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What Europe can learn from Sweden’s booming IPO market
While Europe’s major financial hubs, such as London, Frankfurt, and Paris, grapple with a prolonged drought in public listings, the Stockholm Stock Exchange is leading the continent as the hottest market for initial public offerings. Companies listed in Sweden’s capital have raised nearly $2 billion so far in 2025 — more than eight times the […]
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Top European finance chiefs warn of ‘casino’ behavior in private credit
Heads of European financial institutions are warning of risks in the rapidly growing, multi-trillion-dollar private credit market, with one executive saying parts of it resemble a “casino.” Oliver Bate, chief executive of Allianz , one of the world’s largest insurers, told CNBC that “uncontrolled” growth in the private credit space — which faces much less […]
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From shopping carts to superchips: Alibaba rediscovers edge with bold billion-dollar AI pivot
BEIJING — After helping shape the early years of Chinese e-commerce, followed by years of management missteps , Alibaba is betting big on artificial intelligence as it takes on a new era. This month, Alibaba led a roughly $100 million investment round in humanoid startup X Square Robot , and put $60 million into the […]
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Blackstone $135-billion bet on the U.K. is raising eyebrows
A package of investments from U.S. firms into the U.K. was unveiled during White House leader Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain, with Blackstone’s mysterious commitment now raising eyebrows. As the likes of Microsoft , OpenAI and Nvidia pledged to pump a collective $202 billion into the U.K. ., Blackstone promised the biggest individual investment. […]
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Stocks making the biggest premarket moves: FedEx, Intel, Lennar, Apple and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell : FedEx — Shares popped 5.5% on the back of a better-than-expected earnings report for the fiscal first quarter. FedEx earned an adjusted $3.83 per share on $22.24 billion in revenue, while analysts polled by LSEG forecasted $3.59 per share and $21.66 billion. Intel — The […]
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Potential TikTok deal boosts ByteDance valuation as investor confidence grows
Investor conviction in ByteDance’s potential has climbed since Washington and Beijing this week reached a framework agreement on the long-contested future of TikTok in the U.S., several dealmakers told CNBC. Existing shareholders are not planning to sell in the wake of the TikTok deal, said LU Shihui, partner at Envision Capital which has facilitated investments […]
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Trump’s visit sparks $200 billion investment into Britain. It’s unclear what the money will achieve
U.S. President Donald Trump’s commitment to America’s so-called “special relationship” with the U.K. this week helped fuel a record $200 billion package of investments into Britain. Trump’s historic two-day state visit to the country ended Thursday, after the president enjoyed a banquet at Windsor Castle with the royal family and talks with Prime Minister Keir […]
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DoubleLine’s Jeffrey Gundlach believes holding a 25% gold position isn’t excessive
DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach is getting so bullish on gold that he is saying investors could hold up to a quarter of their portfolios in the metal, far above what normal portfolio recommendations set for commodities. Gundlach, whose firm managed about $95 billion at the end of 2024, believes gold will continue to stand […]
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The U.S.’ deep-sea mining plans could hurt global rules-based order and benefit China, policy experts warn
The U.S. is preparing to mine the sea floor for critical minerals to reduce its dependence on China. But doing so in international waters could undermine a global rules-based order and indirectly benefit Beijing, policy experts warn. Efforts to create international guidelines on seabed mining through the International Seabed Authority (ISA), a U.N. regulator, have […]
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France’s latest budget crisis poses risk to defense investment pledges
The latest clash between French lawmakers over reducing the country’s hefty public deficit could see its defense spending pledges fall to the wayside, analysts say. That would come as a blow to the likes of Thales , Dassault Aviation , Safran and Leonardo -owned MBDA — domestic defense players that have rallied this year on […]
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