Donald Trump, President of the United States, speaks during a press conference at the NATO Summit at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye, on July 8, 2026. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images President Donald Trump threatened to “decimate and destroy” Iran if Tehran acts on threats to…
President Donald Trump said Friday he will not sign a housing bill that Congress passed in June with overwhelming bipartisan support, setting the stage for it to automatically become law at 12:01 a.m. ET Saturday. Trump said he was withholding his signature from the housing bill in protest over the Senate’s failure to pass the…
Next week, several exchange-traded fund companies plan to hit the market with the latest ETFs, offering a way to add leverage to bets on single stocks, in this case, on the South Korean chip giant SK Hynix, which began trading in the U.S. on Friday. The development should come as no surprise: similar SK Hynix…
SK Hynix rose 13% in its first day of trading on Nasdaq, closing at $168.01, as U.S. investors jumped at the opportunity to get a stake in South Korea’s second-most valuable company. The stock is trading under the ticker symbol SKHYV, and will switch to SKHY as of Tuesday. The stock opened at $170 and…
The Commerce Department on Friday moved toward easing export controls on the United Arab Emirates, including by saying it will “favorably review” export license applications for MGX, the UAE-backed investment firm that used a stablecoin linked to President Donald Trump‘s family for its $2 billion investment in Binance. An unpublished version of a new 17-page…
Iran wants to shut down a U.S. Navy-protected shipping lane through Oman’s waters that has allowed oil and gas tankers in the Persian Gulf to exit the Strait of Hormuz without seeking Tehran’s permission. The Islamic Republic tried to impose its control over Hormuz this week by attacking three tankers navigating the strait through the…
Delta Air Lines‘ profit goal is in reach this year as the carrier passes along higher fuel costs to customers, pricing power CEO Ed Bastian expects to last even as oil prices drop from multiyear highs. “I think it’s sustainable,” Bastian told CNBC in an interview. He said fares will likely stay strong thanks to…
Abivax‘s latest funding round allows the biotech to move toward a U.S. launch of its bowel disease drug without backing from Big Pharma, CEO Marc de Garidel told CNBC after months of intense takeover speculation. “Thanks to the cash we raised… We are in a position to have cash until the end of 2029, and…
Global oil demand is set to decline for the first time since 2020 as the Iran war wreaked havoc with production and exports in the Middle East, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Friday. World oil demand is set to decline by 1 million b/d year-on-year in 2026, which would mark its first annual decrease…
Motorists purchase gas at a station in Chicago, Illinois, June 9, 2026. Scott Olson | Getty Images Stock Chart IconStock chart icon WTI Crude 5-day chart. On Thursday, the national average of gas prices was at $3.84, according to AAA, up 5 cents from the day prior. The rise comes as U.S. oil prices rose…
