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Jane Street barred from Indian markets as regulator freezes $566 million over Nifty 50 manipulation claims
A general view of the SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) building is seen in the business district of Mumbai, India, on July 1, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred Jane Street Group from accessing India’s securities market, according to an order posted on […]
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US lets GE restart jet engine shipments to China’s COMAC, source says: Reuters
The U.S. told GE Aerospace on Thursday that it can restart jet engine shipments to China’s COMAC, in a further sign of de-escalating U.S.-Sino trade tensions. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The U.S. told GE Aerospace Thursday that it can restart jet engine shipments to China’s COMAC, according to a person familiar with the matter, in […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Rely on the official U.S. jobs report, but consider what ADP is saying
A hiring sign on a Taco Bell window on June 25, 2025 in Austin, Texas, U.S. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images There’s a scene in the cinematic masterpiece Mean Girls in which a character writes in big bloody script: “DO NOT TRUST HER.” Apologies in advance to the good folks at […]
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Asia-Pacific markets mostly set to open higher after Wall Street gains on strong jobs report
The skyline of Yokohama with the Landmark Tower, Queen’s Square and the ferries wheel with the Aka-Rengo Soko warehouse on a beautiful day. Juergen Sack | E+ | Getty Images Most Asia-Pacific markets are set to climb on Friday, trailing gains on Wall Street after a better-than-expected jobs report eased investors’ concerns of a slowdown in […]
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Musk’s xAI scores permit for gas-burning turbines to power Grok supercomputer in Memphis
The Grok logo is being displayed on a smartphone with Xai visible in the background in this photo illustration on April 1, 2024. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI attained an official permit to power its supercomputer facility in Memphis, Tennessee, using natural gas-burning turbines, according to public records shared by the […]
Read More![35-year-old American moved to Chengdu and lives on $30,000 a year: ‘[It’s] poverty in America, but in China I’m living large’](https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/108167583-1751548516689-chinacelia1.jpg?v=1751549197&w=1920&h=1080 "35-year-old American moved to Chengdu and lives on $30,000 a year: ‘[It’s] poverty in America, but in China I’m living large’")
35-year-old American moved to Chengdu and lives on $30,000 a year: ‘[It’s] poverty in America, but in China I’m living large’
In her late 20s, Aleese Lightyear worked in reality TV production and lived in New York City, which she thought was her dream. “At the height of my career in New York, I was probably making $100,000 a year [and] working eight months out of the year, which on paper sounds great, but New York […]
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Trump megabill gives the oil industry everything it wants and ends key support for solar and wind
President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act ends long-standing federal support for solar and wind power, while creating a friendly environment for oil, gas and coal production. The House of Representatives passed Trump’s megabill Thursday ahead of a White House-imposed deadline, after the Senate narrowly approved the controversial legislation Tuesday. Trump has made his […]
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Ilya Sutskever becomes CEO of Safe Superintelligence after Meta poached Daniel Gross
Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and chief scientist of OpenAI, speaks at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 5, 2023. Jack Guez | AFP | Getty Images OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever said he will assume the CEO role at Safe Superintelligence, the artificial intelligence startup he launched last year. Sutskever’s announcement on Thursday comes after Meta […]
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French air traffic controllers’ walkout disrupts early summer season travel
Passengers look at the departures information board at Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport, outside Paris, on July 3, 2025, as French air traffic controllers launched a two-day strike to demand better working conditions, disrupting travel for tens of thousands of people at the start of a summer holiday season. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP) (Photo by […]
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European renewable stocks to watch as Trump’s megabill hangs in the balance
Among the myriad details stuffed within U.S. President Donald Trump’s bumper “big beautiful bill,” European investors have been keeping an eye on one in particular — renewable energy policy. Shares of the region’s wind power firms gained on Wednesday after Senate lawmarkers narrowly approved a heavily amended version of the package . The move higher […]
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