Year: 2025
This is how exposed European Big Pharma is to the U.S.
Novo Nordisk CEO Maziar Mike Doustdar shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during an event to announce a deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to reduce the prices of GLP-1 weight‑loss drugs during an event in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 6, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | […]
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Trump suspends U.S. green card lottery after Brown University shooting
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a House Homeland Security hearing entitled “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. Dec. 11, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she was suspending the diversity visa program, saying the man suspected of killing […]
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Check out the winning hedge fund strategies of 2025
Healthcare stocks, media and telecoms companies, and Asian equities were among hedge funds’ best trades this year, with just two weeks left on the calendar. Overall, equity-focused funds — which trade stocks long and short by sector, geography or theme — are the top-performing category in the 11 months to the end of November, according […]
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Data center deals hit record $61 billion in 2025 as AI valuation risks and funding concerns grip investors
Global data centers dealmaking surged to hit another record high this year, driven by a rush to build out the infrastructure required for energy-intensive AI workloads. That surge came even as investors grew increasingly wary of inflated artificial intelligence valuations and the financing underpinning the rapid expansion of data centers. Global stocks sold off in […]
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Puma shares fall 2% after Nike earnings rattle markets; European stocks mixed
European shares opened mixed on Friday, as investors digested a swathe of interest rate decisions and looked ahead to crunch budget talks in France. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was little changed by 8:25 a.m. in London, with most major regional bourses trading flat. Looking at individual stocks, sportswear giants Puma and Adidas were 1.9% and […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Investors might not want to take U.S. inflation numbers in November at face value
A food shopper browses for groceries ahead of the Thanksgiving Day holiday at an Albertsons supermarket in Redmond, Washington, U.S., November 24, 2025. David Ryder | Reuters 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 […]
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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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