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China says 95 dead after 7.1-magnitude earthquake strikes Tibet
HONG KONG — A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck near one of Tibet’s holiest cities Tuesday, killing at least 95 people, Chinese state media reported. The earthquake, which was recorded just after 9 a.m. (8 p.m. ET Monday), was centered at a depth of nearly 6 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremor, which Chinese authorities […]
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Euro zone inflation rose to 2.4% in December, meeting expectations
A man rides bicycle on a snow-covered street after snowfall in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on December 29, 2024. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images Annual inflation in the euro zone rose for a third straight month to reach 2.4% in December, statistics agency Eurostat said Tuesday. The reading was in line with […]
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dLocal, Latin America’s answer to Stripe, wins UK license in global expansion push
DLocal is one of Latin America’s most prominent payment players. It specializes in cross-border payments for emerging markets such as Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and its home country, Uruguay. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images LONDON — Uruguayan payments firm dLocal has secured a U.K. payment institution license, adding to the company’s growing portfolio of […]
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CNBC Daily Open: The AI sector still has legs to run
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 6, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, […]
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European markets head for lower open, with traders focused on euro zone inflation data
European markets are heading for a negative open on Tuesday as investors in the region focus on the latest euro zone inflation data. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 index is expected to open 40 points lower at 8,200, Germany’s DAX down 87 points at 20,123, France’s CAC down 33 points at 7,414 and Italy’s FTSE MIB down […]
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Nvidia releases gaming chips for PCs, tapping AI features from data center GPUs
Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s founder, president and CEO, speaks about the future of artificial intelligence and its effect on energy consumption and production at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2024. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Nvidia revealed new chips for desktop and laptop PCs on Monday that use the same Blackwell […]
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Nippon Steel CEO doubles down on pledge to acquire U.S. Steel after suing Biden administration
This picture taken on Feb. 16, 2024 shows a logo of Nippon Steel Corp. at the company’s Kyushu manufacturing base in Kitakyushu city of Fukuoka Prefecture. U.S. President Joe Biden plans to express concern over Nippon Steel’s proposed $14.9 billion purchase of U.S. Steel, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, pushing the […]
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Shares of Tencent fall over 5% in Hong Kong after U.S. designates it as a Chinese military company
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Chinese tech heavyweight Tencent Holdings tumbled 5.4% in Hong Kong after the company was added to a list of “Chinese military companies” by the U.S. Department of Defense. The move follows a near 8% fall in Tencent’s U.S. depository receipts on Wall Street. Other Chinese companies […]
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CNBC Daily Open: The AI peak hasn’t crested yet
The Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you […]
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This Japanese man earned $80,000 a year from ‘doing nothing’
Shoji Morimoto’s day job involves loaning himself out to strangers who seek someone’s company for almost anything at all. Lee Ying Shan When Shoji Morimoto was fired from his office job in 2018, his superior had criticized him for lacking initiative and “not doing anything” of value for the company. Joke’s on him, because Morimoto, […]
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