LONDON — European stock markets are set to open higher on Friday, as investors await a key U.S. jobs report that’s likely to set expectations for an upcoming Federal Reserve interest rate cut. Major bourses are all seen opening higher, according to IG data. Both equities and bonds sold off globally earlier in the week…
Aerial view of the La Isla salt flat, located at 3,950 meters above sea level near the border with Argentina in the Atacama Region, Chile, taken on May 16, 2024. Rodrigo Arangua | Afp | Getty Images Argentina’s President Javier Milei is scrambling to unlock the South American country’s copper potential, seeking to capitalize on…
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., and U.S. President Donald Trump during a dinner with tech leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., on Sept. 4, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump has reiterated a warning that he will soon impose…
Newly manufactured cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, on March 27, 2025. Issei Kato | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday stateside to implement a trade deal with Japan, with 15% baseline tariffs on most Japanese goods, including autos. The deal had been reached in…
Rebecca Slaughter Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fire Federal Trade Commission commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, who lower courts ordered reinstated after he terminated her. Trump wants the Supreme Court to pause her reinstatement as he appeals the case. “President Trump acted lawfully when he…
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%,…
In a Thursday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora suggested the enterprise may not be comfortable with browsers run by agentic artificial intelligence. “I think unless there are controls built into agentic browsers, which are oriented around credentials and enterprise security, they’re not going to be allowed in enterprises in…
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Broadcom reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that beat expectations and provided robust guidance for the current quarter. The stock rose in extended trading after the company said it had secured $10 billion in orders from a new client for custom chips. Here’s how the chipmaker did versus LSEG…
A sign hangs in a Gap Outlet store window in Chicago on May 29, 2025. Scott Olson | Getty Images Gap on Thursday announced it is expanding into beauty starting with its Old Navy brand, a strategic shift by the apparel company. Its initial test will feature beauty and personal-care products at 150 Old Navy…
Figma shares plummeted nearly 20% on Thursday, falling to the lowest price since the design software vendor’s initial public offering in July after the company reported earnings for the first time as a public company. Results for the second quarter were largely in line with expectations, as Figma had issued preliminary results a little over…
