Markets fall with Japan stocks in bear territory; Berkshire’s cash hoard at record high

Markets fall with Japan stocks in bear territory; Berkshire’s cash hoard at record high

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on August 02, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

Nasdaq in correction territory; Berkshire’s cash holdings reach record high

Nasdaq in correction territory; Berkshire’s cash holdings reach record high

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on August 02, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

How Guyana’s big oil boom turned it into the world’s fastest-growing economy

How Guyana’s big oil boom turned it into the world’s fastest-growing economy

Guyana, a tiny South American nation home to more than 800,000 people, made big headlines in December. The reason? Its neighboring country, Venezuela. Venezuela’s autocratic leader Nicolás Maduro called for a referendum in the first week of December 2023 to seek approval to annex Essequibo, which makes up two-thirds of Guyana’s land. Venezuelans approved it … Read more

Exxon CEO dismisses worries FTC could hold up Pioneer deal

Exxon CEO dismisses worries FTC could hold up Pioneer deal

Darren Woods, CEO of ExxonMobil, speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 7, 2023.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods on Thursday dismissed worries that the Federal Trade Commission could hold up the oil giant’s pending acquisition … Read more

Venezuela and Guyana pledge not to use force in territory dispute

Venezuela and Guyana pledge not to use force in territory dispute

TOPSHOT – Aerial view of the Essequibo region taken from Guyana on December 12, 2023. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart, Irfaan Ali, will meet on December 14, 2023 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, on their countries’ growing dispute over the oil-rich region of Essequibo, amid mounting international warnings against escalating the … Read more