In June, The Economist Intelligence Unit released its 2025 Livability Index, which ranks the world’s most livable cities.The index scores 173 cities on 30 indicators divided into five categories, with each one being given a weighted percentage:Stability (25%)Healthcare (20%)Culture and environment (25%)Education (10%)Infrastructure (20%)Each city was given a score of 1-100 — one is considered intolerable and 100 is considered ideal.EIU’s report states that the average score for livability across the 173 cities in the index stands at 76.1 out of 100, which is unchanged from 2024. Despite that, the report states that “livability remains under pressure amid geopolitical tensions,…
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Daniel Goetz spent many late nights as a college senior cutting and blending fresh fruits, and freezing them into popsicles to sell to parched customers near the University of Texas at Austin.The advertising major fell in love with Mexican ice pops, called paletas, while visiting Mexico City with his college girlfriend. Inspired, Goetz started mocking up potential brand names and doodling logos during a class in 2009. He landed on the name “GoodPop.”Today, the Austin-based organic popsicle and ice cream bar company’s frozen desserts are sold in more than 10,000 locations across the U.S., including Costco, Walmart and Whole Foods…
A general view of the partially collapsed buildings damaged by some of the ballistic missiles launched by Iran on June 18, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Nir Keidar | Anadolu | Getty Images The conflict between Israel and Iran is intensifying, with both countries not backing down from strikes and their leaders continuing to issue heated rhetoric. The prospect of the United States potentially joining the fray — which Russia warned would cause “a terrible spiral of escalation” — is putting the world on a knife’s edge.That unease is reflected in the markets. While U.S. exchanges were closed Thursday for…
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) building in Beijing, China, on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. Bloomberg | Getty ImagesChina expectedly kept its benchmark lending rates unchanged Friday, following the sweeping monetary easing measures rolled out last month to boost growth.The People’s Bank of China held the 1-year loan prime rate at 3.0% and 5-year LPR at 3.5%, according to a statement Friday, in line with Reuters poll estimates.Last month, Chinese authorities cut the lending rates for the first time since October by 10 basis points, in their bid to cushion the impact from trade tensions with Washington. A slew of commercial…
A lenskart shop as seen in Kolkata , India, (Photo by Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesThis report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse and the big businesses behind its meteoric rise. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.Each weekday, CNBC’s “Inside India” news show gives you news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse businesses, and the people behind its rise. Livestream the show on YouTube and catch highlights here. SHOWTIMES:U.S.: Sunday-Thursday, 23:00-0000 ETAsia: Monday-Friday, 11:00-12:00 SIN/HK, 08:30-09:30 India Europe: Monday-Friday, 0500-06:00 CETThe big…
Anshun bridge reflecting in the Jinjiang river at dusk in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.© Philippe Lejeanvre | Moment Open | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets mostly rose Friday as investors awaited China data, and continued to assess escalating tensions between Israel and Iran.The Asian giant is expected to release its one-year and five-year loan prime rates for June later in the day.Investors are also monitoring the Israel-Iran conflict as U.S. President Donald Trump weighs on whether to back the Israeli military and strike Tehran. The White House said that he will make a final decision within the next two weeks.Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 started the day…
A market in Tokyo in June 2023.Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty ImagesJapan’s core inflation rate climbed to 3.7% in May, marking its highest level since January 2023 and putting more pressure on the Bank of Japan to raise rates to combat inflation.The figure — which strips out costs for fresh food — was higher than the 3.6% expected by economists polled by Reuters, and is above April’s reading of 3.5%.Headline inflation came in at 3.5%, lower compared to the 3.6% in April. This marks the 38th straight month that inflation has run above the BOJ’s 2% target.The so-called “core-core” inflation…
When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg poached Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang last week as part of a $14.3 billion investment in the artificial intelligence startup, he was apparently just getting started.Zuckerberg’s multibillion-dollar AI hiring spree has now turned to Daniel Gross, the CEO of Ilya Sutskever’s startup Safe Superintelligence, and former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.It’s not how Zuckerberg planned for a deal to go down.Earlier this year, sources said, Meta tried to acquire Safe Superintelligence, which was reportedly valued at $32 billion in a fundraising round in April. Sutskever, who just launched…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 2, 2025. NYSEStock futures were lower ahead of Friday’s session, with investors monitoring conflict in the Middle East between Iran and Israel, and potential direct U.S. involvement.Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 221 points, or 0.5%. Nasdaq 100 futures ticked down 0.4%, while S&P 500 futures fell 0.4%. Regular trading was closed in the U.S. on Thursday for the Juneteenth holiday.Investors remain jittery as the conflict between Israel and Iran has yet to cool. President Donald Trump is weighing direct U.S. involvement with a strike…
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as workers install a large flag pole on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on June 18, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty ImagesA federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from forcing 20 Democratic-led states to cooperate with immigration enforcement in order to receive billions of dollars in transportation grant funding. Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, granted the states’ request for an injunction barring the Department of Transportation’s policy, saying the states were likely to succeed on the merits of…
