A nascent rebound in Chinese consumer appetite, paired with resilient U.S. spending, is reigniting the luxury sector, with Richemont , Salvatore Ferragamo , LVMH and Ralph Lauren are emerging as key names to watch. Chiara Battistini, head of European luxury and sporting goods at J.P. Morgan, said the bank continues to favor Richemont, which has been its top pick in the luxury space for the past three years. Shares in the Swiss company jumped as much as 7% in early trade on Friday after it reported group sales of 10.6 billion euros ($12.3 billion) for the six-month period to the end…
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FILE PHOTO: A Boeing logo is seen before the opening of the 55th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 13, 2025.Benoit Tessier | ReutersBoeing defense workers approved on Thursday on a new contract that will end a more than three-month strike that has delayed the manufacturer’s production of F-15 fighter jets and other programs.The workers rejected previous offers, with their union saying the proposals failed to address concerns.The contract proposal the roughly 3,200 workers voted on Thursday includes 24% wage increases over five years as well as a $6,000 up-front bonus, up from $3,000, though it gets rid of…
Electricity prices are surging, voters are growing angry, and the artificial intelligence industry’s data centers are increasingly a target for blame with U.S. mid-term elections on the horizon.Residential utility bills rose 6% on average nationwide in August compared with the same period in the previous year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.The reasons for price increases are often complex and vary by region. But in at least three states with high concentrations of data centers, electric bills climbed much faster than the national average during that period. Prices, for example, surged by 13% in Virginia, 16% in Illinois and…
new video loaded: What the U.S. Absence at COP30 Tells UsWorld leaders are meeting at the COP30 this week to discuss climate. The U.S. was not part of this meeting. Somini Sengupta, our international climate reporter, discusses what this absence means.By Somini Sengupta, Katrin Bennhold, Christina Thornell, Leila Medina and Stephanie SwartNovember 13, 2025 Source link
Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025.CNBCWarren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed a new position in Alphabet, making the Google parent the conglomerate’s 10th largest equity holding at the end of September, according to a regulatory filing.Berkshire disclosed a $4.3 billion stake in Alphabet at the end of the third quarter, a surprising move given Buffett’s traditional value investing philosophy and reluctance toward high-growth, tech names. While Berkshire has owned Apple for years, Buffett has called it more of a consumer products company than a pure tech play.The purchase was also…
Eric Baker, co-founder and chief executive office of StubHub Holdings Inc., during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesStubHub shares plunged 20% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported quarterly results for the first time since its initial public offering in September.Here’s how the ticket vendor did in comparison with LSEG consensus:Loss per share: $4.27Revenue: $468.1 million vs. $452 million expectedDuring a conference call with investors, StubHub CEO and founder Eric Baker said…
Hedge fund D1 Capital started new positions in some stocks tethered to artificial intelligence during the third quarter, a new securities filing shows. According to the filing, Daniel Sundheim’s fund bought shares of key technology names that have carried the bull market to new heights in recent months, namely “Magnificent Seven” members Nvidia and Meta Platforms . The fund also began a stake in software stocks Broadcom and Synopsys . While none of the four were among the fund’s top 10 equity positions, Broadcom was ranked the highest out of them in the fund at more than $220 million, per…
The final trades of the day with CNBC’s Melissa Lee and the ‘Fast Money’ traders. Source link
Scott Rechler, RXR Chairman and CEO, and Bill Rudin, Rudin Management Co-Chairman, speaking at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha event in New York on Nov. 13th, 2025.Adam Jeffery | CNBCNew York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s views have sparked fears that there will be an exodus of companies and capital from the city. But two of the city’s top commercial real estate executives say it’s simply not true, based on leasing activity and new building investments being made, with no pullback in plans ever since it became clear Mamdani would win, and through the democratic socialist’s official election.”New York City is back,” said Scott…
President Donald Trump on Friday asked the Department of Justice to investigate relationships between notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and former President Bill Clinton, JPMorgan Chase, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, billionaire tech investor Reid Hoffman, and others.Attorney General Pam Bondi said later Friday that she had appointed Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to lead the investigation.Trump’s statement comes as he faces renewed pressure over his own past friendship with Epstein, who killed himself in August 2019 after being arrested on child sex trafficking charges.In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed that “Democrats…
