Win McNamee | Getty Images BEIJING — The close economic and financial ties between the U.S. and China create potentially greater risks for America’s global clout if the two countries separate further. “We are still in the foothills of a Cold War,” Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State, said Thursday at Bloomberg’s New Economy
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Janet Yellen Scott Mlyn | CNBC NEW YORK — Pronounced wealth inequality that has built up for decades poses a major threat to a U.S. economy that is in otherwise “excellent” shape, former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Thursday. The central bank leader from 2014-18 also said the U.S.-China tariff war is having a
Pedestrians walk outside an E*Trade Financial office in New York. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Retail broker E-Trade appears to have just lost the most recent battle in the brokerage wars. E-Trade shares fell more than 8% on Thursday after sources told CNBC that brokerage giant Charles Schwab is in talks to buy
Moody’s has downgraded its outlook for German banks to “negative” from “stable” as profitability and overall creditworthiness weaken in a low interest rate environment. In a report published Thursday, the ratings giant said the already weak profitability of German banks will decline further over the next 12 to 18 months as net interest income falls.
Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Tiffany & Co. jumped 4% during extended trading after a Reuters report that French luxury goods maker LVMH raised its bid from $120 per share to approximately $130 per share, according to people familiar with the matter.
A shopper is seen in a Target store in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Target — Target shares surged more than 11% to an all-time high on the back of quarterly numbers that beat expectations. The retailer posted a profit of
Robinhood co-founder and co-CEO Vlad Tenev speaks onstage during the TechCrunch Disrupt New York event on May 10, 2016. Noam Galai | Getty Images for TechCrunch Financial technology start-up Robinhood is gearing up to launch its commission-free stock trading app in the U.K. The Menlo Park, California-based firm said Wednesday that it was opening a
A shopper exits an Urban Outfitters store in New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Urban Outfitters tanked more than 15% during extended trading after the retailer reported a third-quarter earnings miss on the top and bottom line. The company posted earnings
Traders wear “DOW 28,000” hats on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 15, 2019 in New York City. As trade talks with China show some progress, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 222 points to close above 28, 000 for a new record. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Negative trade
Interest rates are on hold for now — Federal Reserve officials have indicated as much and the market believes it — but the state of affairs could be fleeting amid an ever-changing set of economic conditions. Pretty much everyone is convinced the Fed is finished for 2019, a year in which it cut its benchmark
Traders work at the Coty booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Jin Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: Coty — Shares of the cosmetic company jumped more than 1% after Coty announced it is taking a 51% stake in Kylie Cosmetics, Kylie Jenner’s
Intelsat 35e Source: Intelsat Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Intelsat SA slid nearly 2% during extended trading after the Federal Communications Commission announced it will publicly auction off a portion of its C-band spectrum wavelength in place of 5G wireless networks. Intelsat, along with three other satellite operators, provides
Finance executives speak during a panel on the future of banking at CNBC’s East Tech West event. Dave Zhong | Getty Images for CNBC Banks must operate more like technology companies in order to stay relevant for years to come, executives in the financial services industry say. “I happen to believe that many banks, perhaps
A Chinese bank employee counts 100-yuan notes and U.S. dollar bills at a bank counter in Nantong in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on August 6, 2019. STR | AFP | Getty Images China is heavily exposed to the U.S. dollar, but now, with the risk of “decoupling,” Beijing is silently diversifying its reserves to reduce
(This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click here.) Let’s call them the undisrupted champions of Wall Street. A small group of enormous, elite consumer companies — once seen as vulnerable to onrushing digital disruption and shifting public tastes — have
Robert Iger, Chief Executive Officer of Disney, poses in “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge” during a media preview event at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, May 29, 2019. Mario Anzuoni | Reuters Disney+ is here, ushering in the unofficial kickoff to “The Streaming Wars” — the slew of monthly subscription services that are flooding the market
Even though stocks are trading around all-time highs, CFRA’s Sam Stovall thinks Wall Street isn’t bullish enough. According to the firm’s chief investment strategist, an under-the-radar historical trend suggests the S&P 500 will continue to reach record levels through December. He credits a phenomenon that’s only happened 28 times since WWII. Stovall highlighted the pattern
A Woman jogs past the U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 24, 2019. Siphiwe Sibeko | Reuters Washington can feel pretty gridlocked these days, with the impeachment proceedings against President Trump dividing politicians by party lines. Still, both Republicans and Democrats have rallied around a number of bills that could deliver real changes to your personal
John Legere, chief executive officer of T-Mobile US Inc. Chris Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images T-Mobile Chief Executive Officer John Legere isn’t taking the WeWork CEO job, according to people familiar with the matter. Legere, who became CEO of T-Mobile in 2012, has no plans to leave the company, said the people, who asked
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stocks bounced on trade headlines on Friday, but the market could stall out in the week ahead if there is no real progress towards a deal. Stocks ended the week at record highs, but Treasury yields unwound half the big