Trump’s potential return to White House is dominating chat

Trump’s potential return to White House is dominating chat

President Donald Trump (C) arrives, flanked by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L), to address the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on January 26, 2018 in Davos, Switzerland. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images   DAVOS, Switzerland ꟷ Donald Trump is not among the attendees at this year’s edition of the World … Read more

Iran warns U.S. not to tie their destiny to the fate of Israel’s Netanyahu

Iran warns U.S. not to tie their destiny to the fate of Israel’s Netanyahu

Iran’s foreign minister warned the U.S. not to “tie their destiny” to the fate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and said Washington’s full support for Israel is “the root of insecurity in the region.” “The U.S. should not, Mr. [Joe] Biden should not tie their destiny to the fate of Netanyahu,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein … Read more

Stock Markets: The Fed’s rude awakening

Stock Markets: The Fed’s rude awakening

U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of the Federal Reserve on December 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | 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 … Read more

Top 9 travel experiences of 2024, according to luxury advisors

Top 9 travel experiences of 2024, according to luxury advisors

Pandemic-era lockdowns ushered in the rise of “travel experiences” — or meaningful, purpose-driven activities that take a deeper, and often slower, dive into a destination. It’s not enough to simply go to a place anymore; many want to learn about it and be mentally transformed along the way. If that sounds like a tall order … Read more

Stock Markets: Fed’s reality check

Stock Markets: Fed’s reality check

A trader reacts as a screen displays the Fed rate announcement on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 13, 2023.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything … Read more

What Apple had to change as a result of the Epic Games legal battle

What Apple had to change as a result of the Epic Games legal battle

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California, U.S., on Monday, June 4, 2018.  David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple changed the rules of its U.S. App Store on Tuesday in what appears to be the final result from the … Read more

Crypto firm Ripple explored IPO outside U.S. but won’t go public soon

Crypto firm Ripple explored IPO outside U.S. but won’t go public soon

DAVOS, Switzerland — Ripple explored markets outside the U.S. for its initial public offering, CEO Brad Garlinghouse told CNBC, blaming a “hostile” regulator. However, the firm has put any plans for an IPO on hold for now, Garlinghouse said. Garlinghouse told CNBC in 2022 that Ripple, the company behind the cryptocurrency XRP, will explore a public … Read more

Haley pressured by donors to beat Trump in New Hampshire

Haley pressured by donors to beat Trump in New Hampshire

Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley is facing pressure from some of her top fundraisers to either seriously compete with, or outright defeat, Donald Trump in next week’s New Hampshire primary, after finishing third on Monday in the Iowa caucus. “I would still like to see her get somewhere, but the mountain she has to … Read more

OpenAI quietly removes ban on military use of its AI tools

OpenAI quietly removes ban on military use of its AI tools

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, during an interview at Bloomberg House on the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 16, 2024. Chris Ratliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI has quietly walked back a ban on the military use of ChatGPT and its other artificial intelligence tools. The shift … Read more

China’s Taiwan approach ‘has been counterproductive’

China’s Taiwan approach ‘has been counterproductive’

Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State, speaks with CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that China’s growing aggression toward Taiwan has undermined the country’s own interests. “I think the approach that they’ve shown in recent … Read more