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Wall Street isn’t pricing in recession risk

There can be a large lag between the economy weakening and confirmation of an R-word event catching up

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Harvard has $2.2 billion in grants frozen by Trump administration after rejecting demands

The Trump administration has zeroed in on colleges in a crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the United States.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

'Good chance' of UK-U.S. trade deal, JD Vance says, as Trump 'really loves' Britain

"I think there's a good chance that, yes, we'll come to a great agreement that's in the best interest of both countries," Vance said.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

India's inflation falls to cooler-than-expected 3.34% in March

This comes after the RBI had cut rates for a second straight time at its meeting on April 9, bringing its policy rate to 6% amid growth concerns

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Bunq, a neobank for 'digital nomads,' accelerates U.S. expansion effort as profit jumps 65%

Dutch digital bank Bunq said Tuesday that it's applied for a broker-dealer license, in an initial step toward securing a full banking license.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Singapore announces general election on May 3, dissolves parliament

This will be Singapore's 14th general election since independence, and will be Wong's first general election as prime minister.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Here are the top 15 companies for career growth in Singapore, according to LinkedIn

DBS Bank dominates LinkedIn's 2025 Top Companies in Singapore list for the third time in a row, topping the best companies for career growth in the country.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

South Korea announces over $23 billion for chip sector as Trump tariffs on semiconductor imports loom

The 33 billion won figure was about a quarter more than the 26 trillion committed last year.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Oil giant BP is seen as a prime takeover target. Is a blockbuster mega-merger in the cards?

Oil giant BP, which holds its annual general meeting on Thursday, has sought to resolve something of an identity crisis by launching a fundamental reset.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Adobe takes stake in Synthesia, startup behind AI clones for corporate videos

Synthesia told CNBC that Adobe's venture capital arm injected an undisclosed amount of funds into the firm in a "strategic" partnership.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Trump administration says it lacks authority to get Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to provide daily updates on efforts to recover Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

CNBC Daily Open: Consumers are worried over the economy. The White House insists it’ll be fine

White House officials are preaching the sense of Trump's economic policy. A Federal Reserve survey is the latest to show sentiment over the economy slumping.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

UK government secures raw materials for British Steel furnaces

China warns against politicising crisis at Scunthorpe plant after ministers step in to take control

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Risky corporate borrowers shut out of bond market since Trump’s tariff blitz

Slowdown in high-yield bond market issuance threatens a tentative rebound in dealmaking

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US takes step towards chip and pharma tariffs with new probes

Donald Trump also says he is considering β€˜something to help car companies’

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US government debt steadies after week of brutal selling

10-year yield falls for first time since April 4 as investors scoop up Treasuries

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Meta had β€˜monopoly power’ after buying rival apps, FTC says

Blockbuster antitrust trial that could force break-up of $1.5tn tech giant gets under way in Washington

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Online trading platform Webull soars 375% in second day on market after SPAC merger

Webull, which competes with Robinhood, has racked up 23 million users, including some who signed up after receiving stimulus checks.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Auto stocks rise as Trump says he wants to 'help' some car companies

The comments pushed stocks such as Ford, GM and Chrysler parent Stellantis higher, swinging from trading levels or negative to being up between 1% and 4%.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Harvard University rejects Trump administration’s demands for reform

Leadership condemns what it says is an attempt to impose β€˜direct governmental regulation’ at the elite institution

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump again blames Ukraine for starting war with Russia

US president reignites war of words with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

El Salvador’s Bukele refuses to repatriate man wrongly deported from US

President of Central American country and American officials say there is no basis for his return

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Fed Governor Waller sees tariff inflation as 'transitory' in 'tush push' comparison

The central banker embraced a term that got the central bank in trouble during the last bout of inflation.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

British Steel crisis spurs greater scrutiny of Chinese investment in UK

Ministers urged to review Beijing’s role in critical national infrastructure and supply chains

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump tariffs won't lead supply chains back to U.S. but companies will go low-tariff globe-hopping: CNBC survey

President Trump's U.S. manufacturing boom is unlikely result from tariffs, with costs too high and a global hunt for low-tariff regimes coming: CNBC survey.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

The narrow window for a nuclear deal with Iran

Trump team should accept that both Washington and Tehran need to make compromises

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Top Fed official says US could require rate cuts if big tariffs return

Governor Christopher Waller warns that should Trump resume steep duties growth will β€˜slow to a crawl’

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Leda Braga’s Systematica suffers as Trump’s trade war hits quant hedge funds

Sharp market reversals have wrongfooted many computer-driven traders betting on market trends

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Nato acquires AI military system from Palantir

Alliance to use artificial intelligence developed by company of prominent Donald Trump backer

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Birmingham bin strike to continue after workers reject pay deal

Industrial action has led to rubbish piling up across UK’s second city

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Dark days for the less-mighty dollar

The world’s reserve currency gets a sharp shock

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump, top aides fuel tariff confusion by questioning reciprocal exemptions

Financial markets have been whipsawed as the Trump administration alters its tariff plans.

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Global stocks lifted by US reprieve for Trump’s tech tariffs

President suggests need for β€˜flexibility’ but insists smartphone exemption is temporary

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Wall Street trading giants try not to feel the noise

None of the big bank chiefs really know whether Trump’s fickle policies are causing good volatility or bad

Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World