Sebastien Lecornu, France’s prime minister, during the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has resigned just weeks after his appointment, plunging the country into a fresh political crisis. Lecornu, France’sRead More →
Siegfried Layda | Getty Images “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,” Charles Dickens famously wrote. That aptly captures the dislocation between political events and market action as we go into the nextRead More →
Bitcoin rallied on Friday to within striking distance of its record high as the U.S. government’s shutdown entered its third day. The world’s oldest cryptocurrency is trading up roughly 2% on the day at $123,874. That’s about 1% below its all-time high price of just north of $124,000, which itRead More →
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 1, 2025. NYSE Stock futures rose Friday after the market recorded new highs in the previous session, driven by strength in the artificial intelligence trade that appeared to overpower concerns about the U.S. government shutdown. Futures tied to the DowRead More →
The pharmaceutical industry has been making headlines recently, after the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump slapped 100% tariffs on branded and patented drugs But investors say drugmakers’ carve-out agreements on pricing is what will rattle the sector — and create a range of winners and losers as a result. GlobalRead More →
Evercore ISI thinks shutdown will be ‘relatively short’ Evercore ISI strategist Sarah Bianchi doesn’t expect a long government shutdown after a few Senate Democrats voted for a stopgap funding bill last night that ultimately fell short of the required votes. “Three Senate Democrats voted for the bill tonight, offset byRead More →
A specialist trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Sept. 15, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters LONDON — European stocks ticked lower on Tuesday as investors monitored U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs and the continued political deadlock in theRead More →
Brand new Range Rovers are parked outside a Jaguar Land Rover car dealership on May 8, 2025 in Taunton, England. Anna Barclay | Getty Images Britain will back Jaguar Land Rover with a 1.5 billion pound ($2 billion) loan guarantee to help support its supply chain in the wake ofRead More →
Colombian president Gustavo Petro speaks during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 23, 2025. Leonardo Munoz | Afp | Getty Images The United States said it would revoke Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s visa after he took toRead More →
In this photo illustration, the logo of Xiaomi’s XRing O1 chipset is seen on May 19, 2025 in Beijing, China. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun announced on the evening of May 15 that the company’s self-developed smartphone SoC, XRING 01, will be officially launched in late May. Vcg | Visual ChinaRead More →
