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With IPOs on hold even longer, tariffs spell trouble for private tech investors

The venture capital industry was already under a lot of pressure prior to the multitrillion-dollar stock market rout last week.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Nationalisation is no spectre haunting British manufacturing

Public ownership could be the saviour of the UK’s remaining steel industry

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Angola hit with $200mn JPMorgan margin call as African bonds tumble

Oil-producing nation injects cash to shore up loan after crude prices slump

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Jeremy Hunt receives knighthood in Sunak’s resignation honours

Former UK Conservative chancellor dealt with fallout of Liz Truss’s mini-Budget

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump tariffs could push US inflation to 4% this year, New York Fed chief warns

President’s trade war likely to raise unemployment and slow economic growth β€˜considerably’, says John Williams

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Jamie Dimon says he expects S&P 500 earnings estimates to fall as companies pull guidance

"Analysts have generally reduced their S&P estimate earnings by 5%," in recent days, Dimon said. "I think you'll see that come down some more."

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Investors realise Trump’s pause was not the salvation it appeared

As China strikes back, reality sets in

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

U.S. energy secretary says shale industry will 'survive and thrive' despite plunging crude prices

Commodities analysts estimate that U.S. crude needs to stay above $65 per barrel to keep shale producers in business.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

China strikes back with 125% tariffs on U.S. goods as trade war intensifies

Trump administration confirmed to CNBC on Thursday that the U.S. tariff rate on Chinese imports now effectively totals 145%.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Danish shoppers boycott U.S. products as Greenland β€” and trade β€” tensions escalate

Incensed by President Donald Trump's posturing over Greenland and sweeping trade tariffs, Danish shoppers are turning their backs on American products.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Apple is left without a life raft as Trump’s China trade war intensifies, analysts warn

Apple remains stranded without a life raft, experts say, as tariffs on China reach a cumulative 145%.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

UK economy expands by 0.5% in February, more than expected

U.K. GDP rose by 0.5% on a monthly basis, far more than the 0.1% forecast by analysts.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

CNBC Daily Open: Cool CPI is of no comfort to investors as stock rally peters out

Remember when inflation readings were the headline news of the day, and were feverishly anticipated? CNBC Daily Open remembers.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Here are 10 countries with the highest concentration of AI talent globally, according to new LinkedIn data

Israel, Singapore and Luxembourg are among those with the highest concentration of AI talent compared to the 2024 global average, new LinkedIn data states.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

How China's exporters are scrambling to mitigate the impact of punishing U.S. tariffs

For China's exporters, trying to mitigate new U.S. tariffs means raising prices for Americans while diversifying where possible, at home and abroad.

Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Wall Street sell-off resumes as Trump’s China tariffs spook investors

Equities, dollar and oil slide as scale of US levies on Chinese imports deepens recession fears

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US risky debt funds hit by historic outflows as Trump’s tariffs shake markets

Investors rush away from junk bonds and leveraged loans on rising recession fears

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

EU agrees to start trade talks with UAE after Trump tariff war

Gulf state pushes for free trade agreement with bloc

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump's 'buy' call nets huge returns for those who listened

CNBC calculated how much well-known holdings rallied between when Trump posted and session highs.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Trump tariffs day 7 as it happened: US stocks and dollar tumble as Trump fails to soothe economic fears

Investors warn 145% duties on US imports from China to hit growth even as president rolls back other levies

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

FirstFT: US stock sell-off resumes as investors digest Trump’s China tariffs

Also in today’s newsletter, Xi Jinping’s latest purge, and Byju’s founders sued in US over missing $533mn

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US ambassador to Ukraine to leave her post

Bridget Brink is stepping down after policy disagreements with the Trump administration

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Top Chinese general removed in latest Xi Jinping purge

He Weidong was the number-two officer in the People’s Liberation Army and a member of the Communist party’s Politburo

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Tesla shares retreat following sharpest rally since 2013

After soaring 23% on Wednesday due to President Trump's pause on most new tariffs, Tesla shares dropped on Thursday along with the broader market.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

The real cost of a trade war

Have Trump’s policies hurt the US’s ability to borrow?

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

10-year Treasury yield pulls back after light March inflation report

U.S. Treasury yields moved lower on Thursday as investors breathed a sigh of relief after U.S. President Donald Trump enacted a 90-day tariff reprieve.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Birmingham’s bin worker strike highlights gap between rich and poor

Wealthy residents of UK’s second city can afford private rubbish collection as deprived areas watch waste pile up

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

How the mother of all 'short squeezes' helped drive stocks to historic gains Wednesday

Short sellers' bearish positions unexpectedly dropped in value as stocks soared on news of a tariff pause, forcing them to buy back shares to limit losses.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Trump walked back his tariff rollout. But is the damage already done?

Markets breathed a major sigh of relief after U.S. President Trump walked back parts of his tariff policy, with a historic rally unfolding on Wall Street.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Trump acknowledged he could cause a recession, but just didn't want a depression, according to WSJ

Trump also told advisors that he was willing to accept "pain" over the policy, per WSJ's report.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Inside Isomorphic Labs, the secretive AI life sciences startup spun off from Google DeepMind

Isomorphic Labs is the secretive AI life sciences startup spun out of Google DeepMind with the goal of solving all disease with AI-powered drug discovery.

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Donald Trump bends to the power of the markets

But trade war with China and tariffs on most US imports still risk great harm

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Silicon Valley stands to lose from a trade war

Big Tech’s interests are in stark contrast to the movement that put Trump in the White House

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Israel and Turkey begin talks to avoid conflict in Syria

Meeting aims to prevent β€˜undesirable incidents’ as both countries expand military presence inside Arab state

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Investors in Trump’s America can no longer see around corners

Regular guidance from executives on the near-term path of profit just got more elusive

Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World