive […]
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Russia’s struggling war economy might be what finally drives Moscow to the negotiating table
Russian President Vladimir Putin tours an exhibition at the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow, Russia, April 30, 2025. Alexander Kazakov | Via Reuters Russia has shown little appetite for peace negotiations with Ukraine, despite Moscow making a show of what war experts described as “performative ceasefires,” and a […]
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How a Schroders fund manager doubled returns on a ‘rubbish’ stock in 3 months
No stock is off the table for Simon Adler, a value investor at Schroders. “We are happy to buy the worst business you have ever conceived, provided it is cheap enough,” Adler told the Value Investor conference of fund managers in London on Wednesday. Adler co-manages the Global Recovery, Global Income and Global Sustainable Value […]
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Israeli Embassy staffers shot dead outside D.C.’s Capital Jewish Museum
FBI agents cordon off the scene outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead, in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025. Two Israeli embassy staff members were killed near a Jewish museum in Washington late Wednesday May 21, US Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem said. “Two Israeli Embassy staff were […]
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Xpeng shares soar 10% in Hong Kong as Chinese carmaker forecasts upbeat revenue
Guangzhou-based Xpeng is one of several Chinese electric car companies that’s started to expand overseas. Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images Chinese electric-vehicle maker Xpeng saw its shares in Hong Kong surge over 10% Thursday following upbeat earnings and stronger-than-expected revenue forecast for the second quarter. Its shares soared as much as 10.2% […]
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Emerging markets said to see the next bull run as the ‘sell U.S.’ narrative gains ground
Traffic outside the Central Bank of Brazil headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil, on Monday, June 17, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Emerging markets stocks are in the spotlight again as the “sell U.S.” narrative gained fresh momentum, following Moody’s recent downgrade of the U.S. credit rating. The Bank of America heralded emerging markets as […]
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