Year: 2025
European stocks kick off 2025 on a positive note
European markets kicked off 2025 in positive territory on Thursday. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was 0.27% higher by 8:05 a.m. London time. Regional bourses are all reopening after the New Year’s Day holiday, with markets that were open on New Year’s Eve closing higher. There are no major earnings or data releases Thursday. Asian […]
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Trump tariffs pose a greater threat to South Korea’s economy than domestic political chaos, BOK official suggests
The Bank of Korea (BOK) in Seoul on Dec. 28, 2024. Kim Jae-Hwan | Lightrocket | Getty Images Risks posed by South Korea’s political turmoil to its economy could subside within half a year, but external pressures owed to possible tariffs on the country’s exports to the U.S. are “troublesome,” a key Bank of Korea […]
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Get your house in order, Europe — or face ‘ongoing decline,’ economists warn
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron before a private dinner at the “Kochzimmer” restaurant in Potsdam outside Berlin, Germany, June 6, 2023. Michael Kappeler | Pool | via Reuters It’s been a topsy-turvy last year for the euro zone with its largest economies, Germany and France, seeing political and economic turbulence that […]
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Tesla Cybertruck bursts into flames outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas, killing one
A Tesla Cybertruck exploded and burst into flames Wednesday morning just outside the entrance of Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, killing a person inside the vehicle and injuring several others standing nearby, local officials said. The suspicious blast is being investigated as a possible terrorist attack, three senior law enforcement members briefed on the […]
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CNBC Daily Open: S&P 500 soared in 2024 despite a weak fourth quarter
A view of the ball drop during Times Square New Year’s Eve 2025 Celebration on December 31, 2024 in New York City. TheStewartofNY | Filmmagic | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no […]
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Singapore economy grew 4.0% in 2024, advance estimate shows
Buildings in the central business district in Singapore, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. Singapore’s economy expanded by a slightly more modest pace than initially expected in 2023, as manufacturing activity contracted and services growth slowed. Nicky Loh | Bloomberg | Getty Images Singapore’s economy grew 4.0% in 2024, accelerating from 1.1% growth in 2023, preliminary government data showed on […]
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Australia stocks open higher as Asian markets resume trading after New Year’s Day holiday
Singapore city skyline on September 18, 2016. Rustam Azmi | Getty Images News | Getty Images Australia stocks opened higher with other Asian markets set to resume trading after New Year’s Day holiday. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.17% at open, while Nikkei 225 Chicago futures were trading at 39,605, lower than the index’s last close of […]
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Stock futures rise slightly to begin 2025 after S&P 500 notches back-to-back annual 20%-plus gains
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on the last day of trading for the year on Dec. 31, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stock futures were slightly higher as trading got underway for 2025, with hopes that the market can regain the momentum that propelled […]
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At least 10 killed in New Orleans truck attack, driver identified as U.S. citizen with ISIS flag
Police officers stand at the scene where a truck drove into a large crowd on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. January 1, 2025 in this screengrab taken from a video. Abc Affiliate Wgno | Via Reuters A 42-year-old Texas man crashed a pickup truck into a crowd celebrating New […]
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Russian gas era in Europe ends as Ukraine stops transit
YANTAI, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 – A large LNG tank deck ship loaded with liquefied natural gas imported from Malaysia is docked at the Longkou Port area of Yantai Port in Yantai, Shandong province, China, September 11, 2023. As the country’s first oil and gas terminal, tank farm, pipeline integrated operation of the port, […]
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