Travis Hutchison, a soybean farmer, unloads his cargo from his family’s truck at a local grain dealer in Queen Anne, Maryland, on Oct. 10, 2025. Roberto Schmidt | AFP | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to…
One of the newest tenants of Trump Tower in New York City is a startup investment bank called Dominari Holdings Inc. It’s located only two stories below the headquarters of the Trump Organization—a proximity that Dominari’s president, Kyle Wool, considers a point of pride. Wool spent years cultivating a relationship with the Trump family, and…
The dollar rose on Monday as currency traders shrugged off the latest threat of steep tariifs on China from US President Donald Trump and instead focused on the path for a possible trade deal between the world’s two largest economies. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index gained some 0.2% as of 10:15 a.m. in New York….
Maybe you’ve had this experience lately: You’re riding high, feeling good about yet another record high in stocks, and then someone pops up on TV to kill the vibe. “It’s an AI bubble,” they say. “It’s like 1999.” This actually happened to me last week (before President Trump’s new tariff threat sent stocks tumbling on…
Melanie Sepulveda, a Staten Island teacher, had her doubts about the new “bell-to-bell” cellphone ban in New York schools. In the past, she watched students drift through the hallways at I.S. 27 Anning S. Prall, looking at their phones and feet. Some pre-teens, entrusted with bathroom passes, filmed TikTok videos outside her English classroom where…
The New York City Ballet 2025 Fall Fashion Gala celebrated George Balanchine’s choreographed works with a balet performance at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center that brung out stars like Sarah Jessica Parker, Nicole Ari Parker, Mick Jagger, and more. Their celebrity co-chairs include Claire Danes and Diane Kruger. 1 of 17 Sarah Jessica…
After a week-long gathering of leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York, its president struck a positive tone on Monday. Annalena Baerbock, the former German foreign minister, said there was a collective will to “choose the right path at the crossroads”. “If high-level week is any indication, this house is fulfilling that purpose…
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US equity futures held losses after Congress failed to agree to a spending plan, forcing the government into a shutdown that will keep hundreds of thousands of federal workers home from their jobs. Futures on the S&P 500 Index were down 0.4% as of 1:02 a.m. Wednesday after the deadline to fund the government came…
More affluent buyers are likely to snap up luxury homes in Hong Kong in the coming months, according to agents, as the city’s booming stock market and government policies that attract well-heeled investors boost the outlook for the high-end property segment. “Some ultra-wealthy buyers have earned substantial profits from the stock market over the past…