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European stocks open lower as trade war fears send jitters through markets
This photograph taken on January 20, 2026 shows a general view of the town of Davos at nightfall during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos. The World Economic Forum takes place in Davos from Jan. 19 to Jan. 23, 2026. Ina Fassbender | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks opened […]
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Scott Bessent says U.S. is unconcerned by Treasury sell-off over Greenland, calls Denmark ‘irrelevant’
“Denmark’s investment in U.S. Treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters at Davos on Wednesday. The “sell America” trade was in full swing Tuesday after President Donald Trump and European leaders escalated tensions over Greenland. U.S. stocks and bond prices tumbled, sending yields spiking. It comes as Trump’s threats to impose 10% tariffs on eight European countries as […]
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CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter: A diplomacy tightrope for Britain’s Starmer after Trump’s tirades
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The dispatch British diplomats have long prided themselves on the so-called “special relationship” with the United States. The phrase was coined by Winston Churchill, Britain’s inspirational wartime leader, when in March 1946 he famously described how an “iron curtain” had descended across […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump’s intensifying pressure on Greenland prompts investors to ‘sell America’
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from the media during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on Jan. 20, 2026 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images Markets on Tuesday flashed the classic signs of a “sell America” trade, as investors recoiled from escalating risks […]
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Asia markets fall after Trump’s Greenland rhetoric spark Wall Street rout
Mount Fuji and the Shinjuku skyline in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets fell on Wednesday, mirroring overnight losses on Wall Street after President Donald Trump escalated rhetoric over Greenland, threatening fresh tariffs on countries resisting the transfer of the […]
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‘You’ll find out,’ Trump says on Greenland takeover strategy
President Donald Trump points during a press briefing at the White House on the one-year mark into his second term in office, Jan. 20, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters President Donald Trump on Tuesday declined to detail what lengths he will go to in order to achieve his aim of making Greenland part of the […]
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Rising Greenland tensions sent the market reeling Tuesday. Many doubt the sell-off will last
Investors took flight from U.S. assets on Tuesday amid a clash of wills over the status of Greenland. But those those anxieties might not hang around for long. President Trump threatened over the weekend to impose 10% tariffs on U.S. imports from eight NATO members – Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Netherlands […]
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‘This is sell America’ — U.S. dollar, Treasury prices tumble and gold spikes as globe flees U.S. assets
A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange next to a U.S. flag after Republican Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, in New York, Nov. 6, 2024. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The “sell America” trade is in full swing Tuesday morning after President Donald Trump and European leaders escalated tensions over Greenland. U.S. […]
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Another alliance of health care and AI signals why pharma stocks should be back in favor
Bristol Myers Squibb and Microsoft ‘s new partnership aimed at accelerating early detection of lung cancer marks the latest way health care and artificial intelligence are rapidly intersecting. Bristol Myers said on Tuesday it will work with Microsoft’s AI-powered radiology platform to develop and launch imaging algorithms. These new tools, which can be used to […]
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Jerome Powell could stay at the Fed even after being removed as chair. Here’s what that means
Key Points The saga over President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape the Fed has another twist to it, revolving over whether current Chair Jerome Powell will leave after his term at the helm is finished. Historical precedent has been for outgoing Fed chairs to leave their governor roles as well, but Powell could decide to […]
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