Katie Lee says what she describes as a “traumatic” experience giving birth in the U.S. made her question if she wanted a second child. A move abroad to Taiwan helped her reconsider. Lee, 34, moved to from Columbus, Ohio to Taipei, Taiwan in July 2024 with her husband, Jason, and 5-year-old son, Forrest. The couple…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holds a Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 Series GPU (L) and a RTX 5000 laptop as he delivers a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has weighed in…
(L-R) Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s, partnered with MoveOn to hand out free ice cream at Franklin Square in Philadelphia during their Scoop The Vote tour to get-out-the-vote for Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats down the ballot on September 16, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lisa Lake | Getty Images…
The Alibaba office building in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, on Aug. 28, 2024. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Alibaba shares rose on Wednesday after Chinese state media reported that the e-commerce giant secured a major customer for its artificial intelligence chips. China Unicom will deploy Alibaba’s AI accelerators from its semiconductor unit called…
Political campaign group Led By Donkeys project an image of Donald Trump onto Windsor Castle as U.S. President Trump’s second state visit to the U.K. begins on 16th September 2025 in Windsor, United Kingdom. Mark Kerrison | In Pictures | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit to the U.K. kicks into gear on…
An eagle is seen on the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building, the main offices of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on Sept. 16, 2025 in Washington, DC, U.S. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images If it feels like we have lived through a filler episode before…
A screen displays a press conference by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell following the Fed rate announcement, on the floor of the NYSE in New York, U.S., July 30, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters LONDON — European stocks opened mostly higher as markets awaited the latest monetary policy decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve, which is expected to lower…
A branch of supermarket retailer Sainsbury’s in Bristol, England. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.K.’s annual inflation rate was steady at 3.8% in August, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected inflation to reach 3.8% in the twelve…
Viscount Hood, Lord-in-Waiting, right, greets U.S. President Donald Trump, center, and First Lady Melania Trump as they disembark from Air Force One after arriving at London Stansted Airport in Stansted, UK, on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump’s second state visit to the U.K. — and business…
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. The big story Three young boys eating lollipops joined me on the elevator inside the five-story Yiwu “International Trade Market,” which ships the majority of the world’s Christmas decorations. The kids ran out before…
