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CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: China is rewiring the Silicon Valley model — starting in Hong Kong
Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a succinct snapshot of what I’m seeing and hearing from local businesses. My latest conversations with investors reveal a notable shift: China has taken note of how finance powered Silicon Valley’s rise and is following suit. […]
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Anthropic teams with Goldman, Blackstone and others on $1.5 billion AI venture targeting PE-owned firms
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei looks on after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron during the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images Anthropic said Monday it is partnering with private equity giants Goldman Sachs and Blackstone to launch a $1.5 billion firm aimed at […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump’s Hormuz gambit lands with a whimper
U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit board M/V Blue Star III, a commercial ship suspected of attempting to transit to Iran in violation of the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, April 28, 2026. U.S. forces released the vessel after conducting a search and confirming the ship’s voyage would not include an Iranian port […]
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Brent crude tops $121 as U.S. military to reportedly brief Trump on potential action against Iran
Alexander Manzyuk | Reuters Oil extended gains as a report suggested the U.S. military would brief President Donald Trump on potential action against Iran, raising worries that armed conflict could resume, building on the American blockade of Iranian exports. Axios reported Thursday that the U.S. Central Command was set to present Trump plans for potential […]
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PayPal’s new CEO makes Venmo a standalone business unit as potential buyers circle
Enrique Lores, then-CEO of Hewlett-Packard speaks on CNBC outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22, 2025. Gerry Miller | CNBC PayPal CEO Enrique Lores has this week told managers that he is reorganizing the firm’s reporting lines to separate Venmo, the popular mobile payments app, from the company’s other operations, CNBC […]
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Here’s everything to expect when the Fed issues its latest interest rate decision Wednesday
Key Points In what could be Jerome Powell’s final meeting as Fed chair, he and his fellow policymakers are likely to continue their cautious approach to policy as questions linger over inflation and the labor market. The interest rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee is a virtual lock to keep its benchmark short-term interest rate steady. […]
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How Lloyd Blankfein stopped trying to fit in — and learned to lead as himself
At the start of his career, Lloyd Blankfein made a decision that would define the way he led — stop trying to fit in. In this episode of Executive Decisions, the former Goldman Sachs CEO reflects on growing up in public housing in Brooklyn, arriving at Harvard as an outsider and learning that authenticity was […]
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Pharma bets a little-known form of cholesterol will underpin its next blockbuster heart drugs
Pharma thinks it’s found the next frontier in preventing heart attacks. Novartis, Amgen and Eli Lilly are among the drugmakers betting that slashing levels of a particularly bad form of cholesterol could deliver the next blockbusters in cardiology. All three of the pharmaceutical giants are in late-stage trials to test whether drugs that cut Lp(a) […]
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This bank CEO let his AI clone handle an earnings call — now he’s signing an OpenAI deal
Key Points Customers Bank has signed a multiyear partnership with OpenAI, with engineers set to be embedded at the bank to help automate lending and onboarding, CNBC has learned exclusively. The bank is targeting an improvement in its efficiency ratio from about 49% to the low 40s and higher returns starting in 2027, while codeveloping […]
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U.S.-Iran peace talks stall. Here’s where things stand — and what’s next for global markets
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 16, 2026. Jeenah Moon | Reuters Global markets are entering the week balancing resilient risk appetite against renewed geopolitical strain as prospects of U.S.-Iran negotiations took a hit over the weekend. U.S. President Donald Trump scrapped […]
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