The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Bryan Mound storage facility located in Brazoria County, Texas, is one of four sites that make up the country’s oil reserve. Str New | Reuters Crude oil futures rose more than 1% on Friday, but are on pace for a weekly loss as slowing demand in China weighs on the … Read more
Blocked from the U.S. by tariffs, Chinese electric vehicle makers have looked elsewhere to sell their high-tech cars. But as Mexico has emerged as a hot spot for Chinese EVs, Washington officials worry the country may be used as a “backdoor” to the U.S. market. Last year, China was the leading car supplier to Mexico, … Read more
“Non-life insurance space has been growing decently, especially the growth shown by companies like ICICI Lombard, etc, have been quite strong and that is also reflected in the stock price movements. Non-life has been doing better than life. And I think vis-à-vis the two spaces I think that is the better space to be in,” … Read more
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 12, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | 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 … Read more
Chinese tech company Baidu announced Monday it can sell some robotaxi rides without any human staff in the vehicles. Baidu BEIJING — Chinese tech company Baidu is reporting slower growth in its Apollo Go robotaxi rides than in prior quarters. Figures Baidu reported Thursday showed the number of robotaxi rides operated publicly grew by 26% … Read more
Fundraising activity is rebounding in Hong Kong, reinforced by a strong IPO pipeline and additional follow-on fundraising, according to HKEX CEO Bonnie Chan. Eighteen companies raised a combined 8.6 billion Hong Kong dollars ($1.1 billion) during the second quarter, representing a 50% quarter-on-quarter increase in new listings and a 79% increase in funds raised, according … Read more
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 12, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | 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 … Read more
In a Thursday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Viking Holdings CEO Torstein Hagen said his cruise line’s target audience — people 55 and over — has served the company well. “Of course, it’s great to take your grandkids…on the big ship,” Hagen said. “Our guests are people who are tired of all that. They’re tired … Read more
CNBC’s Jim Cramer reviewed reason’s for Thursday’s market pullback, saying there may be some time before Wall Street sees another rally. “The market’s still too overbought, and we got too hopeful and now reality, with its positives that get rewarded, still, and its negatives that are punished, has set in,” he said. “So the time … Read more
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2024. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters For all the attention being paid to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s policy speech Friday, the chances of it containing any … Read more
