In this article NVO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT LONDON — European markets closed higher on Tuesday, paring the previous session’s losses. The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed up 0.3%, notching a new record closing high, lifted by surging shares of Copenhagen-listed Novo Nordisk. That brings the benchmark’s year-to-date gains to 16%. With a week to…
The International Energy Agency expects more than 40% of the electricity powering US data centres in 2035 to still come from fossil fuels © Vladimircaribb/Dreamstime The writer is co-founder and chief investment strategist at Absolute Strategy Research “The United States is in a race to achieve global dominance in artificial intelligence.” These are the opening…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The 10-year Treasury yield was relatively unchanged on Tuesday as traders weighed the latest U.S. economic growth figures. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield fell less than 1 basis…
WASHINGTON — CACI International said on Dec. 22 it is acquiring space technology company ARKA Group in an all-cash transaction valued at $2.6 billion, expanding its footprint in space-based sensing and intelligence systems. CACI, a publicly traded defense and intelligence contractor based in Reston, Virginia, is acquiring ARKA from Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, the private investment…
The founder of FTX has brought his entrepreneurial spirit behind bars. He has advised several high-profile inmates, like former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and rapper Sean Combs, according to reporting by the New York Times. Bankman-Fried is currently serving 25 years in prison for misappropriating funds at the crypto exchange he founded, FTX, which…
Heidi King’s exciting move into a new apartment at the NEMA building at 8 10th St. turned into a nightmare when the mass blackout that started Saturday afternoon left her and her neighbors without electricity, water, or working elevators. King and her partner were settling into their 18th-floor unit when the power cut off. With…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stocks rose for a fourth straight session on Tuesday, as artificial intelligence names continued to outperform during a holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 added 0.46%, closing at…
Looking ahead to 2026 A reasonable forecast of China’s GDP growth is important for a number of reasons. First, Chinese and foreign companies alike must make sales projections, input availability plans, and competitor strategies based on how fast the world’s second-largest economy is growing. The difference between China growing 2% and 5% is half a…
The Justice Department, together with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), today announced the filing of a civil enforcement action against Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (Black & Decker) for alleged violations of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). Black & Decker is a global provider of hand tools, power tools, outdoor products and related…
The war for the future of Warner Brothers continues, as Paramount Skydance announced Monday an amended all-cash offer for the legacy movie studio. The offer includes an “irrevocable personal guarantee” from a major backer, Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison, to provide tens of billions in equity financing for the deal. It’s the latest move by Ellison’s…
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A top Amazon executive has said the US technology giant has blocked more than 1,800 job applications from suspected North Korean agents. North Koreans tried to apply for remote working IT jobs using stolen or fake identities, Amazon’s chief security officer Stephen Schmidt said in a LinkedIn post. “Their objective is typically straightforward: get hired,…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a pill version of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, according to pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk. It is the first pill of its kind to receive approval from the regulator, marking a new era for weight-loss drugs. Wegovy’s Danish makers Novo Nordisk said the once-daily pill was a…
Tory Bruno stands between a pair of Vulcan booster at United Launch Alliance’s rocket factory in Decatur, Alabama, on Nov. 4, 2025. Image: Will Robinson-Smith/Spaceflight Now United Launch Alliance announced its president and chief executive officer, Tory Bruno, resigned from the company, effective Monday, Dec. 22. The news came in a statement from Robert Lightfoot,…
Bottles of Jim Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon whiskey stand on display during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 30, 2020. Noriko Hayashi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bourbon maker Jim Beam is halting production at one of its distilleries in Kentucky for at least a year as the whiskey industry navigates tariffs from the…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer suggested dealmaking will help drive the market next year, reviewing mergers and acquisitions that could occur. “The setup’s a great one,” he said. “The chief pillar? Takeovers and acquisitions. They’re going to be an extraordinary force for the bulls in 2026.” Cramer explained that mergers are important for stocks because the market…
An electronic quotation board displays the Nikkei 225 stock prices on the Tokyo stock Exchange in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2025. Greg Baker | Afp | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened mostly higher Tuesday, after AI trade lifted major Wall Street indexes overnight. Nvidia shares rose more than 1% after Reuters said the company was looking…
