U.S. and Chinese officials have been working to arrange a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the coming months, which will likely take place in Beijing, experts said. Dilara Irem Sancar | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to slap a “massive increase of Tariffs”…
The Merlion statue in the central business district of Singapore, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Lionel Ng | Bloomberg | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Moneyed…
Morgan Stanley’s office in Canary Wharf financial district on Jan. 30, 2025 in London, UK. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images Morgan Stanley on Friday told its financial advisors that the firm was broadening access to crypto investments to all clients and allowing such investments in any type of account, including retirement accounts,…
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Friday that he continues to support lowering interest rates but said the central bank needs to be careful amid conflicting economic signals. “I’m still in the belief we need to cut rates, but we need to kind of be cautious about it,” Waller said during an interview on CNBC’s…
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Campus, a college startup backed by Sam Altman, has hired Meta‘s former AI Vice President Jerome Pesenti as its technology head,…
General view of the Google headquarters in King’s Cross as the tech giant faces a 5 billion pound lawsuit in the UK for allegedly abusing its online search dominance. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images LONDON — Britain’s competition regulator on Friday activated new powers to regulate Google‘s search activities, putting the U.S. tech…
Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes targeted areas in the Gaza Strip despite the announcement of a cease-fire agreement, as seen from the Israeli city of Sderot near the border, on October 09, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Israel’s government on Friday approved a deal with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, paving the way…
Japan’s Komeito Party leader Tetsuo Saito (front R) attends the LDP-Komeito leaders meeting at the Diet in Tokyo on October 10, 2025. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo by STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images) Str | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s Komeito political party is reportedly quitting the country’s ruling coalition…
With its recent political turmoil and instability, France has been compared to Italy, replacing it as the new “bad boy” of Europe. Should France, then, take a page out of Italy’s book and consider a technocratic government? President Emmanuel Macron is expected to pick his new prime minister by Friday evening, after outgoing PM Sebastien Lecornu led…
Pictured here is construction on a real estate project in Huai’an City, Jiangsu Province, China on October 9, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s real estate market is expected to fall more sharply than expected in 2025, extending an industry slump for a fifth-straight year and delaying hopes of a…
