A Chinese flag flutters on top of the Great Hall of the People ahead of the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum (BRF), to mark 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, in Beijing, China October 18, 2023. Edgar Su | Reuters BEIJING — European businesses in China have grown so discouraged … Read more
A customer enters a Commerzbank AG bank branch in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Commerzbank shares jumped on market open on Wednesday, after Italian bank UniCredit acquired a 4.5% stake in the Frankfurt-based lender from the German government. Commerzbank stock was up 17.4% at 8:52 a.m. London … Read more
Apple’s new AI features may not be the only factor driving iPhone upgrades. Deals offered by the major U.S. cell phone carriers play a hand in device sales, as well. AT & T, Verizon and T-Mobile have announced their respective offers for customers who want to trade in their current phones for the new iPhone … Read more
The upscale shopping district of Ginza in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, May 4, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened lower on Wednesday, despite gains on Wall Street ahead of the U.S. August consumer inflation report due Wednesday. Traders in Asia parsed key economic data from Japan and South Korea. South Korea reported … Read more
A view of Oracle’s headquarters in Redwood Shores, California, on Sept. 11, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Oracle chairman and co-founder Larry Ellison had a “bizarre” announcement to make this week. The electricity demand from artificial intelligence is becoming so “crazy” that Oracle is looking to secure power from next-generation nuclear technology, Ellison told … Read more
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive officer (CEO) of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) speaks to the Economic Club of New York in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., April 23, 2024. Mike Segar | Reuters JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Tuesday he wouldn’t rule out stagflation, even with greater confidence recently that inflation … Read more
In this combination of photos taken in Pennsylvania, Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event, Aug. 18, 2024, in Rochester, left, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event, Aug. 19, 2024, in York. AP A gauge of economic misery that has a strong track … Read more
Daniel Pinto, JPMorgan’s chief executive of corporate and investment bank. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase shares fell 7% Tuesday after the bank’s president told analysts that expectations for net interest income and expenses in 2025 were too optimistic. While the bank expects to be in the “ballpark” of the 2024 target … Read more
A top Federal Reserve official on Tuesday unveiled changes to a proposed set of U.S. banking regulations that roughly cuts in half the extra capital that the largest institutions will be forced to hold. Introduced in July 2023, the regulatory overhaul known as the Basel Endgame would have boosted capital requirements for the world’s largest … Read more
U.S. crude oil futures on Tuesday fell more than 1%, shedding gains from the previous session as OPEC lowered its demand forecast for the second time in two months. OPEC now expects demand to grow by about 2 million barrels per day in 2024, some 80,000 bpd slower than its previous forecast. The group of … Read more
