Year: 2025
CNBC Daily Open: Markets rise as tech boost offsets trade worries — for now
Major U.S. tech names reported their first-quarter results Thursday, offering markets something more to chew on besides all the tariff-related news. U.S. stock indexes rallied: the Dow regained the 40,000 level and the S&P500 and Nasdaq posted gains of over 2%. While tech appears to be at the forefront of investors’ mind for now, tariffs […]
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Emerging markets are betting on a post-tariffs winner — and it’s not China or the U.S.
Visitors look at the city skyline from a park in Kuala Lumpur on September 30, 2021. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP) (Photo by MOHD RASFAN/AFP via Getty Images) Mohd Rasfan | Afp | Getty Images Emerging markets have found themselves between a rock and a hard place amid an escalating trade war, seemingly forced […]
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South Korea calls for ‘calm, orderly’ talks with the U.S. amid hopes of a tariff deal by early July
South Korea’s Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk-geun (right) arrives at Incheon International Airport on April 23, 2025, as he departs for Washington for finance and trade ministers’ talks with the U.S. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korea has asked for “calm” and “orderly” discussions with the U.S. on trade issues, […]
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Trump refutes China’s claim of no trade talks
U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump asserted on Thursday that trade talks between the U.S. and China are underway, pushing back against Chinese claims that no discussions have taken place to ease the ongoing trade war. “They had a meeting this morning,” Trump told reporters, declining to say to whom he was referring. […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Tech takes centerstage, but trade tensions loom large
Major U.S. tech names reported their first-quarter results Thursday, offering markets something more to chew on besides all the tariff-related news. U.S. stock indexes rallied: the Dow regained the 40,000 level, and the S&P500 and Nasdaq posted gains of over 2%. While tech appears to be at the forefront of investors’ mind for now, tariffs […]
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Alphabet expects ‘slight headwind’ to ads business this year, executives say
President Donald Trump’s trade policies will have a negative impact on Google parent Alphabet‘s core advertising business, an executive from the company said Thursday. Alphabet, which reported stronger-than-expected revenue in its first quarter of the year, faces an online ads market that’s on edge due to concerns about how Trump’s tariffs will affect the economy […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set to open higher after Wall Street gains as investors assess trade climate
Pedestrians walking across a crowded traffic at Shibuya crossing square in Tokyo, Japan. Jaczhou | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to mostly climb Friday after Wall Street gained for a third straight day as tech stocks rallied. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 is set to open higher, with the futures contract in Chicago […]
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Congress Republicans seek $27 billion for Golden Dome in Trump tax bill: Reuters
A view of the US Capitol building ahead of US President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. Alex Wroblewski | AFP | Getty Images Republicans in the U.S. Congress plan to introduce a sweeping $150 billion defense package that will give an initial $27 billion boost […]
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The trade war’s wave of retail shortages will hit U.S. consumers in stages. Here’s when
The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images Warnings of empty store shelves have been in the headlines as multiple press reports indicate that CEOs of America’s top retail stores told President Trump that a prolonged trade war would lead to shortages. When could that become a reality, and what product categories would […]
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South Korea, U.S. aim for package deal before tariff pause ends in July, Seoul says
South Korea’s Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk-geun (C) arrives at Incheon international airport on April 23, 2025, as he departs to Washington for finance and trade ministers talks with the US. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korea and the United States agreed to craft a package of deals aimed at removing new […]
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