Day: December 19, 2025
India’s ICICI Prudential AMC sees shares jump 20% in market debut after stellar IPO
Signage at an ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co. branch in Delhi, India, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. ICICI Prudential AMC’s initial public offering to raise as much as 106 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) received bids for more than 1.37 billion shares, compared with 35.02 million offered, at close on last day of the sale Tuesday, […]
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European Union approves over $105 billion toward Ukraine aid package for next two years
Demonstrators holding flags of Ukraine and the European Union on the Boulevard du Temple in Paris, France on Feb. 23, 2025. Amaury Cornu | Afp | Getty Images European Union countries will allocate 90 billion euros ($105.5 billion) in aid to Ukraine for 2026 and 2027, EU Council President Antonio Costa said on Friday. “We […]
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Bank of Japan raises benchmark rates to highest in 30 years, lifting 10-year JGB yield past 2%
Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), during a committee on financial affairs meeting at the lower house of parliament in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s central bank on Friday raised its short-term rates to a three-decade high, marching ahead with its policy normalization, […]
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Suspected Brown and MIT prof shooter Valente is found dead, authorities say
Providence Police work the scene of a shooting in the area of Eddy Street and Sayles Street in Providence, Rhode Island, United States December 15, 2025. Kyle Mazza | Anadolu | Getty Images The man suspected of the shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine others last Saturday, and then of […]
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U.S. launches review of advanced Nvidia AI chip sales to China: Reuters
Nvidia’s H20 chip. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has launched a review that could result in the first shipments to China of Nvidia’s second-most powerful AI chips, five sources said, making good on his pledge to allow the controversial sales. Trump this month said he would allow sales of Nvidia’s H200 chips to China, […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Best not to put too much stock in U.S. CPI report for November
People shop in a mall decorated with holiday lights in Manhattan on Dec. 18, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The U.S. inflation numbers in November looked supremely encouraging, with the annual headline rate coming in 0.4 percentage points less than expected. But don’t get too happy about them yet. It’s […]
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Japan’s consumer inflation stays above cenbank’s target for 44th month, boosting case for a rate hike
People looks at the fruits at a shop at the Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo on August 22, 2025. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images) Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s consumer inflation rate dropped to 2.9% in November, staying above the 2% target set by […]
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Asia-Pacific markets rise as investors await Bank of Japan decision
Aerial view of Mt. Fuji, Tokyo Tower and modern skyscrapers in Tokyo on a sunny day. Yongyuan | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose Friday as investors look toward the Bank of Japan decision coming out later in the day. The decision could see rates raised to 0.75% — the highest since 1995 — […]
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