London-listed stocks are on their way to another milestone. The timing could be critical

London’s biggest stocks have outperformed most of Wall Street’s major averages this year — and as the benchmark FTSE 100 index edges toward an historic milestone, market watchers say its rally could have further to run. The FTSE 100 index — home to the U.K.’s most valuable blue-chip companies — hit a record high of … Read more

Looking to bulletproof your portfolio as markets slide globally? Here’s what experts advise

Global markets are wobbling, stoking investor worries over portfolio allocation and how to navigate the current climate — sit tight, rotate into defensive stocks, or opt for cash? The turbulence is being driven by a confluence of factors ranging from stretched tech valuations to shifting rate expectations and softening global data. Gold prices have fallen … Read more

India deepens energy trade with U.S. to mend relations amid tariff strain

A man pushes a tricycle loaded with LPG cylinders on the road below the Adani signage in Mumbai. US based Hindenburg Research firm’s allegation on fraud by Adani Enterprise has sparked political debate in India by the opposition parties. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images India is ramping up its energy imports from the … Read more

CNBC Daily Open: The flow of money in AI appears one-way at this point

The Anthropic website on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Money keeps flowing into artificial intelligence companies but out of AI stocks. In what looks like — once again — a scenario of the left hand scratching the right, Microsoft and Nvidia will be investing a combined $15 billion into … Read more

Poem: Healthy Mind Healthy Body | Sixty and Me

In the realm of your being, where thoughts dance and play,Lies the secret to health in a curious way.For your mind and your body are partners, you see,What one may believe, the other will be. When illness comes knocking, don’t tremble or hide,It’s a whisper within you, a teacher inside.It says, “Dearest traveler, something’s amiss,Look … Read more

Court blocks Texas from using new congressional map backed by Republicans

The Texas State Capitol on the day of a new session of the Texas House after Democratic lawmakers left the state to deny Republicans the opportunity to redraw the state’s 38 congressional districts, in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 11, 2025. Sergio Flores | Reuters A federal court in Texas on Tuesday blocked Texas from using … Read more

House overwhelmingly passes bill to release Jeffrey Epstein files

Epstein abuse survivor Lisa Phillips speaks during a news conference with lawmakers on the Epstein Files Transparency Act outside the U.S. Capitol on November 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. Heather Diehl | Getty Images The House on Tuesday voted nearly unanimously to order the Department of Justice to release all of its files on notorious … Read more

Trump calls for ABC’s license to be revoked after reporter asks about Jeffrey Epstein files

US President Donald Trump, during a meeting with Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for ABC’s broadcast license to be revoked as … Read more