Year: 2025

‘We felt at home’: Israeli weapons firms out in force at Abu Dhabi defense expo
World

‘We felt at home’: Israeli weapons firms out in force at Abu Dhabi defense expo

Attendees at IDEX in Abu Dhabi visit the Israel pavilion during the Middle East’s largest defense expo on Feb. 18, 2025 Natasha Turak | CNBC ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – A record 34 Israeli companies exhibited at IDEX this week, the Middle East’s largest defense expo hosted biennially by Abu Dhabi.  After fifteen months […]

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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: UnitedHealth, Rivian, Block, Celsius and more
Finance

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: UnitedHealth, Rivian, Block, Celsius and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Celsius Holdings — The energy drink maker skyrocketed more than 31% after surpassing expectations for fourth-quarter earnings and entering an agreement to acquire Alani Nutrition in a cash and stock deal. Celsius earned an adjusted 14 cents per share on $332 million in revenue, while analysts […]

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5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday
Politics

5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday

Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Stallmart Investors hope to end a lackluster week on a high note. Stocks dropped on Thursday, as the S&P 500 dipped 0.4%, the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.5% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 1%. Walmart‘s stock fell more […]

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Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel on Q4 results, integration of generative AI
Travel

Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel on Q4 results, integration of generative AI

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the company’s quarterly earnings results, state of the consumer, 2025 outlook, integration of generative AI across its travel products, and more. Source

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How DeepSeek used distillation to train its artificial intelligence model, and what it means for companies such as OpenAI
Technology

How DeepSeek used distillation to train its artificial intelligence model, and what it means for companies such as OpenAI

Chinese artificial intelligence lab DeepSeek roiled markets in January, setting off a massive tech and semiconductor selloff after unveiling AI models that it said were cheaper and more efficient than American ones.  But the underlying fears and breakthroughs that sparked the selling go much deeper than one AI startup. Silicon Valley is now reckoning with […]

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Apple’s Vision Pro has a problem a year into its existence: Not enough apps
Technology

Apple’s Vision Pro has a problem a year into its existence: Not enough apps

Apple CEO Tim Cook (L) takes a selfie with a greets customers on arrival for the release of the Vision Pro headset at the Apple Store in New York City on February 2, 2024.  Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images When Apple revealed the Vision Pro in 2023, it called the $3,500 headset its […]

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Trump administration hasn’t complied with order to halt foreign aid freeze, judge says
World

Trump administration hasn’t complied with order to halt foreign aid freeze, judge says

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. Feb. 4, 2025.  Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters The Trump administration has not fully complied with a court order pausing the freezing of foreign assistance grants and contracts, a federal judge ruled Thursday.  U.S. District Judge Amir Ali last […]

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Google, Meta execs blast Europe over strict AI regulation as Big Tech ups the ante
World

Google, Meta execs blast Europe over strict AI regulation as Big Tech ups the ante

STOCKHOLM — Executives at U.S. tech giants Google and Meta said that Europe’s artificial intelligence industry is being held back by excessive regulation, adding to rhetoric from Donald Trump’s administration that the region’s strict tech rules are choking innovation. Speaking at the Techarena tech conference in Stockholm, Sweden, public policy chiefs at both Google and […]

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Beijing embraces DeepSeek to lead AI adoption as it looks for new growth drivers
World

Beijing embraces DeepSeek to lead AI adoption as it looks for new growth drivers

This week’s news that the DeepSeek Chatbot app, developed by China, was downloaded from the Apple app store significantly more times than the US-developed ChatGPT from Open AI, wiped billions off the global tech market. Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images DeepSeek’s sudden splash in the large language model space has given […]

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Europe stocks set for muted open after Thursday’s sell-off on Wall Street
World

Europe stocks set for muted open after Thursday’s sell-off on Wall Street

Standard Chartered beats market expectations Standard Chartered has beaten market forecasts with its latest results, as the bank made $1.6 billion for the fourth quarter before setting aside money for bad loans. The bank did particularly well in its wealth management arm, according to Jefferies analysts, where income rose by more than a third compared […]

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