People wait in line outside Macy’s before opening on “Black Friday” in New York City on November 24, 2023. The retail sector’s efforts to entice holiday gift purchases builds to a crescendo this weekend with the annual “Black Friday” shopping day followed by the newer “Cyber Monday.” (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)Yuki Iwamura | Afp | Getty ImagesThis report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see?…
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China urged the European Union to be “objective and fair” and careful with words and actions on issues in the South China Sea, after the bloc remarked on an incident that occurred over the weekend.Ted Aljibe | Afp | Getty ImagesChina urged the European Union to be “objective and fair” and careful with words and actions on issues in the South China Sea, after the bloc remarked on an incident that occurred over the weekend.China said it was “strongly dissatisfied” with the European Union’s “accusations” against it on the issue, a statement by the Chinese mission to the EU showed.”The European Union is not a party to the South China Sea issue and has no right to point fingers on the issue,” it said.It also…
CEO of Swedish defence and security company Saab, Micael Johansson, speaks during the presentation of Saab’s interim report on February 9, 2024 in Stockholm.Jessica Gow | Afp | Getty ImagesRussia’s ongoing war in Ukraine has resulted in a profound shift in the way defense stocks are viewed by mission-driven fund managers, according to two European defense giants.Defense stocks have typically been excluded from portfolios based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors due to ethical concerns over their association with warfare.In recent months, however, ESG fund managers appear to have become increasingly comfortable with holding defense companies — at a…
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 23, 2024.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCentral banks around the world are set to kick off or continue interest rate cuts this fall, bringing an end to an era of historically high borrowing costs.In September, the U.S. Federal Reserve is all but guaranteed to join the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, the People’s Bank of China, the Swiss National Bank, Sweden’s Riksbank, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of Mexico and others in cutting key rates, which have been held at levels not seen…
In 2021, I was 36 years old, and I had a big year. Thanks to the income streams that grew from my blog and podcast, I started making enough passive income to quit my 9-to-5. This financial freedom made me start to think about what other goals I wanted to achieve, starting with what I wanted from my environment.My family is from the Southern coast of Puerto Rico, about 90 minutes from the capital of San Juan. I’ve always enjoyed visiting, and the more time I spent, the more I realized that I wanted a home there.DON’T MISS: How to master your…
BYD launched the BYD Seal in Europe at the IAA auto show in Munich, Germany. The electric sedan has a starting price of 44,900 euros ($48,479).Arjun Kharpal | CNBCBEIJING — Chinese electric car giant BYD sold a record number of passenger vehicles in August, with sales of hybrids growing faster than those of battery-only cars.The company said August sales rose by 30% year-on-year to 370,854 passenger cars.Its sales of battery-only cars rose by nearly 12%, while hybrid-powered vehicle sales surged by 48% to account for just under two-thirds of BYD cars sold last month.In contrast, several new energy vehicle startups…
A customer pushes a shopping cart with bags outside of a Whole Foods Market grocery store on August 26, 2024 in El Segundo, California.Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesThis report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.What you need to know todaySummer ended greenThe three major U.S. indexes climbed Friday, making August another month in the green for them, despite the sharp sell-off at the start of the month.…
The Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill is seen on August 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Anna Rose Layden | Getty ImagesSome 10,000 U.S. hotel workers began a multi-day strike in several cities on Sunday after contract talks with hotel operators Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide and Hyatt Hotels stalled, the Unite Here union said.Unite Here, which represents workers in hotels, casinos, and airports across the United States and Canada, said thousands of workers at 24 hotels are on strike in some major travel destinations including San Francisco and San Diego in California, Hawaii’s capital city Honolulu, Boston, Seattle, and Greenwich, Connecticut, with workers from additional cities ready to join the walkout as the Labor Day holiday weekend continues.The strike is taking place with the…
Airfare, departure times, flight length — these are the usual considerations for travelers who want to book a flight.But now, more are looking at a new factor: the aircraft itself. One in five travelers said they are doing more research into the plane they may be flying on before they book, while slightly more (22%) said they are limiting air travel for the rest of the year, according to a survey conducted in June by the digital analytics company Quantum Metric.Overall, 55% of travelers said they have changed the way they book flights because of recent news about aircraft and…
People walk past the image of the ‘Monkey King’ character, or ‘Sun Wukong’ of Chinese action role-playing game ‘Black Myth: Wukong’, developed by Chinese video game company Game Science, during its launch day in Hangzhou, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province on August 20, 2024.Str | Afp | Getty ImagesBEIJING – China’s first attempt at a top-tier video game has smashed world records, bolstering the industry’s global ambitions just a few years after Beijing’s gaming crackdown.Black Myth: Wukong, an action game set in mythological China, sold more than 10 million units three days after its launch on Aug. 20. Ten days…
