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Supreme Court hears Trump tariff case on Wednesday with broad trade policy at stake
U.S. Supreme Court Police stand behind security barriers in front of the Court building, which is obscured in construction scaffolding, on the first day of the Court’s new term on October 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Wednesday morning will hear oral arguments to decide the fate […]
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CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: Rumblings of a crypto race
Bitcoin, ethereum and the stablecoin USDT are promoted at a cryptocurrency store in Hong Kong on July 29, 2025. Peter Parks | Afp | Getty Images This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here. The big […]
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UK Exchange: A minimum wage hike — with maximum consequences
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The dispatch Although her next Budget remains three weeks away, exhausted political commentators are already confident of some measures to be announced by Rachel Reeves, the U.K.’s finance minister. One is a further extension of the freeze in […]
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Democrats make clean sweep in three biggest U.S. elections on Tuesday night
Zohran Mamdani, Democratic candidate for mayor speaks during a press conference celebrating his primary victory with leaders and members of the city’s labor unions on July 2, 2025 in New York. Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images Democrats made a clean sweep in the three biggest contested elections in the United States on Tuesday […]
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SoftBank shares plunge 10% as Asian AI-linked stocks slide on valuation jitters
A woman uses her mobile phone as she walks past the logo of Japan’s telecommunications giant SoftBank in Tokyo on December 25, 2013. Toru Yamanaka | Afp | Getty Images Shares of Asian AI-linked companies and tech firms fell Wednesday, tracking declines in U.S. peers, as investors turned wary of stretched valuations in the market’s […]
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Dow futures rise slightly after losing session: Live updates
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 3 2025. NYSE Dow futures rose slightly Tuesday night after all three major U.S. averages posted losses. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures climbed 100 points, or 0.23%. S&P 500 futures gained less than 0.1%, while Nasdaq 100 futures dipped 0.1%. Wall Street is coming off […]
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Appeals court dubious of FTX founder Bankman-Fried’s conviction challenge
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, August 11, 2023. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters The judges in a federal appeals court in New York on Tuesday […]
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Government shutdown set to become longest ever after latest Senate vote fails
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) holds a copy of the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act as he speaks next to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) during a press conference on the third day of a partial shutdown of the federal government at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S. October 3, 2025. Jonathan […]
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Virginia governor election: Earle-Sears and Spanberger vie to succeed Youngkin
Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears and Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA). Anna Moneymaker | Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Virginia voters on Tuesday are poised to pick their first female governor and weigh in on a scandal-rocked state attorney general’s race. The race for governor will make history, regardless of whether […]
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Yum Brands quarterly revenue rises 8%, fueled by Taco Bell and KFC
Signage is displayed outside a Yum! Brands Inc. Taco Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Yum Brands on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue growth, fueled by strong demand for Taco Bell and improved U.S. sales for KFC. The restaurant […]
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