Month: October 2025
GM to take $1.6 billion charge related to EV pullback
A Chevrolet Silverado EV and a Chevrolet Brightdrop, which is assembled in Canada, are seen on display at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 13, 2025. Carlos Osorio | Reuters DETROIT — General Motors’ third-quarter results next week will include a $1.6 billion impact from its all-electric vehicle plans not playing out […]
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Trump says the war is over, but the path to peace in the Middle East is fragile
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he poses next to a sign before a family photo at a world leaders’ summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Oct. 13, 2025. Suzanne Plunkett | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump was in […]
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OpenAI’s hyperscaler ambitions are being put to the test with its latest megadeals
Sam Altman didn’t set out to compete with Nvidia. OpenAI began with a simple bet that better ideas, not better infrastructure, would unlock artificial general intelligence. But that view shifted years ago, as Altman realized that more compute, or processing power, meant more capability — and ultimately, more dominance. On Monday morning, he unveiled his […]
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Disney has considered a co-CEO structure to replace Bob Iger. Its history may make that a bad idea
Dana Walden and Josh D’Amaro. Michael Buckner | Errich Petersen | Getty Images As 2025 enters its final months, Disney inches closer to the announcement the entire entertainment industry has been waiting for — who will take over for Bob Iger as the company’s next CEO. Disney has publicly stated it will name Iger’s successor […]
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Rare earth stocks rally in premarket, extending gains amid renewed U.S.-China trade spat
In an aerial view, a container ship arrives at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025 in Oakland, California. U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to impose a massive increase of tariffs on Chinese imports in response to China’s announcement of new export controls on rare earths. China controls an estimated 70% of the […]
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BlackRock turns bullish on this overlooked corner of European fixed income
European fixed income markets offer a range of trading opportunities for investors, with the region’s collateralized loan obligation space now emerging as a key alpha-generating play, according to BlackRock . “If there’s one area where I think real value is, or the best relative value, it’s in a somewhat niche area, which is in the […]
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Google to invest $15 billion to build data center hub in India; largest outside of the U.S.
Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty Images Google will invest $15 billion to build data center capacity for a new artificial intelligence hub in southern India, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian announced at an event Tuesday. The investment will roll out over the next five years, and will be Google’s largest AI hub in the […]
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CNBC Daily Open: A chance for peace in the Middle East and the U.S.-China trade war
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he poses next to a sign before a family photo at a world leaders’ summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Oct. 13, 2025. Suzanne Plunkett | Reuters This might not be Christmas, but […]
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China targets five U.S. subsidiaries of South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean, sending shares down 8%
A hull section that will be sent to the final assembly base is loaded onto a semi-submersible vessel at Hanwha Marine Engineering (Shandong) Co LTD in Yantai, China, on September 16, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean fell more than 8% Tuesday after China sanctioned five of […]
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European markets set to open lower as positive sentiment vanishes
European stocks are expected to open lower on Tuesday, reversing largely positive sentiment at the start of the week. Source
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