Gold bars weighing 1000 grams each are displayed at the Austrian Gold and Silver Refinery (Oegussa) in Vienna, Austria, on Feb. 3, 2026. Georg Hochmuth | AFP | Getty Images Gold extended its slide on Tuesday, deepening its bear market phase, as investors unwind positions, with a stronger U.S. dollar and elevated Treasury yields reducing…
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 Asia-Pacific markets pared gains Tuesday as oil prices rebounded, underscoring lingering uncertainty over the Middle East conflict. Brent crude futures for May rose over 3.5% to $103.7 per barrel…
A pumpjack stands at the Inglewood Oil field in Los Angeles, California on March 17, 2026. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Oil prices gained in Asia trading Tuesday after clocking steep declines overnight, as traders assess developments related to the Middle East conflict. Brent crude futures for May rose over 3% to…
TOKYO, JAPAN – FEBRUARY 05: Tourists and shoppers walk through the Tsukiji shopping area on February 5, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images News | Getty Images Japan’s headline inflation rate eased for a fourth straight month in February as the economy cooled on stabilizing food prices, with subsidies shielding consumers from…
U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Homeland Security secretary, tesifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 18, 2026. Evan Vucci | Reuters The Senate on Monday confirmed Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security….
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026, in Washington. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images In a document that resembles an IPO prospectus, OpenAI said its close ties with Microsoft could be a potential risk to its business, telling investors that the software company is responsible for “a substantial…
An Estée Lauder pop-up store is seen inside a Daimaru store on Nanjing Road in Shanghai, China, Aug. 6, 2021. Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Estée Lauder Companies said Monday that it is in talks with Spanish beauty group Puig to potentially merge the two companies. “No final decision has been made, and…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 18, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters S&P 500 futures and oil futures flashed an unusual burst of activity early Monday minutes before a market-moving social media post from President Donald Trump. At around 6:50 a.m. in New…
HOUSTON — Asian countries want to buy more U.S. energy to reduce their dependence on oil and gas exports from the Middle East, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told CNBC on Monday. Japan, South Korea and Taiwan rely heavily on exports through the Strait of Hormuz. Oil tanker traffic through the strait has plunged as Iran…
The Women’s National Basketball Player’s Association ratified the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement Monday, calling it “transformational” and “bigger than basketball.” The new CBA begins this season and runs through 2032. When asked her opinion of the most important outcome from the deal, WNBPA President Nneka Ogwumike had two words: “Bank accounts.” “Being…
