World economy
Soros says civilization may not survive Russia’s Ukraine invasion, warns of global depression
Hungarian-born US investor and philanthropist George Soros. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images Liberal billionaire George Soros on Tuesday warned of a global depression, and said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could be looked back on as the starting point of World War III. At his annual dinner amid the World Economic Forum, Soros said […]
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Palantir CEO weighs in on the Ukraine war: ‘The lesson for every big country is holy s—‘
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir arrives ahead of a “Tech For Good” meetup at Hotel Marigny in Paris on May 15, 2019, held to discuss good conduct for technology giants. Bertrand Guay | AFP | Getty Images Palantir CEO Alex Karp believes that the war between Russia and Ukraine is making big countries re-consider their […]
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Nokia CEO says 6G will be here by 2030 — but you might not access it via your smartphone
Mehdi Bennis is an associate professor at the University of Oulu in Finland researching 6G. Elizabeth Schulze | CNBC Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark expects 6G mobile networks to be in operation by the end of the decade but he doesn’t think the smartphone will be the most “common interface” by then. Speaking on a panel […]
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Tech rout is just a ‘shake-out’: Top CEOs predict what’s next for markets
Monitors display stock market information at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Top CEOs and investors have struck an optimistic tone on the recent sell-off global technology stocks, telling CNBC it’s unlikely to metastasize into a broader market crisis. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 […]
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Volkswagen chief says German car giant will overtake Tesla on electric vehicle sales by 2025
Diess said he expects Germany’s auto giant to create some momentum over the coming months. Jens Schlueter | Afp | Getty Images The chief executive of Volkswagen believes Europe’s biggest carmaker can overtake Tesla to become the world’s largest seller of electric vehicles by 2025. Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” at the World Economic […]
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Bitcoin Pizza Day and NFTs: Crypto players take over main strip in Davos even after market crash
DAVOS, Switzerland — Crypto-related technology companies are out in force at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, even after a recent market crash that has wiped off billions of dollars of value from the digital currency market. The Promenade, a main strip where companies and governments take over shops and bars during the week […]
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Great Resignation? Why it’s not a good idea to quit just before a possible recession
The Great Resignation — a term coined at the height of the coronavirus pandemic as employees quit their jobs in their swathes — is still in full swing. But as signs of a forthcoming recession mount, you may want to think twice before jumping ship. Four million workers left their jobs in April in the […]
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Goldman Sachs expects more China real estate defaults, switches to bear case
Real estate and related industries account for more than a quarter of China’s economy, according to Moody’s estimates. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese real estate defaults have increased so much that Goldman Sachs analysts have shifted to their worst-case scenario for the riskiest part of the market. Twenty-two China high-yield […]
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Why China will likely recover more slowly from the latest Covid shock
As Shanghai tries to reopen businesses, one downtown district over the weekend banned residents from leaving their apartment complexes again for mass virus testing. Pictured here, in another district on May 21, 2022, is a line outside a shopping mall. Xu Kaikia | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s economy won’t be […]
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Bank balances surged during Covid even as pandemic-era stimulus ended, BofA CEO says
Bank of America’s account holders saw strong growth in their balances during Covid and have yet to spend down their pandemic-era stimulus money, CEO Brian Moynihan told CNBC. In an interview on “Squawk Box” from The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, BofA’s chairman said customers who had between $1,000 to $2,000 before the pandemic, […]
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