Month: June 2025

Ford reports 16% sales increase in May amid employee pricing, tariffs
Business

Ford reports 16% sales increase in May amid employee pricing, tariffs

DETROIT — Ford Motor on Tuesday reported a 16.3% year-over-year U.S. sales increase for May, as the automaker continues an employee pricing program amid rising tariff costs and vehicle price increases. Sales for the Detroit automaker were led by a 17.2% increase in its vehicles with traditional internal combustion engines, as well as a roughly […]

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Alaska Airlines to make Europe debut with Rome flights next year
Travel

Alaska Airlines to make Europe debut with Rome flights next year

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 30: An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 airplane departs Los Angeles International Airport en route to Washington D.C. on March 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Alaska Airlines plans to start its first flights to Europe next […]

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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Dollar General, Constellation Energy, Pinterest, Hims & Hers Health and more
Finance

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Dollar General, Constellation Energy, Pinterest, Hims & Hers Health and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Dollar General — Shares of the discount retailer popped more than 10% after the company lifted its annual sales outlook, saying its updated guidance assumes that current tariff rates will remain through mid-August. Dollar General also beat on top and bottom lines for the first quarter. […]

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How to trade luxury stocks?
Travel

How to trade luxury stocks?

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Investors are using data that tracks the spending patterns of international tourists to trade stocks in luxury goods sector. CNBC’s Ganesh Rao reports. Source

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Klarna takes on banks with debit card as it diversifies beyond buy now, pay later
Finance

Klarna takes on banks with debit card as it diversifies beyond buy now, pay later

Key Points Klarna is piloting a debit card called Klarna Card in the U.S. The card will also launch in Europe later this year. The Swedish fintech has been trying to shift its image from “buy now, pay later” poster child to a more all-encompassing banking player. Source

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Hims & Hers to acquire European telehealth platform in global expansion
Health

Hims & Hers to acquire European telehealth platform in global expansion

The Hims logo arranged on a smartphone in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hims & Hers Health announced Tuesday it will acquire European telehealth platform Zava in its push to expand globally. “We’re excited to take this moment to really accelerate both the European expansion, but […]

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UK growth to be reined in by public finance squeeze, OECD warns
World

UK growth to be reined in by public finance squeeze, OECD warns

Considered the home of theatre in London this view is looking from Piccadilly Circus Doug Armand | Stone | Getty Images U.K. economic growth is expected to be stifled by an ongoing squeeze on the country’s public finances, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Tuesday. The U.K. is expected to grow […]

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AI, trade and  socks: Inside the inaugural SXSW in London
Technology

AI, trade and $24 socks: Inside the inaugural SXSW in London

SXSW had branding all around the neighbourhood of Shoreditch in London. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC South by Southwest (SXSW) may be a well-known event in the United States, but it certainly hasn’t reached the same level of recognition in Britain. “What’s that?” asked a pedestrian who was passing by a SXSW London sign. SXSW is […]

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Euro zone inflation falls to cooler-than-expected 1.9% in May, below ECB target
World

Euro zone inflation falls to cooler-than-expected 1.9% in May, below ECB target

Shoppers buy fresh vegetables, fruit, and herbs at an outdoor produce market under green-striped canopies in Regensburg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, on April 19, 2025. Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto via Getty Images Euro zone inflation fell below the European Central Bank’s 2% target in May, hitting a cooler-than-expected 1.9% on sharp declines in services, flash data from […]

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Dutch government collapses after far-right party leaves coalition over immigration proposals
Politics

Dutch government collapses after far-right party leaves coalition over immigration proposals

The Netherlands far-right PVV Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders speaks to the media representatives following the European Parliament elections provisional results in The Hague on June 6, 2024.  Emiel Muijderman | Afp | Getty Images The Dutch government collapsed on Tuesday after disagreements over immigration proposals led to far-right leader Geert Wilders withdrawing his party […]

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