Year: 2025
Chip stocks fall as Nvidia, AMD warn of higher costs from China export controls
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers the keynote for the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, on March 18, 2025. Brittany Hosea-small | Reuters Technology stocks declined Wednesday, led by a 8% drop in Nvidia, as the chipmaking sector signaled that President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plans could hamper demand […]
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Wall Street trading desks are feasting on the volatility from Trump’s global upheaval
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 14, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Wall Street banks just posted their biggest-ever haul from stock trading as the opening months of President Donald Trump’s tenure led to upheavals […]
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Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt in deportation flights case
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a presentation of the Commander-in-Chief trophy to the U.S. Navy Midshipmen football team of the United States Naval Academy, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 15, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A federal judge found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for […]
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OpenAI says newest AI model can ‘think with images,’ understanding diagrams and sketches
Sam Altman Co-founder and CEO of OpenAI speaks during the Italian Tech Week 2024 at OGR Officine Grandi Riparazioni on September 25, 2024 in Turin, Italy. Stefano Guidi | Getty Images News | Getty Images OpenAI has released its latest artificial intelligence model, which it said is capable of “thinking with images,” meaning it can […]
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Trump fires Democratic board members of credit union watchdog
Todd Harper, chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images The White House has fired two Democratic board members of the National Credit Union Administration, the officials said on Wednesday, as President Donald […]
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Healthy Returns: What drugmakers are saying about Trump’s looming pharmaceutical tariffs
A worker is working on a drug production line at the production workshop of a pharmaceutical company in Meishan, China, on January 30, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to […]
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Medical product manufacturers are divided over Trump’s tariffs
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are creating a divide in the medical community. Medical devices and protective gear made in China, Mexico and Canada were exempt from duties during the first Trump administration, but so far have not gotten a reprieve from his newest round of levies. While device makers who would take a big hit […]
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Spotify restores service after Wednesday outage
The Spotify logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 4, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Spotify was down Wednesday, with about 50,000 reports of an outage on DownDetector. The company posted an all-clear to Twitter just after noon EDT, thanking listeners for their patience. “Spotify […]
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Scale AI working with Qatar to develop AI agents for education, health care and transportation
Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, arrives for a meeting with international investors in IA at the Elysee Palace as part of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris, France, Feb. 10, 2025. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Scale AI is working with Qatar to develop artificial intelligence tools for education, civil service, contact centers, […]
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Heineken initially downplayed tariffs. Now the brewer is concerned
Imported beer, including Heineken, for sale at a store in New York City on April 10, 2025. Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images Heineken shrugged off the threat of tariffs earlier this year, but now the company is raising more concerns about potential disruptions to its business. In the Dutch brewer’s earnings report […]
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