Month: November 2025
Oil prices and energy stocks fall sharply on Trump’s new Ukraine peace plan
This aerial picture shows the oil tanker Boracay anchored off the Atlantic Coast off Saint-Nazaire, western France on October 1st, 2025. French authorities said Wednesday they were investigating the oil tanker Boracay anchored off the Atlantic Coast and suspected of being part of Russia’s clandestine “shadow fleet”. Damien Meyer | Afp | Getty Images Oil […]
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European stock sell-off reignites as global volatility drags on; regional tech stocks hit 2-month low
City workers in the La Defense business district of Paris, France, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — European markets resumed their sell-off on Friday, as U.S. tech stock volatility spills over the Atlantic once again. By 10:48 a.m. in London (5:48 a.m. ET), the pan-European Stoxx 600 […]
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Japanese concerts in China are getting abruptly canceled as tensions simmer
Key Points Beijing has increased its pushback against Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Taiwan comments. Concerts with Japanese artists in Beijing have been canceled or postponed, sometimes with little notice. “You don’t have predictability because nobody announces the policies publicly,” said Christian Petersen-Clausen, a music agent who has organized more than 70 concerts in China […]
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says Kyiv ‘geared up for clear and honest work’ as U.S. pushes for progress on peace plan
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy outside the West Wing of the White House on October 17, 2025, in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that Kyiv is “geared up for clear and honest work” to develop a peace plan […]
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Global investors battle between long- and short-term wins amid Nvidia volatility
Global investors are bracing for a battle between long and short-term wins amid a dramatic sell-off in artificial intelligence-related stocks. AI darling Nvidia buoyed an otherwise deflated market when it reported strong earnings after the bell on Wednesday, sending its own stock soaring and carrying related names alongside it. However, the rally quickly reversed on Thursday with Nvidia ultimately […]
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Three shorts and a long: The big investor calls at this year’s Sohn London conference
Hedge funds weighed in with short bets against a location tracking app, a U.S. real estate investment trust and a Swedish medical technology stock at this year’s Sohn London conference. Lombardi Capital founder Igor Kryca, meanwhile, who began his career at U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s hedge fund, went long on a German brakes manufacturer. […]
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Foxconn highlights growing AI ambitions at ‘Tech Day’ as it grows beyond iPhone assembler identity
The entrance to a Foxconn construction site in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, in May 2019. Katie Tarasov | CNBC Foxconn showcased its push into artificial intelligence at its annual ‘Hon Hai Tech Day’ in Taiwan on Friday, underscoring the world’s largest contract manufacturer’s efforts to evolve beyond its role as the biggest assembler of Apple’s iPhones. […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Investors suffer from whiplash as AI stocks gyrate
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Nov. 20, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters U.S. stocks delivered one of their sharpest mood swings in months on Thursday. The Nasdaq Composite ended down 2.16% after spending the morning stateside up as much as 2.6%. The wild […]
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Japan’s cabinet announces $135 billion stimulus package: NHK
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) answers a question during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee at the National Diet in Tokyo on November 12, 2025. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images) Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s cabinet has reportedly announced a […]
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Singapore raises annual growth forecast as third-quarter GDP tops expectations
People cycle along a track backdropped with the city skyline in Singapore on June 27, 2025. Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty Images Singapore raised its 2025 economic outlook Friday after stronger growth in the third quarter, but warned that expansion is likely to cool in 2026 as the U.S. tariffs weigh on global demand. […]
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