This report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The dispatch After several years in the Big Apple, I knew my return to London would be a culture shock. Instead of Times Square with its skyscrapers and blinding lights, I would roam around Piccadilly Circus and its Victorian…
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift’s latest era is almost upon us. The superstar isn’t just releasing new music — she’s appearing Wednesday on “New Heights” for the first time. Part of the rollout for Tuesday’s announcement of “The Life of a Showgirl” involved the popular, typically football-focused podcast hosted by Travis…
NEW YORK — Nearly six years ago, Pete Alonso stood alone in baseball history. On a warm and pleasant late September evening in New York, the Mets first baseman slammed his 53rd home run of the 2019 season and snapped a tie with Yankees slugger Aaron Judge to become the first major league rookie to…
The statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands in front of the north wing of the U.S. Treasury Department headquarters building on April 24, 2025, in Washington, DC, U.S. J. David Ake | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. government’s budget deficit grew nearly 20% in July to $291 billion despite a nearly $21 billion jump…
The 46th fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy sets sail from a military port in Zhanjiang, south China’s Guangdong Province, Feb. 21, 2024. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images China said Wednesday it warned and “drove away” a U.S. destroyer that had sailed near the coast of the disputed…
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(These are the market notes on today’s action by Mike Santoli, CNBC’s Senior Markets Commentator. See today’s video update from Mike above.) The market took a better-than-feared CPI report as a signal that it’s free to play looser and more aggressively. Given the magnitude of the downside shock in the Aug. 1 payroll report ,…
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A U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump’s administration to restore a part of the federal grant funding that it recently suspended for UCLA. Genaro Molina | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images A U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to restore a part of the federal grant funding that it recently suspended for the University of California, Los Angeles. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco ruled that the grant funding suspensions…
An Aldi grocery store on May 2, 2025, in Washington, DC, U.S. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images Waiting for tariff-induced price increases in the U.S. to show up can feel like watching an M. Night Shyamalan movie. July’s consumer price index came in mostly benign. The headline annual rate of 2.7%…
