Day: July 2, 2025
Santander doubles down on UK presence amid Spain’s banking M&A turmoil
A sign hangs from a branch of Banco Santander in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg via Getty Images In one move, Santander has silenced months of speculation over it’s allegiance to the British high street – and complicated a year-long consolidation saga in Spain’s banking sector. On Tuesday, Spain’s […]
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National Grid failures led to fire that caused Heathrow shutdown, report says
Workers on the way of investigate electrical substation following a fire at an electrical substation supplying power to the facility, in London, United Kingdom on March 21, 2025. Rasid Necati Aslim | Anadolu | Getty Images A fire that shut Heathrow airport in March, stranding thousands of passengers, was caused by National Grid’s failure to […]
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Wind power firms Vestas and Orsted jump on U.S. bill update
European markets open higher European stock markets moved higher in early Wednesday deals, with the Stoxx 600 index up 0.35% shortly after the open. Mining and banking stocks are leading gains, both up around 1.2%. Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Stoxx 600 index. Danish wind turbine makers Vestas and Orsted have jumped 8.4% and 5%, […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Tariffs led us down a different timeline for interest rates
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, on Capitol Hill on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC, U.S. Kent Nishimura | Getty Images News | Getty Images It’s the what-could-have-beens that hurt the most. The childhood sweetheart who moved to a different country. The early […]
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Chipmakers get larger tax credits in Trump’s latest ‘big beautiful bill’
William_potter | Istock | Getty Images The latest version of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” could make it cheaper for semiconductor manufacturers to build plants in the U.S. as Washington continues its efforts to strengthen its domestic chip supply chain. Under the bill, passed by the Senate Tuesday, tax credits for those semiconductor […]
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Germany’s defense industry is booming. Here’s where its weapons are going
Germany’s defense sector is growing as increasing geopolitical tensions have led to a surge in orders. The value of German military exports hit 13.2 billion euros ($15.5 billion) last year, according to preliminary figures — more than double 2020’s 5.82 billion euros . Defense stocks in the country have skyrocketed over the past year as […]
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Xpeng defies China’s EV price war with steady sales as Tesla and local rivals try to keep pace
Key Points Xpeng reported an eighth-straight month of more than 30,000 monthly vehicle deliveries amid a fierce price war in China. Xpeng’s U.S.-listed rivals, which target a more premium segment of China’s car market, saw more modest sales momentum. BYD remained the market giant, with its passenger car sales edging higher in June to 377,628 […]
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Dynasty in distress: Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn’s fate in limbo
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra watches Ice Hockey – Men’s Preliminary Round – Group A match between China and Thailand on day 1 of the 9th Asian Winter Games Harbin 2025 at Harbin Ice Hockey Arena on February 7, 2025 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Thailand’s Constitutional Court on […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Lower U.S. interest rates? The could-have-beens hurt the most
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell looks on, on the day he testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 25, 2025. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters It’s the what-could-have-beens that hurt the most. The childhood […]
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Tesla shares drop on Musk, Trump feud ahead of Q2 deliveries
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Jim Lo Scalzo | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla shares have dropped 7% from […]
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