China
Chinese companies are waging fierce price wars — but the consumer isn’t always the winner
A store in a shopping mall in Beijing on Aug. 7, 2024. Pedro Pardo | Afp | Getty Images Fierce price wars in China are hitting industries from cars to food deliveries to solar panels, squeezing profits and worsening the country’s deflationary slide. Though consumers may be lured by ultra-cheap deals, the trade-offs for them […]
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How Huawei ascended from telecoms to China’s ‘jack of all trades’ AI leader
The Huawei booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, 2025. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Despite being beaten down by years of U.S. trade restrictions, China’s telecom giant Huawei has quietly emerged as one of the country’s fiercest competitors across the entire AI landscape. Not only does the Shenzhen-based firm appear to represent Beijing’s answer […]
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China holds key lending rates as softening consumer sentiment persists in world’s second largest economy
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) building in Beijing, China, on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Bloomberg | Getty Images China kept its benchmark lending rates steady on Monday as the country continues to grapple with weak consumer sentiment and softening growth. The People’s Bank of China held the 1-year loan prime rate at 3.0% and […]
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Nvidia CEO: If I were a 20-year-old again today, this is the field I would focus on in college
Co-founder and CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang spoke to journalists during a trip to Beijing in July. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images If Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang were a student today, he says he’d focus on the physical sciences. During a trip to Beijing on Wednesday, Huang was asked by a journalist: […]
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Abbott stock fell victim to an old earnings season truth: It’s all about the guidance
Shares of Abbott Laboratories fell Thursday after the diversified health-care company delivered a solid second quarter but left investors disappointed with forward guidance. Revenue in the three months ended June 30 rose 7.4% to $11.14 billion, outpacing the $11.07 billion consensus estimate, according to estimates compiled by LSEG. Organic sales , excluding Covid testing results, […]
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Healthy Returns: Chinese obesity drug emerges as a potential rival to Eli Lilly’s Zepbound
Cr | Istock | 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 receive future editions. Another potential competitor to blockbuster obesity treatments from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk just showed positive data – but this time, […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Morgan Stanley, ASML, Johnson & Johnson, SolarEdge and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Morgan Stanley — Shares fell 3.6% despite the financial institution beating second-quarter estimates. Morgan Stanley earned $2.13 per share and saw $16.79 billion in revenue, while analysts anticipated earnings of $1.96 a share and $16.07 billion in revenue, per LSEG. SolarEdge Technologies – Shares plummeted more […]
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wants to sell more advanced chips to China after H20 ban is lifted
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of the media in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. Na Bian | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia is looking to ship more advanced chips to China than its current generation, CEO Jensen Huang said on Wednesday, as he looks to revitalize sales […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Goldman Sachs, ASML, Diageo, Johnson & Johnson and more
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Bank of America — Shares popped 1.5% after the bank earned 89 cents per share for the second quarter, beating the consensus forecast of 86 cents a share from analysts polled by LSEG. But revenue came in at $26.61 billion, slightly below the $26.72 billion figure […]
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CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: From Didi to DeepSeek
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange said that for the first time, six gongs filled its main hall on July 9, 2025, as 5 companies and an ETF marked their listings. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s […]
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