Year: 2025
Trump says U.S. will send more weapons to Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a law enforcement event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 19, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States would be sending more weapons to Ukraine to help the war-torn country defend itself against Russian attacks. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said Ukraine was getting hit […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump’s tariff letters set the heart racing, but don’t seem to promise anything new
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump share a kiss as they watch fireworks during a Fourth of July celebration at the White House on July 4, 2025 in Washington, DC, U.S. Eric Lee | Getty Images News | Getty Images Paramours wanting to court each other have, through the decades, moved on […]
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Samsung expects second-quarter profits to more than halve as it struggles to capture AI demand
Samsung signage during the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose, California, US, on Thursday, March 20, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korea’s Samsung Electronics on Tuesday forecast a 56% fall in profits for the second quarter as the company struggles to capture demand from artificial intelligence chip leader […]
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Tech founders call on Sequoia Capital to denounce VC Shaun Maguire’s Mamdani comments
Almost 600 people have signed an open letter to leaders at venture firm Sequoia Capital after one of its partners, Shaun Maguire, posted what the group described as a “deliberate, inflammatory attack” against the Muslim Democratic mayoral candidate in New York City. Maguire, a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, posted on X over the […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set to open lower as investors assess Trump’s higher tariffs
Peter Adams | Stone | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets are set to open lower after U.S. President Donald Trump announced higher tariffs on 14 trading partners, including Japan and South Korea. Goods exported to the U.S. from Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Kazakhstan and Tunisia are now set to face 25% tariffs starting Aug. 1, according to the […]
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Stock futures fall as investors await clarity on trade: Live updates
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on July 2, 2025. NYSE U.S. stock futures fell overnight as investors tracked rapid-fire developments on the trade front, including new tariffs announced Monday on 14 countries. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures declined by 87 points, or 0.19%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures dipped 0.16% […]
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Waymo to begin testing in Philadelphia with safety drivers behind the wheel
A Waymo autonomous self-driving Jaguar electric vehicle sits parked at an EVgo charging station in Los Angeles, California, on May 15, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Waymo said it will begin testing in Philadelphia, with a limited fleet of vehicles and human safety drivers behind the wheel. “This city is a […]
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CoreWeave to acquire Core Scientific in $9 billion all-stock deal
CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator, left, testifies before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in Washington on May 8, 2025. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Artificial intelligence-oriented cloud infrastructure company CoreWeave said Monday it will acquire Core Scientific, a data center infrastructure provider, in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $9 billion. CoreWeave stock […]
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The declining dollar faces more headwinds after posting worst first-half return in 52 years
U.S. dollar banknote and decreasing stock graph are seen in this illustration taken April 25, 2025. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Fresh off its worst performance since Richard Nixon was president, the U.S. dollar faces a variety of headwinds heading into the second half of the year that could have important investing implications. The greenback tumbled […]
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Jack Dorsey launches a WhatsApp messaging rival built on Bluetooth
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies during a remote video hearing held by subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on “Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation” in Washington, March 25, 2021. CNBC Block CEO Jack Dorsey spent the weekend building Bitchat, a new decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging app that works […]
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