Elon Musk has called for the European Union to be abolished after the bloc fined his social media company X 120 million euros ($140 million) for a “deceptive” blue checkmark and lack of transparency of its advertising repository. The European Commission hit X with the ruling on Friday following a two-year investigation into the company under…
Packets of Walls Cornetto, Magnum and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream are displayed on March 20, 2024. John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty Images Magnum Ice Cream Company, now the world’s largest standalone ice cream business, debuted on the Amsterdam stock exchange on Monday. The stock opened at 12.20 euros, slightly below its…
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater, speaking to CNBC at the Future Investment Institute 2025 summit in Riyadh on Oct. 28th, 2025. CNBC The Middle East is fast emerging as one of the world’s most powerful AI hubs, Bridgewater Associates’ founder Ray Dalio said Monday, comparing the region’s rise to Silicon Valley’s pull for all things…
Binance Holdings, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, named a new co-CEO in a major shake-up after its former head, Changpeng Zhao, received a presidential pardon. Source link
Shoppers may be feeling sticker shock with the cost of beef at the grocery store. Prices in the beef and veal category are up 14.7%, while overall food is up 3.1% from September 2024 to September 2025 — the latest publicly available consumer price index data due to the government shutdown in October. But expenses…
A cargo ship loaded with containers departs from Qingdao Port in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China, on December 4, 2025. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s exports massively beat market expectations in November as manufacturers rushed to ship out inventory on the back of a trade deal with Washington, following a meeting between the…
Kate_sept2004 | E+ | Getty Images As 2025 winds down, many financial advisors are preparing for 2026, which will bring key changes to saving for retirement in 401(k) plans. Among those shifts are contribution limit updates and a major tax change for certain investors, which could affect long-term planning. “The most impactful change for next…
Shanghai Bund skyline panorama Yangna | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly higher on Monday as investors awaited trade data from China due later in the day. Economists polled by Reuters expect China’s exports in November to rise 3.8% from a year earlier, reversing the 1.1% contraction in October. Imports are expected to…
We’re in the final stretch of 2025 and entering the second week of the historically strong market month of December. Barring a calamity, the S & P 500 should be able to turn in a third straight year of gains. The index has advanced nearly 17% year to date. Whether it goes higher from here…
Levi Strauss CEO Michelle Gass was out for a run in San Francisco last March when she first heard the song “Levii’s Jeans” from Beyonce’s latest album, “Cowboy Carter.” “Literally, I got chills,” Gass recounted to CNBC, adding the name-check represented a “once in a lifetime” marketing opportunity she couldn’t afford to squander. “She is one…
