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CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter: UK backs innovation hub Cambridge, even as rapid expansion tests the city’s limit
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The dispatch The U.K. economy, along with many continental European peers, faces well-established challenges. These include a high debt-to-GDP ratio, a high deficit-to-GDP ratio and an ageing population making increasing demands on the state, just as growth is […]
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Japan stocks hit record high amid mixed trading in the region as investors look toward Fed rate decision
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 Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose over 1% to hit a fresh record high amid mixed trading in the region on Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision, […]
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Stock futures were little changed as investors await Fed rate decision: Live updates
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 28, 2025. NYSE U.S. stock futures were little changed Tuesday night after the major averages hit fresh records ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell by 10 points, or 0.02%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed […]
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We’re raising our Corning price target after a shortsighted post-earnings decline
Shares of high-tech glass maker Corning dropped 2.5% on Tuesday after climbing more than 80% this year. Investors took profits after what were solid earnings. We weren’t among them. In fact, we bought the pullback on Tuesday morning, shortly after underserved post-earnings weakness developed. Corning makes specialty glass for data center cables and screens for […]
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Jensen Huang says Nvidia’s AI chips are now being manufactured in Arizona
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of the media prior to the keynote address at the Nvidia AI summit in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at the company’s GTC conference on Tuesday that its Blackwell […]
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U.S. military officials required to sign NDAs tied to Latin America mission: Reuters
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth addresses senior military officers at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, on September 30, 2025. Andrew Harnik | Afp | Getty Images U.S. military officials involved with President Donald Trump’s expanding operations in Latin America have been asked to sign non-disclosure agreements, three U.S. officials say, a development that raises new questions about a military […]
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‘The problems are mounting daily.’ Air traffic controllers miss first paychecks in government shutdown
A person rides an electric scooter past the air traffic control tower at Reagan Washington National Airport as the U.S. government shutdown continues in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., Oct. 8, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters U.S. air traffic controllers Tuesday missed their first full paychecks since the government shutdown began at the start of the month, […]
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Healthy Returns: What to expect from Eli Lilly, Merck, Gilead and AbbVie third-quarter earnings
The Eli Lilly & Co. logo at the company’s Digital Health Innovation Hub facility in Singapore, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | 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 […]
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Trump’s 39% tariffs ‘horrible’ for Switzerland, Breitling CEO says
An exterior view of the Breitling Swiss luxury watch store in New Bond Street, Mayfair on February 17, 2025 in London, United Kingdom. John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tariffs of 39% that were slapped on Swiss goods by U.S. President Donald Trump have been “horrible” for Switzerland, the chief executive of Swiss luxury watchmaker […]
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‘Battered and bruised but still standing’: WTO chief on global trade after tariffs
A cargo ship is loading and unloading foreign trade containers at Qingdao Port in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China on July 28, 2025. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Global trade is not broken, despite the disruption, pressure and shock of trade tariffs introduced by the U.S. this year, the head of the World […]
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