Google CEO Sundar Pichai looks on during the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Feb. 19, 2026. Ludovic Marin | AFP | Getty Images Alphabet reported first-quarter earnings after the bell Wednesday, showing revenue that topped expectations boosted by its surging cloud business. Shares climbed following the report. Earnings per share: $5.11 Revenue: $109.9…
A man passes an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei 225 stock prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on March 31, 2026. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP via Getty Images) Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index logged its strongest monthly gain, up nearly 31%, since January…
An electronic stock board inside the Kabuto One building in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Toru Hanai | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets open mixed Wednesday, after Wall Street declined overnight as investors assess the latest developments concerning OPEC, as well as a report that pointed to weakness in OpenAI. The United…
Asia-Pacific markets closed mostly lower Tuesday as investors weighed developments in U.S.-Iran negotiations. U.S. President Donald Trump and his national security team on Monday discussed Iran’s reported offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, contingent on the U.S. lifting its blockade and ending the conflict, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. It remains…
A CATL logo is displayed on a smartphone screen with a Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) logo in the background on May 7, 2025 in Chongqing, China. Li Hongbo | Visual China Group | Getty Images Shares of China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology declined 6.81% Tuesday after the EV battery giant unveiled plans for a roughly…
Sam Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bank. Courtesy: Customers Bank Nearly half an hour into a conference call on Friday to discuss first-quarter results with analysts, Customers Bank CEO Sam Sidhu revealed something unusual — up until that point, he hadn’t actually been speaking. “The prepared remarks you heard on my behalf today were delivered by…
Israeli air defence systems are activated to intercept Iranian missiles over the Israeli city of Tel Aviv early on June 18, 2025. Menahem Kahana | AFP | Getty Images Europe ramped up military spending in 2025 — a longstanding demand of U.S. President Donald Trump — helping drive global defense outlays to a staggering $2.89…
TSMC CoWoS chips: Sample microchips packaged using CoWoS at TSMC’s offices in San Jose, California, shown to CNBC on February 20, 2026. CNBC Shares in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. surged 5% to a fresh all-time high on Friday after the island’s regulator said it plans to loosen limits on funds’ allocations to single stocks. Under…
Customers check out vegetables and other groceries at a supermarket in Tokyo on June 20, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Core inflation in Japan accelerated for the first time in five months, rising to 1.8% in March as the Iran war fuels worries around energy prices. Government data showed the core inflation…
The Greek-flagged crude oil tanker “Asahi Princess” is made ready off the coast of the Syrian Baniyas port refinery, along the Mediterranean Sea on on April 15, 2026. Iraq has begun exporting crude using tanker trucks through Syria, its oil ministry said, as an official said oil revenue last month dropped more than 70 percent…