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The European Central Bank, Bank of England, Riksbank and Norges Bank all meet on Thursday.

Paramount launched a hostile bid for WBD, taking a $30-per-share, all-cash offer directly to shareholders.

German lawmakers are expected to approve proposals for major security procurement.

U.S. membership warehouse clubs are finding success in China by drawing consumers willing to pay a membership fee to access premium goods at reasonable prices.

Whether you're a bull or a bear, Tuesday's tea leaves will show you what you want to see — but beware confirmation bias.

The world's largest standalone ice cream business, Magnum, is only a week old but has already had a lifetime of corporate drama.

The U.K.'s inflation rate cooled sharply to 3.2% in November.

European stocks are expected to open broadly flat on Wednesday as investors gear up for central bank decisions.

Ian King assesses how the U.K.’s economy and stock markets have fared during 2025, and tries to make sense of it all.

OpenAI is in discussions with Amazon about a potential investment and an agreement to use its artificial intelligence chips, CNBC confirmed.

Shares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX Integrated Circuits Shanghai soared over 500% after raising nearly $600 million in its initial public offering.

HashKey, Hong Kong's largest licensed crypto exchange, raised around 1.6 billion Hong Kong dollars after pricing the IPO at HK$6.68 per share.

Whether you're a bull or a bear, Tuesday's tea leaves will show you what you want to see — but beware confirmation bias.

The funding round would give Waymo a valuation as high as $110 billion, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America."

Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed after Wall Street declined as investors assessed the delayed U.S. jobs data for November.

The 6.1% growth topped expectations of an average 4.8% rise estimated by economists polled by Reuters, and was higher than the 3.6% seen in the previous month.

China's educated youth lower their ambitions to find security and better work-life balance in government jobs.

WBD agreed to sell its film studio and streaming service HBO Max to Netflix, and plans to spin out Discovery Global, with its TV networks such as CNN and TNT.

Wall Street's bullishness on Tesla has returned after the stock had its worst performance since 2022 in the first quarter of the year.

Sheryl Sandberg says corporate climate is 'one of the worst' ever and there is no excuse for companies to backslide on efforts to level career playing field.

Critics argue that formalizing nearly nonstop trading could worsen some of the very problems that plague the structure of equity markets today.

Luxury experts say aspirational luxury consumers are facing new pressures from inflation and a slowing job market, meaning fewer Birkin buyers at auction.

Accel is participating in the round, the sources said, adding it would more than triple the valuation it achieved with its previous round in July.

Reclassification to a Schedule III drug and possible Medicare coverage for pot could unlock new investment from pharmaceutical companies.