Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R) and Mongolian President Ukhnagiin Khurelsukh (not seen) get together for a trilateral meeting in Beijing, China on September 2, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Russia and China on Tuesday signed a legally binding deal to build the long-delayed Power of Siberia 2…
TOKYO, JAPAN – JULY 27: Pedestrians and shoppers walk through the Akihabara area on July 27, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan’s core consumer price index climbed by 3.3% in June, outpacing the US figure for the first time in eight years as the Bank of Japan holds its monetary policy meeting on July 27 and…
Cloud computing startup Lambda announced on Monday a multibillion-dollar deal with Microsoft for artificial intelligence infrastructure powered by tens of thousands of Nvidia chips. The agreement comes as Lambda benefits from surging consumer demand for AI-powered services, including AI chatbots and assistants, CEO Stephen Balaban told CNBC’s “Money Movers” on Monday. “We’re in the middle…
There was no shortage of setbacks for stocks last week. Surprising economic data, another batch of earnings, and an intensifying conflict in the Middle East all combined to move the market, mostly downward. The S & P 500 closed out Friday with a weekly loss of 2% as the broad-market index flipped between the positive…
Mount Fuji and the Shinjuku skyline in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Wednesday as investors parsed trade data that just came out of Japan. Japan’s exports in November grew 6.1% year on year, data from the country’s…
New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso hit his 253rd career homer on Tuesday night, breaking the franchise record held by Darryl Strawberry for 37 years. The 30-year-old Alonso drove a 95.1 mph fastball from Atlanta Braves right-hander Spencer Strider just over the wall in right-center for a two-run shot in the third inning. Alonso’s 27th…
Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager had an appendectomy on Thursday after experiencing abdominal pain during a game the previous night. Chris Young, the team’s president of baseball operations, said Seager had surgery in Texas after the team had traveled to California for the start of a series against the Athletics on Friday night. Young said…
Back in 2018, one of the NFL’s most unheralded positions took a step forward with a movement likely few believed would ever catch on: National Tight Ends Day. Fast forward seven years, and the unofficial “holiday” is one that many players and fans look forward to celebrating on the fourth Sunday of October. Tight ends…
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine, amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 19, 2026. Evan Vucci | Reuters A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s restrictive Pentagon press access policy, which…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Ares Management — The private equity investment firm rose more than 6% on a better-than-expected profit for the third quarter. Ares reported after-tax realized income per share of $1.19, beating a FactSet estimate of $1.15 per share. The stock was on pace for its best day…
