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 Google owner Alphabet on Tuesday announced a £5 billion ($6.8 billion) investment in the U.K.’s artificial intelligence development, just…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng pose during U.S.-China trade and economic talks at Santa Cruz Palace, Spain’s main foreign ministry office, in Madrid, Spain, September 14, 2025. United States Treasury | Via Reuters LONDON — European stocks moved lower at the open on Tuesday, as investors assessed developments in…
Vibrant neon signs and bright street lights glowing above the busy night traffic of taxis, double decker buses and pedestrians along Nathan Road in the crowded Tsim Sha Tsui district of Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. Fotovoyager | E+ | Getty Images Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 surpassed the 45,000 mark for the first time, leading gains…
Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, during the Thomas Laubach Research Conference hosted by the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 19, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal appeals court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump cannot fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa…
Stephen Miran, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and US Federal Reserve governor nominee for US President Donald Trump, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Senate is expected to vote Monday on…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Hamad I Mohammed | Reuters Tesla’s shares have finally turned positive for the year. After a dismal first quarter, which was the worst for the stock in any period since 2022, and a brutal start to April, following President…
Maurene Comey, Assistant U.S. Attorney and prosecutor on Combs’ case, arrives at the Federal courthouse during the Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial at U.S. court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., May 21, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor involved in criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein…
Congressional Budget Office director Phillip Swagel said Monday that President Donald Trump’s tariffs appear to have pushed inflation up higher than CBO analysts had initially expected. His views differ from those of Wall Street analysts, many of whom have been bracing for tariff-driven price hikes, but have yet to see them in materialize. Speaking on CNBC’s…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. Camille Cohen | Afp | Getty Images Alphabet has joined the $3 trillion club. Shares of the search giant jumped more than 4% on Monday, pushing the company into territory occupied only by…
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images The U.S. and China have a reached a ‘framework’ deal for social media platform TikTok, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday. “It’s between two private parties, but the commercial terms have been agreed upon,” he said from U.S.-China talks in Madrid. Both President Donald Trump and Chinese President…
