Month: November 2025
Singapore sees further cooperation between ASEAN and EU on digital economy, deputy PM says
Gan Kim Yong, Singapore’s deputy prime minister, during a panel session, at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Despite rising trade tensions, Singapore still wants to push ahead with a “multilateral, rules-based trading system,” and sees further cooperation between ASEAN and […]
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European markets set to open broadly higher as positive momentum continues
European stocks are seen opening broadly higher on Wednesday, maintaining positive momentum seen earlier this week. Source
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UK fund Blue Whale names this U.S. mining stock as a top macro-commodity play
Blue Whale Capital’s Stephen Yiu is positioning for further upside in gold despite the recent price pullback, and has named the world’s largest gold miner Newmont as a key portfolio pick. Yiu, chief investment officer of the Blue Whale Growth Fund, on Tuesday acknowledged that the firm could be “a bit late to the party” […]
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Luckin Coffee eyes U.S. relisting as five-year turnaround from fraud scandal takes hold
Key Points Luckin Coffee CEO Jinyi Guo said the company is preparing to relist in the U.S. The Xiamen-headquartered coffee chain was booted from the Nasdaq in 2020 after admitting to fabricating $310 million in 2019 revenue. Backed by top investor Centurium Capital, Luckin has rebounded to become China’s biggest coffee retailer, overtaking Starbucks, and […]
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CNBC Daily Open: SoftBank doubles down on AI amid warnings from ‘Big Short’ investor
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., left, and Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., during a fireside chat at the Nvidia AI Summit Japan in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images SoftBank is selling its entire stake in […]
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SoftBank shares plunge as much as 10% after selling Nvidia stake
Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk past signage for SoftBank Corp. near a store in Tokyo, Japan, on May 15, 2020. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of SoftBank Group plunged as much as 10% Wednesday after the Japanese giant said it had sold its entire stake in U.S. chip giant Nvidia for $5.83 […]
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Tariffs thaw, rivalry simmers: U.S.–China trade truce enters uneasy phase
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via Getty Images) Huang Jingwen | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Even as a U.S.–China trade truce appears to be holding, analysts caution that the détente remains fragile in a rivalry increasingly defined […]
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Stock futures little changed after Dow notches record high: Live updates
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stock futures were relatively flat Tuesday night following a session where investors sold off technology names and drove a rally in more risk-off parts of the market. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 3 points points, or 0.01%. S&P […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set to rise after mixed trading on Wall Street on hopes of U.S. government shutdown ending; AI trade pullback
Lujiazui Business Districk in Pudong, Shanghai, China. Liqun Liu | Construction Photography | Hulton Archive | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to climb Wednesday, after Wall Street traded mixed on hopes that the record-setting U.S. government shutdown could be nearing an end and AI trade stumbling. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index was set for […]
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SNAP: Trump admin gets longer Supreme Court pause on order it pay full food stamp benefits
Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) signage at a grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Mel Musto | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended by two days a pause in a federal judge’s order that the Trump administration pay full SNAP benefits for November. The delay will […]
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