BlackRock shares jumped on Thursday after the world’s largest asset manager reported a better-than-expected quarter — capping off what the company described as “one of the strongest years” ever. Revenue in the fourth quarter of 2025 rose 23% year over year to $7 billion, topping the $6.69 billion estimate, according to LSEG. Adjusted earnings per…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 12, 2026. Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images The first two weeks of 2026 have seen U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration capture Venezuela’s president, threaten to respond to Iran’s violent crackdown on protests, and talk up the possibility of using force…
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual joint call-in-show and press conference, on December 19, 2025 in Moscow, Russia. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russia called the Trump administration’s threats to take over Greenland “extraordinary” on Friday, adding it would continue monitoring the situation. “The situation is unusual, I would even…
A U.S. move to seize Greenland could damage trade ties with the European Union, France’s finance minister has warned, as one analyst told CNBC that tariffs or economic sanctions could lead to a “trade war.” U.S. President Donald Trump has ramped up talk of annexing Greenland this month — and has not ruled out taking it…
Alphabet shares started 2025 with investors questioning whether Google could keep up with ChatGPT maker OpenAI in the AI race. By year’s end, the stock had notched its best performance since 2009. Google got its AI mojo back. Much of that was driven out of DeepMind, the British company Google acquired in 2014 for around…
An Obamacare sign at a Miami insurance agency on Nov. 12, 2025. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The White House on Thursday reiterated its support for sending payments directly to households to cover health-care costs, an idea President Donald Trump has championed for months. However, health policy experts reached by CNBC said they were skeptical…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday suggested a strong quarter from Taiwan Semiconductor renewed Wall Street’s faith in artificial intelligence stocks, including industry leader Nvidia. “Taiwan Semi made mincemeat of the skeptics who’ve been doubting AI’s staying power,” he said. “They said something that we have only heard from Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia — the…
U.S. President Donald Trump (right) and C.C. Wei, chief executive officer of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (left), shake hands during an announcement of an additional $100 billion into TSMC’s U.S. manufacturing at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., on March 3, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Buoyed by yet another blockbuster earnings…
Signage outside the Mitsubishi Corp. head office in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Mitsubishi agreed to buy Aethon Energy Management LLC’s US gas and pipeline assets for $5.2 billion, the biggest purchase by a Japanese company in the American shale sector. Photographer: Takaaki Iwabu/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mitsubishi Corporation said…
Aerial view of cargo ship and cargo container in harbor. Adoff 01 / 500px | 500px | Getty Images India’s exports to China soared in December while shipments to the U.S. declined as President Donald Trump’s steep tariffs prompt New Delhi to focus on alternative markets. Exports to China surged 67% in December to $2…
