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US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference to discuss crime in Washington, DC, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on August 11, 2025. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images The heaviest of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs — a full 145% on imports of Chinese goods — was, once again, delayed for another 90 days.The move should be a huge relief not just to investors, but perhaps most of the population on Earth. The U.S. and China are the two largest economies in the world, according to World Bank…

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Japan’s Nikkei 225 hits record highJapan’s blue-chip Nikkei 225 index hit an all-time high of 42,629.17 on Tuesday, led by energy, technology, financials and utilities sectors.Stock Chart IconStock chart iconNikkei 225Asia-Pacific markets open higherAsia-Pacific markets opened higher Tuesday.Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark rose 1.26%, while the broader Topix index added 0.74%, as of 8:07 a.m. Singapore time (8:07 p.m. ET Monday).In South Korea, the Kospi index added 0.66%, while the small-cap Kosdaq increased by 0.4%.Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark was flat.— Amala BalakrishnerU.S. futures mostly move up in early Asia hoursHere are the opening calls for the day Good morning from Singapore.The U.S.-China trade…

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GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke speaks at the VivaTech technology startup and innovation fair in Paris on June 12, 2025.Mustafa Yalcin | Anadolu | Getty ImagesMicrosoft’s GitHub unit, which is facing a torrent of competition from AI-powered coding tools, is losing its leader, and the company isn’t immediately naming a successor.Thomas Dohmke, who has been CEO of GitHub since 2021, joined Microsoft in 2015 through the acquisition of his prior startup HockeyApp. Microsoft bought GitHub for $7.5 billion in 2018, and Dohmke moved over to that business as product chief in mid-2021. Months later, he replaced Nat Friedman as GitHub CEO.In…

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Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching on Monday and what’s on the radar for Tuesday’s session. Circle The CEO joins “Squawk Box” in the 6 a.m. ET hour with Joe Kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin. The digital and crypto fintech company had its IPO in early June. Circle Internet stock is up 420% since then. CRCL 1M mountain Circle Internet stock over the past month. Live…

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European defense stocks could be set for another big tailwind, according to an analyst who says the sector is about to see a surge in demand from one particular pocket of the market. Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” on Thursday, Ben Heelan, Bank of America’s head of EU industrials research, said his team expects European long-only investors are yet to buy into the defense space. Many ESG funds, which have historically swerved defense investments, appear to have shifted their stance on the sector amid rising geopolitical instability and commitments from Western governments to grow their security budgets. Heelan pointed…

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell on April 9, 2025.Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty ImagesStock futures were little changed on Monday, as investors prepare for a fresh inflation report.Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 9 points, or 0.02%. Nasdaq 100 futures hovered near the flatline, alongside S&P 500 futures.Investors are keenly focused on Tuesday’s consumer price index report, hoping to gather potential insight into how the Federal Reserve will handle short-term interest rates, especially as the S&P 500 hovers near an all-time high. Economists polled by…

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Dr. E.J. Antoni, nominee for the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics stands next to Donald Trump in the Oval Office.Courtesy: Donald J. Trump via Truth SocialPresident Donald Trump said Monday that he will nominate the economist E. J. Antoni as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Antoni would replace Erika McEntarfer, who Trump fired as BLS commissioner on Aug. 1, after accusing her of manipulating jobs report data.Antoni is the chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation. He has been a longtime critic of the BLS.”I am pleased to announce that I am nominating Highly Respected Economist, Dr.…

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