Year: 2025

He bought an abandoned tin mine in Phuket in 1984. Now, his hotel chain is worth over $200 million
Ho Kwon Ping is the co-founder and executive chairman of Banyan Group. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Growing up, Ho Kwon Ping didn’t think he’d become a businessman, let alone a hotel tycoon. “I had not always wanted to be an entrepreneur,” he told CNBC Make It. “It’s just that the few times where […]
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CNBC Daily Open: The S&P stages a comeback
The S&P 500 shook off the December doldrums to touch a new intraday high of 6,100.81 on Thursday. It’s also just a hair away from its all-time closing high. Source
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South Korea fourth-quarter GDP grows at its slowest pace in six quarters, missing expectations
The Seoul skyline. Mongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty Images South Korea’s economy expanded 1.2% year on year in the fourth quarter, marking its slowest expansion since the second quarter of 2023. Advance figures missed the 1.4% expansion expected by economists polled by Reuters, and the growth was also softer compared with the 1.5% rise […]
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SK Hynix fourth-quarter profit soars to a record high, beating expectations on AI boom
SK Hynix Inc. signage at the company’s office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Monday, April 22, 2024. SK Hynix is scheduled to release earnings figures on April 25. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korea’s SK Hynix, one of the world’s largest memory chipmakers, posted record quarterly earnings […]
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Asia-Pacific markets open mixed as investors parse slew of economic data in the region
Aerial view of the capital city of Seoul in South Korea, seen at sunset. Tobiasjo | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed Thursday as investors assessed a slew of economic data in the region. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 traded 0.42% lower at the open. Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.38% at the open, while the […]
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CNN to lay off hundreds of employees as post-inauguration transformation begins, sources say
The stage is set for the first 2024 presidential debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Atlanta on June 26, 2024. John Nowak | CNN | Via Reuters Warner Bros. Discovery’s CNN plans to lay off hundreds of employees Thursday as it refocuses the business around a global digital […]
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EA shares drop 7% after company lowers guidance due to weakness in soccer, other games
Visitors play the ‘EA Sports FC 25’ game in front of a placard with England’s midfielder Jude Bellingham at the Electronic Arts booth during the media day at the Gamescom video games trade fair in Cologne, western Germany on Aug. 21, 2024. Ina Fassbender | AFP | Getty Images Electronic Arts slashed its full-year bookings […]
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Investors poured nearly $26 billion into this high-yielding corner of the fixed income market in 2024, State Street says
The chase for hot yields spurred investors to pour billions into a relatively risky corner of the fixed income market in 2024. Bank loan and collateralized loan obligation (CLO) exchange-traded funds scooped up about $25.6 billion in new money last year, according to State Street. That level marked a record, and contributed to the $87 […]
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Crypto community celebrates Trump’s pardon of Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht: CNBC Crypto World
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email CNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what’s ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today’s show, Franklin Bi […]
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