Mount Fuji and buildings in the Shinjuku district are reflected on a table at an observation deck in Tokyo, Japan, on December 24, 2013. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday formalizing a lower Japanese auto import tariff of 15%,…
Steven Chechette (C) speaks with a recruiter at the KeySource booth at the Mega JobNewsUSA South Florida Job Fair held in the Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida, on April 30, 2025. Joe Raedle | Getty Images U.S. private sector hiring rose less than expected in August, data released Thursday shows, offering the latest indication…
Sanjay Poonen, CEO of Cohesity is the former COO of VMware and President of SAP. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Data security firm Cohesity is eyeing a potential initial public offering in 2026 with ambitions to achieve a valuation that rivals its publicly traded $17-billion peer Rubrik. The move would mark an important milestone for Nvidia-backed…
Signage at the Nidec Corp. Qingdao Industrial Park in Qingdao, China, on July 9, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Nidec Corp plunged as much as 22.44% Thursday, after the company announced a probe into allegations of improper accounting in its group. This marks the largest one-day drop in the Japanese electronics…
The Exchange Centre, which houses the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. The S&P/ASX 200 index extended gains to 0.3% after the central bank cut the key cash rate by 25 basis points, a move widely expected by economists and markets. Photographer: Lisa Maree Williams/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg |…
Stephen Miran, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, sits on the day he testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 27, 2025. Annabelle Gordon | Reuters Stephen Miran, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the open…
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller speaks during The Clearing House Annual Conference in New York City on Nov. 12, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller, a candidate to take over from Jerome Powell as chair in 2026, on Wednesday voiced his support for starting a rate-cutting cycle in two weeks and said…
Elizabeth Quay in Perth City Merr Watson/women Who Drone | Photodisc | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets fell Wednesday, tracking losses on Wall Street as investors assessed rising global bond yields and the latest developments on the trade front. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 declined by 0.5%, ahead of the release of its GDP reading for the second quarter ended…
Romain Costaseca | Afp | Getty Images Bitcoin edged higher on Tuesday as stocks fell and gold shot to a new record. The price of so-called digital gold rose as much as 2% to reclaim the $111,000 level after dropping over the weekend to a low last seen in July. Spot gold hovered around $3,500…
Treasury yields jumped on Tuesday to begin September trading as a court decision knocking down most of the Trump administration’s tariffs raised the prospect of the government having to repay the money already brought in, stretching an already-stressed U.S. fiscal situation. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield rose 5 basis points to 4.275%. The 30-year bond yield climbed…
