Month: June 2025
Nvidia heads for 5-day win streak as it hits record highs
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, speaks during the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 11, 2025. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Nvidia stock rose for a fifth consecutive day Friday as the chipmaker hovered near fresh highs and investors shook off China concerns. The […]
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What we know so far about Jeff Bezos’ $50 million star-studded luxury Venice wedding
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez leave the Aman Hotel to go to dinner with guests ahead of their wedding, on June 26, 2025 in Venice, Italy. Stefano Mazzola | Gc Images | Getty Images The rich and famous have descended on Venice, Italy this weekend to celebrate the wedding of billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos […]
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Core inflation rate rose to 2.7% in May, more than expected, Fed’s preferred gauge shows
People shop at a store in Manhattan on April 30, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Prices that consumers pay rose slightly in May, while the annual inflation rate moved further away from the Federal Reserve’s target, according to a Commerce Department report Friday. The personal consumption expenditures price index, the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Nike, Core Scientific, Pony.ai and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Nike — Shares of the sneaker giant jumped 10% after Nike posted fiscal fourth-quarter results that beat expectations and said it expects profit and sales declines to moderate in the future. Nike said it has already taken its biggest financial hit from its turnaround efforts, and […]
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Europe will buy more American weapons and pave way for trade deal, EU Council chief says
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – DECEMBER 18: President of the EU Council Antonio Luis Santos da Costa talks to media (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images) Thierry Monasse | Getty Images News | Getty Images NATO’s agreement to more than double allies’ defense spending targets will rebalance Europe’s trade relations with the U.S. and see the region buy […]
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Why Americans fell out of love with the hotel minibar
Once synonymous with indulgent late-night snacks, hotel minibars were a hallmark of convenience for travelers in the 1990s and the early aughts. But that is not longer the case. The hotel minibar concept went global in 1974, when a Hilton in Hong Kong stocked its in-room fridges with tiny liquor bottles inspired by airline bar […]
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Hemi V-8 engines and mechanical bull rides: Inside Stellantis’ plan to revive its Ram Trucks brand after yearslong sales declines
Stellantis’ Ram display is seen at the New York International Auto Show on April 16, 2025. Danielle DeVries | CNBC AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis reemerged from a seven-month retirement late last year saying he “missed the fight” and admitting the Stellantis brand was getting smashed in the marketplace by its competition. […]
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Quantum computing is having a moment. But the technology remains futuristic
Microsoft’s Majorana 1 quantum computing chip Microsoft It doesn’t quite have the buzz of artificial intelligence, but quantum computing is having a moment of its own. Some of the most powerful institutions in the world, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM and the U.S. government, are spending many millions of dollars in a race to develop […]
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Chinese battery giant and Tesla supplier CATL is expanding globally: Here’s why it matters
Aerial view of the headquarters of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) on February 6, 2025 in Ningde, Fujian Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images The world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) is going all-in on international expansion and could shake up the EV market in the process with its battery-swapping […]
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