A woman and a child walk past Iranian-made Zolfaghar missiles displayed at Azadi Square in Tehran on July 24, 2026. Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump has warned that the latest round of negotiations with Iran is the “last chance” to bring an end to the five-month conflict. Trump told reporters in the Oval…
A sign at BP Plc petrol station in London, UK, on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Britain’s BP on Tuesday reported a sharp upswing in second-quarter profit, as energy supermajors reap massive profits from higher fossil fuel prices amid hostilities between the U.S. and Iran. The oil giant posted underlying…
Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal Ahmed Jadallah | Reuters Saudi Aramco on Tuesday reported a jump in second-quarter profit, following a period of severe disruption through the Strait of Hormuz amid the sprawling Middle East conflict. The world’s largest oil company posted adjusted net income of 125.2 billion Saudi riyal ($33.4…
Palantir topped second-quarter earnings estimates on Monday and said commercial revenue more than doubled from a year ago. The stock surged 12% after the numbers were released. Here’s how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: 41 cents adj. vs. 35 cents expected Revenue: $1.94 billion vs. $1.80 billion expected Revenue climbed 93%…
CANADA – 2026/06/23: In this photo illustration, the Grab logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading ride-hailing and delivery firm, raised its full-year outlook on Tuesday as it reported record second-quarter results, with resilient…
The LIC logo looms above a couple of passersby in Mumbai in India last week. The IPO of the biggest payer in life insurance in the country is expected to fetch $2.7 billion in the country’s biggest IPO so far. Punit Paranjpe | Afp | Getty Images The Indian government will sell up to a…
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, center, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Feb. 19, 2026. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images Tech companies’ venture capital portfolios are making corporate profits look a lot stronger than they really are. Microsoft, Amazon…
The China Securities Regulatory Commission building in Beijing on July 20, 2026. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a snapshot of what I’m seeing and hearing from local businesses. China’s tech advances may rile Washington…
The Federal Reserve may soon be drawn into the Trump administration’s efforts to back the embattled currency of U.S. ally Japan. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants the apolitical Fed to expand a lending facility that would enable Japan to support its currency without roiling the sensitive U.S. Treasurys market. That request comes as new Fed…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Monday that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s earnings call changed how Wall Street views massive artificial intelligence investments. “Until Jassy spoke, the market seemed highly skeptical of how these megacap tech companies were spending money,” the “Mad Money” host said. “That’s no longer the case.” For months, investors had questioned whether…
