SAP to pay more than $220 million to settle bribery charges: DOJ & SEC

SAP to pay more than 0 million to settle bribery charges: DOJ & SEC

Christian Klein, CEO of the software company SAP, stands on the podium looking at his cell phone before the start of the company’s Annual General Meeting. Uwe Anspach | Picture Alliance | Getty Images SAP, the $192 billion German enterprise tech company, will pay more than $220 million to settle investigations into worldwide “recidivist” foreign … Read more

Consumer spending rises in December to end solid holiday season, CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor shows

Consumer spending rises in December to end solid holiday season, CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor shows

People carry shopping bags as they visit a department store during the holiday season in New York City. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Retailers chalked up solid gains in the final month to wrap up the holiday season, according to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor for December. However, the data also shows the true state of consumer … Read more

Bitcoin falls as investors await ETF decision, ether surges more than 8%

Bitcoin falls as investors await ETF decision, ether surges more than 8%

Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies dawdled as investors awaited the official SEC approval on spot bitcoin ETFs, a day after the regulator’s X.com account posted a false announcement on the highly anticipated news. The price of bitcoin fell more than 3% Wednesday, extending losses from the previous day, to $45,228.19, … Read more

Bitcoin will hit record high in 2024, bulls say, after false SEC post

Bitcoin will hit record high in 2024, bulls say, after false SEC post

Representations of cryptocurrency Bitcoin are placed on a PC motherboard in this illustration taken June 16, 2023.  Dado Ruvic | Reuters St. Moritz, SWITZERLAND — Top players in the crypto industry gathered at a lavish hotel in elegant Swiss ski town St. Moritz ahead of the Wednesday start of the Crypto Finance Conference. Many were … Read more

Here’s what happens when it starts trading

Here’s what happens when it starts trading

Crypto investors are waiting for the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve a raft of spot bitcoin applications, likely Wednesday With a spot bitcoin ETF now looking very real, attention is turning to the details of how it will trade, how much it will cost, how much of the runup in bitcoin is due to … Read more

Market likes AI technology for advertising, not health care

Market likes AI technology for advertising, not health care

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday shared what he learned from his two days at JPMorgan‘s health-care conference. He marveled at the myriad of uses for generative artificial intelligence in health care, but concluded that Wall Street is more concerned with using that new technology for advertising. Cramer told investors that “Magnificent Seven” members Amazon and … Read more

An unpleasant surprise for crypto bros

An unpleasant surprise for crypto bros

Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. What you need to know today Bitcoin slides after … Read more

Investors are cautiously optimistic on Europe in 2024. Here’s what to watch

Investors are cautiously optimistic on Europe in 2024. Here’s what to watch

A bull and a bear statue stand outside the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Frankfurt. Ralph Orlowski | Bloomberg | Getty Images After a choppy 2023, economists believe that the European economy is set for a transitional year, as major headwinds — high inflation and rising interest rates — fade into the rearview mirror. Despite the … Read more

SEC says it did not yet approve bitcoin ETF, X account was compromised

SEC says it did not yet approve bitcoin ETF, X account was compromised

Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday afternoon that an announcement about bitcoin exchange-traded funds on social media was incorrect. “The SEC’s @SECGov X/Twitter account has been compromised. The unauthorized tweet regarding bitcoin ETFs was not made by the SEC or its staff,” an SEC spokesperson told … Read more

A crypto bro’s false dream

A crypto bro’s false dream

A neon sign indicates that Bitcoin is accepted inside the venue of the Paralelni Polis project, an organization combining art, social sciences and modern technology, in Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. Milan Jaros | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC … Read more