Volkswagen workers in Tennessee have voted in favor of the United Auto Workers — marking the union's first successful organizing drive of a foreign automaker.
Apple on Friday said it has pulled WhatsApp, Threads, Signal and Telegram from the App Store in China.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/19/apple-pulls-metas-whatsapp-threads-from-china-app-store.html
German cars are “the best in the world” and the country’s carmakers do not have to fear competition from China, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said.
Dubai Airports CEO said he expects services to return "close to normality" soon as the major transit hub deals with the fallout from unprecedented flooding.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/19/dubai-airport-flood-ceo-expects-normal-service-within-24-hours.html
The European Central Bank should cut interest rates in June to avoid falling behind the inflation curve, according to one ECB policymaker.
Norway's giant sovereign wealth fund on Thursday reported first-quarter profit of 1.21 trillion kroner ($110 billion).
British oil major BP on Thursday trimmed the size of its executive team down to 10 members.
Several ECB officials have made remarks about their expectations for interest rates in recent days.
The European Union's trade chief on Wednesday warned against the "weaponization" of trade amid the latest ratcheting up of tensions between the U.S. and China.
Geopolitical risk is the biggest threat to a prospective June rate cut from the European Central Bank, according to ECB policymaker Robert Holzmann.
High corporate valuations could pose a significant risk to financial stability as market optimism becomes untethered from fundamentals, the IMF said Tuesday.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/17/high-company-valuations-a-worry-imfs-capital-markets-chief-says.html
The IMF forecast will be galling for Western nations which have sought to economically isolate and punish Russia for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Economists polled by Reuters expected a reading of 3.1%, down from 3.4% in February.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/17/uk-inflation-march-2024.html
Several airlines have suspended flights to Israel while some are swerving flightpaths over the Middle East.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/16/israel-flights-disrupted-due-to-middle-east-volatility-.html
The new company will be publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker "TGIF."
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/16/tgi-fridays-to-go-public-through-merger-with-its-uk-franchisee.html
Her comments come shortly after the central bank gave its clearest indication to date that it could start cutting interest rates during its June meeting.
The IMF on Tuesday raised its global growth forecast slightly, saying the economy had proven "surprisingly resilient" despite inflationary pressures.
Union voting for more than 4,000 eligible VW workers will begin Wednesday and end at 8 p.m. EDT on Friday.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/16/vw-workers-to-vote-on-joining-uaw-union-in-tennessee.html
A fire broke out on Tuesday at Denmark's nearly 400-year-old historic stock exchange building, engulfing its iconic spire, which collapsed onto the roof.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/16/fire-breaks-out-at-denmarks-historic-stock-exchange-building.html
Iran's weekend attack on Israeli marks a "new paradigm" in the Middle East conflict, which risks escalating into a wider regional war, Chatham House said Monday.
Airports from Tokyo to London logged big increases in travelers in 2024.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/15/worlds-busiest-airport-rankings-2023.html
World leaders called for calm and restraint in the aftermath of Iran's large-scale air attacks on Israel.
Ukraine's top general warned that the battlefield situation in the east of the country, which is at the epicenter of the fiercest fighting, has deteriorated.
Italy's new digital nomad visa will require workers to have an annual income of about $30,000.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/12/italy-digital-nomad-visa.html
The Bank of England announced an overhaul of its inflation forecasting models after a long-awaited review by former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke.
It comes as oil prices rebound on elevated Middle East tensions, with market participants monitoring the prospect of supply disruptions from the region.
The U.K. economy fell into a recession last year but showed slight growth in January.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/12/uk-economic-growth-february-2024.html
Goldman Sachs still expects stubbornly high U.S. inflation to ease over the coming months, despite yet another print showing that consumer prices remain sticky.
The Federal Reserve is likely to cut rates before the European Central Bank does, a former member of the Bank of England said.
Demand for copper is widely considered a proxy for economic health.