Iceland Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir participates at a listening session on a referendum in Reykjavik, Iceland, on August 24, 2026. Jonathan Nackstrand | Afp | Getty Images Icelanders on Saturday will vote in a knife-edge referendum on whether to resume negotiations to join the European Union, reopening a debate that has taken on deeper significance…
Pedestrians pass a MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea store in Yantai, China, on April 1, 2025. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Chinese ice cream and beverages chain Mixue Group fell more than 7% in Hong Kong on Friday, extending losses to a second straight session after…
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, during an interview on “The Circuit with Emily Chang” at Anthropic’s headquarters in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, April 30, 2026. Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty Images A San Francisco federal judge on Thursday ruled that the Pentagon’s blacklisting of artificial intelligence giant Anthropic…
Liang Wenfeng, founder of startup DeepSeek, delivers the keynote speech during the 10th China Private Equity Golden Bull Awards on August 30, 2019 in Shanghai, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images DeepSeek, the lab that put Chinese artificial intelligence on the map last January, has long been financed by High-Flyer Quant, its…
A wealthy Chinese family. Viewstock | View Stock | Getty Images A year ago, wealthy Chinese families were souring on Singapore. Its rules felt onerous, its nightlife subdued. Other cities seemed easier or more exciting. Now they want to come back. Family-office advisers and wealth managers say they are seeing renewed interest in Singapore from…
Gilead Bixlenvo drug Courtesy: Gilead The Food and Drug Administration approved a once-daily HIV pill from Gilead that could help simplify care for some patients, the company announced Thursday. The drug, marketed as Bixlenvo, is aimed at patients whose virus is already under control but who remain on complicated treatment regimens. It could also appeal…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday said strong earnings results from Nvidia and Salesforce shattered two of Wall Street’s biggest tech bear narratives, sending both stocks soaring. “We were in the grip of some lies and damn lies, backed by chimerical statistics, and now both bear stories backfired,” the “Mad Money” host said. “Today was a…
Gap on Thursday announced a new CEO for its Old Navy banner, effective Nov. 2, as the retailer tries to reinvigorate sluggish sales performance at the brand. Michael Francis, who was appointed the chief customer officer at Old Navy in May, will take over the reins from current CEO Haio Barbeito, who will become an…
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks during a news conference at Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington, July 29, 2026. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images The Federal Reserve‘s cryptic chairman is set to deliver his much-awaited keynote address Friday in Jackson Hole, with markets trying to anticipate what, if anything, he will have to say on…
Donald Trump Jr., co-founder of World Liberty Financial, during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Priority Summit conference in Miami, Florida, US, on Friday, March 27, 2026. Zak Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images In March, Donald Trump Jr. told Republican state attorneys general not to go after prediction markets, The New York Times reported on…
