Activity on Elizabeth Street (at the intersection of Bourke St Mall), Melbourne on a cloudy day. Charlie Rogers | Moment | Getty Images Australia’s inflation came in at 3.6% in the fourth quarter of 2025, its highest level in six quarters, reinforcing warnings from policymakers that interest rate cuts this year are likely to be…
Melbourne, Australia Kieran Stone | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mostly higher on Tuesday, tracking gains on Wall Street after the S&P 500 closed at a record high. The broad market index gained 0.41% to finish at 6,978.60, supported by gains in Apple and Microsoft. Asian markets appeared poised to extend Tuesday’s…
Luxury conglomerate LVMH reported better-than-expected earnings after the bell on Tuesday and a second quarter of organic revenue growth, as the sector’s recovering business in China starts to show up in balance sheets. Organic revenue grew by 1% in the fourth quarter, flat from the same period a year earlier. Over the full year, revenue…
Why Hightower’s Stephanie Link is buying Starbucks: It’s still in the very early stages of CEO Brian Niccol’s turnaround. There are early signs the turnaround is working with North American same-store sales flat last quarter after six straight quarterly declines. Profitability potential: Niccol’s initiatives could drive operating margins to the mid-teens from 9%. Many doubters:…
Mark Surman, president of Mozilla Foundation, speaks at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival in New York City, U.S., May 22, 2024. Andrew Kelly | Reuters From his small, snow-covered farm outside Toronto, home to cats and a dog, and soon some donkeys, Mark Surman has been laying the groundwork for a fierce…
General Motors Co. Chevrolet Traverse sports utility vehicles (SUV) sit on the assembly line at the company’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant in Lansing, Michigan, on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — General Motors expects to outproduce crosstown rival Ford Motor to become the top assembler of vehicles…
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) poses for a photograph with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) and European Council President Antonio Costa in New Delhi, India, on January 27, 2026. Sajjad Hussain | Afp | Getty Images When the most populous nation on Earth forges a trade deal with a bloc that…
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) poses for a photograph with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) and European Council President Antonio Costa in New Delhi, India, on January 27, 2026. Sajjad Hussain | Afp | Getty Images India and the European Union have finalized a trade deal that would remove or reduce…
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email India’s Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri joins CNBC’s Amitoj Singh on the side-lines of India Energy Week in Goa, discussing the trade agreement between New Delhi and the European Union, the work being done on a deal with…
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) poses for a photograph with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) and European Council President Antonio Costa before their meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on January 27, 2026. Sajjad Hussain | Afp | Getty Images A landmark trade deal between the European Union and…
