Day: January 27, 2026
European markets set to open higher as earnings come into focus
Diminishing perspective of downtown London skyscrapers Chunyip Wong | E+ | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks are expected to open higher Tuesday, as a busy earnings week gathers pace. The U.K.’s FTSE index is seen opening 0.18% higher, Germany’s DAX up 0.15%, France’s CAC 40 up 0.3%, and Italy’s FTSE MIB 0.4% higher, according to […]
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Big Tech’s AI data center push is spawning a new heat economy
Students at a tech university in Dublin are enjoying an unexpected perk of artificial intelligence — it’s helping heat their campus. Since 2023, the Technical University of Dublin’s Tallaght campus has been one of a growing number of buildings in the southwest suburban area of the city to be heated by waste heat from a […]
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‘Never interrupt your adversary when he’s making a mistake’: Why Beijing isn’t rushing to answer Trump’s tariff broadside
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA – OCTOBER 30: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk to a room for a bilateral meeting at Gimhae Air Base on October 30, 2025 in Busan, South Korea. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has widened his tariff playbook, unleashing a […]
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General Motors is set to report earnings before the bell. Here’s what Wall Street expects amid major electric vehicle write-downs
The General Motors global headquarters in Detroit, Jan. 12, 2026. Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — General Motors is set to report its fourth-quarter and year-end earnings before the bell Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings per share: $2.20 adjusted expected Revenue: […]
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South Korea scrambles to pass U.S. investment bill after Trump threatens higher tariffs
The United States agrees to impose 15% tariffs on imports from South Korea under a trade deal for the vast majority of South Korean products, seen in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on August 1, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party said it would pass a special act […]
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Asia markets seeing ‘unbelievable’ rush of capital, driving equity rallies and IPO frenzy
Lujiazui Business Districk in Pudong, Shanghai, China. Liqun Liu | Construction Photography | Hulton Archive | Getty Images Asian equity markets are attracting global investors, with a surge in initial public offerings, rising cross-border flows, and accelerating deal activity underscoring the region’s growing importance in global capital markets, according to senior executives at JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs. […]
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Meta to test premium subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp
Chinese officials are reviewing Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus for possible technology control violations, FT reported on Tuesday. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Meta Platforms is set to test new subscription models across its apps, including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp in the coming months, according to a report from TechCrunch […]
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Microsoft’s plans for 15 more data centers win approval at former Wisconsin Foxconn site
The Microsoft data center campus, currently under construction, is reflected in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, September 18, 2025. Audrey Richardson | Reuters Local officials have signed off on Microsoft’s plans to build 15 more data centers in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, near an existing site that the technology company is expanding. Additional data center capacity will allow […]
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China’s industrial profits rise 0.6% in 2025, accelerating in December as output expands despite weak demand
NINGBO, CHINA – JANUARY 22: Employees work on the production line of snowboards at a workshop to meet the orders on January 22, 2026 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province of China. He Yuankai/Zhejiang Daily Press Group | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s industrial profits rose 0.6% in 2025 from a year earlier, snapping three […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump turns tariff pressure back on South Korea — but markets are focused on Big Tech earnings
A view from an observatory in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Jean Chung | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has been using tariffs in creative ways: to stop drug trafficking (ostensibly), to preserve national security aims (purportedly) and, now, to hasten the legislative process in another country. Trump on […]
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