Weak demand leads to China-US freight rate cuts despite Red Sea crisis

Weak demand leads to China-US freight rate cuts despite Red Sea crisis

Cargo ships dock at the Longtan Container Terminal of Nanjing Port to load and unload containers in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, Sept 6, 2023. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images A slowdown in demand for products manufactured in Asia has ocean carriers reducing freight rates on shipping routes from China to the West Coast and … Read more

Flights canceled, delayed as weather, Max 9 grounding disrupt travel

Flights canceled, delayed as weather, Max 9 grounding disrupt travel

An Embraer E175LR passengers aircraft of American Eagles airlines (C) taxxing before take-off to Pittsburg is seen at La Guardia Airport on January 9, 2024. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Airlines canceled about 2,000 U.S. flights Friday as they grapple with winter weather and the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes.  Storms … Read more

Morgan Stanley will pay millions settle SEC block trade probe

Morgan Stanley will pay millions settle SEC block trade probe

Pawan Passi, former equities executive at Morgan Stanley, arrives at court in New York, US, on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Alex Kent | Bloomberg | Getty Images Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay a total of $249 million to settle a criminal investigation and a related Securities and Exchange Commission probe of the unauthorized disclosure … Read more

Delta Air Lines (DAL) Q4 2023 earnings

Delta Air Lines (DAL) Q4 2023 earnings

Delta Air Lines closed out the year by doubling its quarterly profit as travel demand, particularly for international trips, helped drive record revenue in 2023. CEO Ed Bastian said continued strong travel demand could boost earnings this year. Still, the company’s full-year profit outlook was below a previous forecast, and the stock fell 5% in … Read more

Crypto bulls see bitcoin flying to $100,000 with ETF approval

Crypto bulls see bitcoin flying to 0,000 with ETF approval

Cryptocurrency bulls say bitcoin could surge to more than $100,000 this year after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission made a pivotal step to approve the first-ever U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund. Several crypto investors CNBC spoke with said they see the world’s top cryptocurrency rising in 2024, as the effects of approval of a … Read more

U.S., UK strike Iran-backed Houthi targets in response to Red Sea attacks

U.S., UK strike Iran-backed Houthi targets in response to Red Sea attacks

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and U.S. President Joe Biden speak at the start of the meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) during the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 11, 2023. Paul Ellis | AP The United States and the United Kingdom have “successfully conducted strikes” against Houthi targets in Yemen, President … Read more

Oil prices jump as U.S., Britain strike on Houthis in Yemen

Oil prices jump as U.S., Britain strike on Houthis in Yemen

An oil tanker anchored in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen’s contested western province of Hodeida on July 15, 2023. Mohammed Huwais | Afp | Getty Images Oil prices rose after Britain and the United States carried out military strikes against targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, as tensions in the Red Sea … Read more

White House prepares for Taiwan presidential elections and ‘period of higher tension’

White House prepares for Taiwan presidential elections and ‘period of higher tension’

U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ week in Woodside, California, Nov. 15, 2023. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images The Biden administration doubled down on its support for Taiwan’s democratic process ahead of a presidential election on the island that will serve … Read more

Stock Markets: That sticky inflation

Stock Markets: That sticky inflation

Consumers shop for groceries at a retail chain store in Rosemead, California, on December 12, 2023.  Frederic J. Brown | AFP | 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 … Read more

CVS to close ‘select’ pharmacies in Target stores in the coming months

CVS to close ‘select’ pharmacies in Target stores in the coming months

CVS Health plans to close select pharmacies inside Target stores early this year, a company spokesperson said Thursday, as retail pharmacy chains in the U.S. struggle to boost profits.  The closures will begin in February and finish by the end of April, the spokesperson said in a statement. She added that employees affected by the … Read more