Elon Musk’s surprising disclosure of his roughly $1 billion Tesla share purchases injected a vote of support in the volatile electric vehicle maker, setting it up for a strong end to a challenging 2025. The electric vehicle maker jumped nearly 6% on Monday after a filing showed Musk bought 2.57 million shares at different prices…
President Donald Trump floated the idea Monday of companies no longer providing earnings report on a quarterly basis and switching to semiannual instead. In a Truth Social post, Trump said the idea is “subject to SEC approval” and would “save money, and allow managers to focus on properly running their companies.” “Did you ever hear…
A protester brandishes a smoke flame by a barricade on fire during a demonstration part of the “Bloquons tout” (“Let’s block everything”) protest movement, in the south east of Paris, on September 10, 2025. The broad anti-government campaign, dubbed “Bloquons tout” (“Let’s block everything”), calls for a ahutdown of France on September 10 with a…
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Tesla shares jumped after CEO Elon Musk disclosed Monday his first purchase of the stock in the open market since February 2020. Musk bought 2.57 million…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrives to meet Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, to continue discussions on trade, economic and national security issues, in Madrid on Sept. 14, 2025. Ana Beltran | Reuters U.S. and Chinese trade negotiations have stretched into a second day in Spain, with an agenda of several sticking points ranging…
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, testify during the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing titled “Winning the AI Race: Strengthening U.S. Capabilities in Computing and Innovation,” in Hart building on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images In a sweeping…
A Thames Valley Police officer from the Police force’s Specialist Search Unit, accompanied by police dog Jack, carries out security searches outside of Windsor Castle in Windsor, on September 12, 2025, ahead of the State Visit by US President Donald Trump. Jordan Pettitt | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. and U.K are expected to…
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would call a national emergency and federalize Washington, D.C. after Mayor Muriel Bowser said its…
A pigeon walks in front of the Nasdaq stock market site in New York City, U.S., July 16, 2025. Kylie Cooper | Reuters The Nasdaq Composite was an overachiever last week. After ending Friday higher — outperforming the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average, both of which closed in the red — the tech-heavy…
Shanghai Bund skyline panorama Yangna | E+ | Getty Images China’s economic slowdown deepened in August with a raft of key indicators missing expectations, as weak domestic demand persisted and Beijing’s campaign against industrial overcapacity curbed output. Retail sales last month rose 3.4% from a year earlier, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed…
