Russia’s President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan June 28, 2019.Mikhail Klimentyev | Kremlin | Sputnik | ReutersWhen Russian President Vladimir Putin travels to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday for talks on ending the war in Ukraine, it’ll be one of the most high profile summits of the year, and there’s a lot at stake.Veteran statesman Putin is likely to be aiming to extract as many concessions and benefits for Russia as he can in return for a ceasefire that’s coveted by Trump.Close…
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Il21 | Istock | Getty ImagesSpending pressures are dividing beer drinking habits, further clouding the outlook for brewers already battling declining sales volumes.Drinkers are increasingly bypassing once-loved core beer brands and instead opting for premium or economy alternatives, Danish brewer Carlsberg said Thursday, as beermakers confront wider pressures on the drinks sector.”We do see a continued bifurcation in terms of preferences,” CEO Aarup-Andersen told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” on Thursday.”People look either for the premium brand or the economy brand. So what will get squeezed a little bit in an environment like this is actually the core brands in the…
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates LP, speaks during the Greenwich Economic Forum in Greenwich, Connecticut, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHedge fund giant Bridgewater Associates divested from U.S.-listed Chinese stocks in the second quarter, signaling a clear pullback from the market amid rising geopolitical strains and weakening investor confidence in China’s economic prospects.According to its latest quarterly update to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — known as 13F — on Wednesday, the fund closed out stakes in several Chinese companies, including major names like Baidu, Alibaba, JD.com, PDD Holdings, Nio, Trip.com Group, and…
Here are your opening callsAfter three consecutive days of gains, the pan-European Stoxx 50 looks set to rise again today, with futures tied to the index last seen trading 0.6% higher.Those tied to the German DAX, France’s CAC 40 and London’s FTSE 100 are also all up by around 0.6%.Market participants will be watching news out of the highly anticipated meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, with hopes building that a resolution on the war in Ukraine can be reached.— Chloe TaylorPandora maintains full-year outlook even as China lagsA woman stands inside a store…
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law on Aug. 14, 1935.FPG | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesNinety years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, which created the program that now sends monthly benefit checks to millions of Americans, including retirees, disabled individuals and families.But by the time the program celebrates its centennial, benefits may not look the same as today’s Social Security payments.The reason: Social Security’s trust funds, which the program relies on to help pay benefits, are facing a looming shortfall.Starting in 2033 — two years before its 100th anniversary —…
US President Donald Trump (R) and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin speak during their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017Mikhail Klimentiev | AFP | Getty ImagesAs Russian President Vladimir Putin holds face-to-face talks with White House leader Donald Trump on Friday, Ukraine — and the world — will be watching with baited breath.The state leaders are set to begin their summit at 11:30 a.m. local time (3.30 p.m. ET) at the Elmendorf Richardson military base in Anchorage, Alaska.There will then be a working lunch for both delegations, before the presidents hold a…
Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister Ralph Regenvanu (C) delivers a speech as he attends a demonstration ahead of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) session tasked with issuing the first Advisory Opinion (AO) on States’ legal obligations to address climate change, in The Hague on July 23, 2025. John Thys | Afp | Getty ImagesGripped by corporate earnings season and U.S. President Donald Trump’s back-and-forth tariff policy, investors largely shrugged off a historic climate ruling from the world’s top court.But for some, the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) recent advisory opinion on state’s legal obligations in the face of climate change…
CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up to receive future editions.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour carrying the Crew-11 mission lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 1, 2025. Chandan Khanna | Afp | Getty ImagesOverview: HEADLINEIt was a matter of time, with governments racing to clinch the first Mars laurels, that private companies would start offering rides to the red planet.Italy’s Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) became the first client who’s signed on…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is looking to redefine Germany’s voice in Europe and build a relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump — who many of Merz’s European colleagues do not see eye to eye with. The historically EU-friendly Merz, a former member of the European Parliament, now has a long list of complaints about the bloc. This has included objections to an increase in the EU’s new long-term budget that was proposed last month, as well as calling the bloc out for sluggishness and complex bureaucracy. Germany was also among the louder critics of the EU-U.S. trade agreement. Merz’s sharp…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday said that although the market may be frothy, investors shouldn’t quit because there are enough positive stock stories to overwhelm the froth with rationality.Cramer used the dotcom bubble burst as an example. During that time in the late 1990s, he said froth involved the market’s continuous roar based on, at best, hype. Stocks rallied for no real reason, markets lost their rational side and companies ended up with no revenue or business plan.Cramer said today’s market is vastly different because the rational outweighs the irrational.On the irrational front, Cramer pointed to recent IPOs such as…