MADISON, Wis. — Mercedes-Benz USA and parent company Daimer AG have agreed to pay $149.6 million to settle allegations that the automaker secretly installed devices in hundreds of thousands of vehicles to pass emission tests, a coalition of attorneys general announced Monday. According to the coalition, between 2008 and 2016, the German automaker equipped more…
In this article NVO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The logo of pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is displayed in front of its offices in Bagsvaerd, on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 24, 2025. Tom Little | Reuters The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first-ever GLP-1 pill for obesity from…
Credit cards that reward homeowners for using their plastic to make mortgage payments have been slow to materialize and quick to fade from the market. In the last four months, two issuers of credit cards with mortgage-related benefits pulled their offerings, showcasing the difficulty providers face delivering profitably on a product category that’s synonymous with…
Abbott’s Volt™ Pulsed Field Ablation System Receives FDA Approval to Treat Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Abbott’s Volt™ PFA System, the latest generation of cardiac ablation technology, is designed for people battling heart rhythm disorders such as atrial fibrillation (AFib) Pulsed field ablation – or PFA – is a minimally invasive procedure that uses high-energy electrical…
There will be one less parking lot for travelers at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, starting in early 2026. According to RDU, the ParkRDU Economy 4 lot near Interstate 540 and U.S. Highway 70 will permanently close to airport guests on Jan. 2 and become an employee-only parking lot. Other WRAL Top Stories Park Economy 4 will…
WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz has reached a $149.6 million settlement with U.S. states to resolve a long-running investigation into allegations of diesel emissions cheating by the German automaker, New York Attorney General Letitia James said Monday. The automaker said the deal effectively ends its legal issues in the United States over dieselgate –…
President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order after delivering remarks on reciprocal tariffs at the White House in April © Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images The writer is US Trade Representative The year 2025 will be remembered as the year of the tariff, regardless of one’s economic ideology. International trade is neither good nor bad —…
Instacart is ending its “item price tests” for retailers, the company announced Monday, following public criticism and reported questions from federal regulators about how prices on the shopping and delivery platform are set. “We understand that the tests we ran with a small number of retail partners that resulted in different prices for the same…
A plane landed at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport without a pilot’s help on Saturday in what appears to be the first real-world use of new safety technology. According to Garmin, their emergency “Autoland” system was activated for the first time ever for the landing at around 2 p.m. The landing was successful and the…
LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) — On a frigid day after Mass at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in rural Nebraska, worshippers shuffled into the basement and sat on folding chairs, their faces barely masking the fear gripping their town. A pall hung over the room just as it hung over the holiday season in Lexington, Nebraska. “Suddenly…
The deal will broaden Google parent Alphabet’s access to power while it competes with rivals including OpenAI, Elon Musk’s xAI and Meta to train and run energy-intensive AI models © Bloomberg Alphabet agreed to acquire data centre energy group Intersect Power for close to $5bn, boosting the Google parent’s power generation as it races to…
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. 1. Stocks were higher to start the holiday-shortened trading week, with dealmaking grabbing headlines. Jim Cramer highlighted asset manager Janus Henderson ‘s agreement to be acquired by General Catalyst and…
In recovery from methamphetamine and with a mind toward starting anew, Ambrose Haynes spent six months on housing waitlists. He hoped for a voucher he could use to subsidize the rent on an apartment, or a spot in a regulated apartment building where rents are capped at rates affordable to people with low incomes. But…
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — The holiday-shortened week started with gains in stocks amid a broad advance that saw a continuation of the bullish momentum on Wall Street. Oil and gold rallied as the dollar fell. Equities erased their December losses, with the S&P 500 set for an eighth straight up month – the longest winning run…
Chinese robotaxis could be set to hit UK roads in 2026 as ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft announce partnerships with Baidu to trial the tech. The two companies are hoping to obtain approval from regulators to test the autonomous vehicles in London. Baidu’s Apollo Go driverless taxi service already operates in dozens of cities, mostly…
In this article JHG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Asset manager Janus Henderson has agreed to be acquired by investors Trian Fund Management and General Catalyst, CNBC first reported on Monday. Trian and General Catalyst will pay $49 per share in cash, valuing Janus at about $7.4 billion. That represents a 6.5% premium to…