Aerial view of Mt. Fuji, Tokyo Tower and modern skyscrapers in Tokyo on a sunny day. Yongyuan | E+ | Getty Images Japan equities and bond yields jumped after the central bank raised its policy rate to a three-decade high. The decision comes as inflation has stayed above its target levels for nearly four years … Read more
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Dec. 17, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The S&P 500 was on pace to snap a four-day slide on Thursday, boosted by lighter-than-expected inflation data that brightened the outlook for lower interest rates in 2026 and blowout guidance from … Read more
The economy cabin of American Airlines A321XLR. Leslie Josephs/CNBC American Airlines is about to fly passengers to California for the first time on a skinny, long-range plane that it hopes will change air travel. The airline’s head of network planning now has to decide where else it should fly. The first Airbus A321XLR for a … Read more
Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime associate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, speaks at a news conference on oceans and sustainable development at the United Nations in New York, June 25, 2013 in this screengrab taken from United Nations TV file footage. UNTV | Reuters Ghislaine Maxwell, who was found guilty of crimes related to procuring underage … Read more
Shares of U.S. medical supplies giant Medline jumped more than 30% in its debut on the Nasdaq on Wednesday after the biggest initial public offering of the year globally. The stock opened at $35, up from its $29 IPO price. The private equity-owned company sold a little over 216 million shares on Tuesday, raising $6.26 … Read more
Former special counsel Jack Smith arrives for a closed-door deposition with members of the House Judiciary Committee on the prosecutions of President Donald Trump, in Rayburn building on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Jack Smith, the former U.S. Justice Department special counsel who brought two now-dropped criminal cases against President Donald Trump, … Read more
A U.S. military helicopter flies near an oil tanker during a raid described by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi as its seizure by the United States off the coast of Venezuela, Dec. 10, 2025, in a still image from video. U.S. Attorney General | Via Reuters At least 34 U.S.-sanctioned oil tankers with a history … Read more
U.S. crude futures rose more than 1% Wednesday as Trump ordered “a total and complete” block of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela. Chinaface | E+ | Getty Images Crude oil prices bounced back from near four-year lows Wednesday, after President Donald Trump said the U.S. will block sanctioned tankers from entering and … Read more
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York on December 16, 2025. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Stock futures traded near the flatline after the S&P 500 fell Tuesday, as investors weighed newly released U.S. economic data. S&P 500 futures slipped 0.08%. … Read more
Big Tech heavy hitters such as OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft are pushing for Congress to advance legislation to reform the process for obtaining federal permits for projects to build out artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States. Backers of the bill, the SPEED Act, argue it is key to helping the U.S. beat out China … Read more