Browsing Category
Politics
Trump administration advances $24.3 billion F-35 deal to Saudi Arabia
An F-35 fighter plane takes off from at RAF Lakenheath on January 07, 2026 in Mildenhall, England.Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump's administration has approved the potential $24.3 billion sale of…
Japanese stocks rose as bond yields and the yen fell after rate hike
Japanese markets reacted in a seemingly counterintuitive fashion on Friday after the country's central bank hiked benchmark interest rates to their highest in 31 years. Interest-rate increases ordinarily support a country's currency,…
CNBC Daily Open: Hike, hold, hike
An editorial montage of the Japan flag and Japanese yen cash bank notes.Javier Ghersi | Moment | Getty ImagesHello, this is Leonie Kidd coming to you from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.This week, the "hikes"…
BOJ raises rates to over 30-year high; yen strengthens, yields climb
TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 16: The Bank of Japan headquarters stand at dusk on September 14, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe Bank of Japan has raised its policy rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%,…
Mercari shares claw back losses after Pokémon card curbs
Shares of Mercari jumped more than 4% on Friday, extending their rebound from a selloff sparked by the Japanese online marketplace's restrictions on listings of Pokémon's 30th anniversary products announced Tuesday. The company said the…
UN mission finds evidence signaling U.S. war crimes in Iran; Washington
A United Nations fact-finding mission said there was evidence to believe that the U.S. committed war crimes during the Iran war, lending credibility to Tehran's similar claims.There are "reasonable grounds" to believe that Washington's…
Trump’s tariff leverage, EU warning and Iran hopes
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.Canadian Prime Minister…
China’s AI models make only 10% of U.S. leaders’ revenue: Rhodium
Faisal Bashir | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China's artificial intelligence models may be enjoying rapid adoption but that isn't yet translating into revenue, raising questions about company valuations.All of China's AI models…
House heads home to campaign amid calls for urgent AI action
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) talks on the phone as he walks from his office to the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesThe House of Representatives…
Anthropic shares 3 metrics to help AI companies monitor development
Anthropic is sharing three new metrics that it says could help artificial intelligence companies monitor the pace of development, days after CEO Dario Amodei rocked the industry by calling for a coordinated slowdown.In a blog post on…