A one pound price label in bowls of produce on a grocery stall at East Street Market in London, UK, in spring 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.K.’s annual inflation rate hit a hotter-than-expected 3.6% in June, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday. Economists polled…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends a roundtable discussion at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 11, 2025. Sarah Meyssonnier | Reuters BEIJING — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praised China’s generative artificial intelligence models, a day after the U.S. chipmaker said it expected…
Gold prices fell on Tuesday, retreating from near a four-week high, as a modest rise in the dollar weighed on the metal, although uncertainty over the U.S.-China trade agreement kept investors cautious and limited the bullion’s decline. Sven Hoppe | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Central banks are increasingly looking to bolster their gold reserves….
As Wall Street launches into earnings season, CNBC’s Jim Cramer bemoaned the difficulties of anticipating stock action and discussed Nvidia, Wells Fargo and BlackRock. “This is the ups and downs of earnings seasons for the pros that are so terrifying,” he said. “I felt glorious that I had nailed Nvidia. But you could have gagged…
Plant Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant in Waynesboro, GA, August 15, 2024. Van Applegate | CNBC Westinghouse plans to build 10 large nuclear reactors in the U.S. with construction to begin by 2030, interim CEO Dan Sumner told President Donald Trump at a roundtable in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Westinghouse’s big AP1000 reactor generates enough electricity to…
The Pentagon is taking immediate action to boost critical mineral production in the U.S. and counter China’s dominance of the supply chain for rare earth magnets, a defense official told CNBC on Tuesday. The Defense Department last week agreed to buy a direct equity stake in MP Materials, which will make the U.S. government the…
Ruth Porat, President & Chief Investment Officer of Alphabet & Google, speaks during the Reuters NEXT conference, in New York City, U.S., December 10, 2024. Mike Segar | Reuters Alphabet‘s Google will invest $25 billion in data center and artificial intelligence infrastructure over the next two years in states across the biggest electric grid in…
High rise buildings, including the China Zun or CITIC Tower (L, back) is seen at the Central Business Distric (CBD) from the Tuanjiehu park in Beijing on June 2, 2025. Adek Berry | Afp | Getty Images China’s economy grew at a slower clip in the second quarter, as trade tensions with the U.S. rattled…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday said deal-making in the corporate world is starting to heat up, telling investors to expect more action in the coming months. “You don’t get a wave of deals out of nowhere. You get a ripple, and then ever bigger waves,” he said. “Right now, we’re in the ripple stage. That’s…
Jim Cramer on Monday brushed off Morgan Stanley’s downgrade of CrowdStrike , viewing the cybersecurity giant’s recent dip as a potential buying opportunity. “Morgan Stanley may downgrade this but I want to get in on the downgrade and get in on the discount,” Cramer said Monday during the Investing Club’s Morning Meeting. Shares of CrowdStrike…
