European equities were mixed in early trade on Friday, with major indexes struggling to gain momentum. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was flat by 8:25 a.m. in London (3:25 a.m. ET), with sectors mixed. Regional shares ended Thursday’s session higher, putting the Stoxx 600 index on course to end the week unchanged. U.S. President Donald Trump,…
WASHINGTON — When it was all over, Kamala Harris couldn’t believe it. “I could barely breathe,” she writes in her new book about learning she had lost the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump. One of her aides peeled “Madame President” off celebratory cupcakes before serving them to crushed staffers. Harris kept asking, “My God,…
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Investor conviction in ByteDance’s potential has climbed since Washington and Beijing this week reached a framework agreement on the long-contested future of TikTok in the U.S., several dealmakers told CNBC. Existing shareholders are not planning to sell in the wake of the TikTok deal, said LU Shihui, partner at Envision Capital which has facilitated investments…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz addresses the Bundestag during a debate over the 2025 federal budget on September 17, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Nadja Wohlleben | Getty Images News | Getty Images Huge investment pledges and major fiscal changes had bolstered hopes that Germany could give the euro zone economy a much-needed boost, but economists are…
LOS ANGELES — Seven years after her landmark debut “Invasion of Privacy,” Cardi B has returned. And, in typical fashion, she’s doing it with plenty of spectacle. The Grammy winner made her long-awaited sophomore album “Am I the Drama?,” released Friday, feel like prime-time theater. Friday’s release arrived days after she revealed she revealed her…
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A customer holds up the new orange-colored iPhone 17 Pro Max smartphone inside an Apple retail store in Chongqing, China, on September 19, 2025. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Eager buyers flocked to Apple stores on Friday morning to pick up the new generation of iPhones at a time when the…
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Property taxes aren’t usually the biggest part of a monthly housing bill, but they’ve become a growing strain on household budgets. Homeowners are paying 27.4% more in property taxes than they did in 2019, CoreLogic data from 2024 shows. That may help explain why 67% of homeowners who budgeted for taxes said their bill came…
