timef 03/25/2026

A teen social media ban pilot in the U.K. will include restrictions ranging from curfews to time caps on popular apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat.

The layoffs come as Meta has been refocusing its efforts and pouring billions of dollars into AI.

Shell CEO Wael Sawan warns Europe will be next to face an energy supply crunch.

Investors will be looking for updates from Burgum, who also chairs Trump's energy dominance council, on the state of the U.S. war against Iran

The ECB kept interest rates on hold at its last monetary policy meeting last week.

President Donald Trump has claimed the United States and Iran are "in negotiations now." But the Islamic Republic denies any direct talks to end the war.

Co-founders to become co-CEOs as On prepares to enter its "next growth phase," the company said in a statement Wednesday. 

Economists have pulled up their risk assessments of a contraction amid heightened uncertainty over geopolitical risk and a labor market slump.

Merck is trying to bulk up its portfolio ahead of its best-selling cancer drug Keytruda losing patent protection in 2028.

Arm said it expects its new chip to generate six times more revenue in 2031 than the $4 billion it made in 2025.

U.S. Treasury yields ticked lower on Wednesday amid hopes of a potential peace plan in the Middle East.

the Beijing-based toy maker posted annual revenue of 37.1 billion yuan ($5.4 billion) for 2025, up 185% from a year earlier, just shy of LSEG estimates of 38 billion yuan.

Private credit is expected to see a surge in defaults as investors continue to pull money from the sector.

“I'm a lot more concerned about the current crisis than I was when Russia-Ukraine happened four years ago,” one fund manager told CNBC.

Pop Mart is betting on films, theme parks and global expansion to turn Labubu into a lasting franchise, even as the initial craze fades.

South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok warned the government must prepare for "worst-case scenarios" stemming from the Middle East conflict.

The U.K. inflation rate stood firm at 3% in February, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Frederiksen had sought to capitalize on popular support after standing up to Trump's push to annex Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory.

Sentiment turns positive as the U.S. claims to be in active negotiations with Iran, while details emerge of a potential path to peace.

The rise in borrowing costs has grave implications for the UK government's ability to hit its fiscal targets should the conflict remain protracted.

As war grounds flights and threatens to destabilize the region's carefully built future, events from cultural to crypto have been quietly rescheduled.

European stocks are expected to open higher on Wednesday as the U.S. showed more signs it was trying to de-escalate the war with Iran.

The fallout from the sprawling Middle East conflict is expected to represent a watershed moment for the energy transition.

Meta is granting stock options to top executives as pressure on the company intensifies in the AI battle.

Indian cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru has been acquired for $1.78 billion by a consortium of global and Indian investors.

Gold climbed as declining oil prices helped temper worries over persistent inflation following reports that Washington is working on a proposal to bring an end to the Middle East conflict.

SK Hynix has made a confidential filing for a potential listing in the U.S. this year, as the company looks to expand production.

Global markets search for direction amid mixed signals on U.S.-Israel and Iran conflict.

Oil prices fell 5% after Donald Trump that Washington and Tehran are "in negotiations right now" and indicated Iran is keen to reach a peace agreement.

Trump said he decided to back off from his recent threat to order strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure "based on the fact we're negotiating."

Jury reaches a verdict in New Mexico trial in which the state's attorney general alleged that Meta failed to safeguard its family of apps from child predators.

Arm unveiled its first in-house chip on Tuesday at an event in San Francisco, with Meta as the initial customer.

The fresh capital brings OpenAI's historic fundraise to $120 billion, exceeding the ChatGPT creator's initial target of $100 billion.

Machado's remarks come as the oil industry remains hesitant to invest in Venezuela after the U.S. ousted former President Nicolas Maduro.

Fauna's first product, called Sprout, is a $50,000 bipedal robot that's 3.5 feet tall and designed to be "approachable and human-friendly."

OpenAI said it's closing Sora, the short-form video app that went viral after its launch six months ago

"Operation Epic Fury continues unabated" to achieve President Donald Trump's military objectives, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné on the Iran war, the $1 billion deal with the White House, investment in the U.S., and more.

Following international regulatory probes, lawsuits are piling up in the U.S. against Elon Musk's xAI and its Grok chatbot.

The potential AI-related disruption of the job market is a critical issue in Washington, with lawmakers trying to curb the amount of job displacement.

Micron's revenue almost tripled in the last quarter, but the memory company's stock has sunk about 15% since reporting earnings on Wednesday.

Arm is making its first CPU, pivoting from only licensing its architecture to giants like Apple, Nvidia, Amazon and Google. CNBC got an exclusive first look.

Prediction market bettors aren't confident that the vital Middle Eastern oil passageway will reopen anytime soon.

Trump said top U.S. negotiators and their Iranian counterparts have been engaged in "very, very strong talks," but Tehran has denied that claim.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon issued an optimistic viewpoint on Middle East peace, weeks into the war with Iran.

Stablecoin issuer Circle is tumbling after competitor Tether announced it has hired a Big Four accounting firm to audit its USDT reserves for the first time.