Asia’s trillion-dollar titans are powering — and distorting — its fastest growing stock markets
Taiwan’s Taiex and South Korea’s Kospi stock markets have been seeing record breaking rallies. The stunning surge leaves experts wondering if this growth hinges largely on a few AI-linked semiconductor giants.
Five things to watch in Asia as Trump prepares to meet China’s Xi this week
The U.S. and Chinese presidents are scheduled to gather in Beijing on Thursday and Friday amid a packed week of diplomatic meetings.
Trump puts Taiwan arms sale, Hong Kong jailed activist Lai on agenda ahead of meeting with Xi
Trump said Monday that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and the imprisonment of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai would be among the issues at the summit in Beijing.
Oil prices extend gains as Trump comments diminish hopes for a U.S.-Iran peace deal
Oil prices rose Tuesday amid concerns over a prolonged Middle East conflict after President Trump’s comments that the ceasefire with Iran is on “life support”
Asia markets rise as investors brush off Trump’s ceasefire warning
Asia-Pacific markets rise as investors shrugged off fresh doubts over the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire.
Stock futures are little changed as traders await inflation reading, monitor Iran war developments: Live updates
Economists polled by Dow Jones are calling for headline inflation to have gained 3.7% from a year earlier.
Inflation reading Tuesday expected to show prices at nearly a three-year high
April’s consumer price index, a broad gauge of goods and services costs across the U.S. economy, is forecast to reach an annual rate of 3.8%.
Investors are piling into dividend stocks this year. These names top Wall Street’s buy list
CNBC Pro screened for dividend-paying stocks that have an average rating of buy and at least 15% upside to the average price target.
Google says it likely thwarted effort by hacker group to use AI for ‘mass exploitation event’
Hackers are rapidly adopting AI to find previously unknown software flaws even without the help of Anthropic’s powerful Mythos model.
Saudi Aramco CEO says oil market won’t normalize until 2027 if Hormuz disruption persists
Oil inventories are rapidly drawing down as the Strait of Hormuz remains close, Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser said.