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Alibaba International promotes its e-commerce platform for small businesses at the Canton Fair in Guangdong, China, on Oct. 16, 2024. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba on Tuesday unveiled an artificial intelligence-powered search engine for small businesses in Europe and the Americas to source supplies. It’s an

Still from the film “Wicked” Source: Universal Studios Thousands of Mattel’s “Wicked”-branded fashion dolls are flying off shelves, but not because of consumer demand. The toy company has been forced to pull its line of character dolls after a package misprint. Instead of listing the website for Universal’s “Wicked” movie, boxes featured a link to

The stock market could enjoy a bigger boost from President-elect Donald Trump than any previous administration thanks to his pro-business policies, according to Jeremy Siegel, finance professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. “President-elect Trump is the most pro-stock market president we have had in our history,” Siegel said Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk

The logo of the label Steve Madden at the fashion fair Premium.  ens Kalaene | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Steve Madden said Thursday that it will slash the goods it imports from China by as much as 45% over the next year as it braces for President-elect Donald Trump to carry out his pledge

This is a comparison of Thursday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting in September. Text removed from the September statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle. Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined. Black text appears in both

Anti-abortion demonstrators listen to President Donald Trump as he speaks at the 47th annual “March for Life” in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2020. Olivier Douliery | Afp | Getty Images Voters in seven out of 10 states approved ballot measures this week to safeguard abortion rights, a hot-button issue that helped drive Americans to the

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve approved its second consecutive interest rate cut Thursday, moving at a less aggressive pace than before but continuing its efforts to right-size monetary policy. In a follow-up to September’s big half percentage point reduction, the Federal Open Market Committee lowered its benchmark overnight borrowing rate by a quarter percentage point,

Philadelphia Phillies managing partner and principal owner John Middleton signs autographs prior to the 2024 London Series game between the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies at London Stadium in London on June 9, 2024. Daniel Shirey | Major League Baseball | Getty Images The Philadelphia Phillies recently raised close to $500 million in

The exchange-traded fund industry is trying to make pair-trade strategies more accessible to everyday investors. Tidal Financial Group’s Michael Venuto filed last month for eight two-stock ETFs: going long one stock and short the other. “They should come out probably in about two or three months,” Venuto, the firm’s chief investment officer and co-founder, said on CNBC’s

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande star as Elphaba and Glinda in Universal’s “Wicked.” Universal “Barbie” painted the town pink in 2023, and now “Wicked” is upping the ante by adding a splash of green. Universal‘s theatrical retelling of the famed Broadway musical is creating buzz ahead of its Nov. 22 release with hundreds of merchandise

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the Nov. 6-7, 2024, Federal Open Market Committee meeting at William McChesney Martin Jr. Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 7, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Expectations for a December interest rate cut remained strong after the Federal

A Major League Baseball logo at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, May 22, 2022. Ronald Martinez | Getty Images Major League Baseball and the Atlanta Braves have raised issues with the reorganization plan and future viability of Diamond Sports Group, the country’s largest owner of regional sports networks, according to a Friday bankruptcy court filing.

BEIJING – China on Friday announced a five-year package totaling 10 trillion yuan ($1.4 trillion) to tackle local government debt problems, while signaling more economic support would come next year. Minister of Finance Lan Fo’an told reporters Friday that authorities planned to “actively use” the available deficit space that can be expanded next year. He

Brand new Lucid electric cars sit parked in front of a Lucid Studio showroom in San Francisco on May 24, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Lucid Group slightly beat Wall Street’s third-quarter expectations as the electric carmaker cuts costs ahead of plans to begin consumer production of a new SUV by the end of

Jeffrey Gundlach speaks at the 24th Annual Sohn Investment Conference in New York, May 6, 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said Thursday that interest rates could shoot higher if Republicans end up controlling the House, securing a governing trifecta that gives President-elect Donald Trump free rein to spend as he pleases. Gundlach, a

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery said Thursday its streaming platform Max added 7.2 million global subscribers in the third quarter. It marked the biggest quarterly growth for the streaming platform since its inception. Max now had 110.5 million subscribers as of Sept. 30. Warner Bros. Discovery’s flagship streaming service has

A flag stall at the Yiwu Wholesale Market in Zhejiang province, China, on May 10, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — China emphasized the need for greater cooperation with the U.S., a day after it became clear President-elect Donald Trump would become the next leader of the White House. “The Chinese side is willing,

e.l.f Beauty power grip primer. Courtesy: e.l.f Beauty E.l.f. Beauty raised its full-year guidance on Wednesday after posting a 40% growth in sales.  Shares of the company rose nearly 10% in after-hours trading. The cosmetics retailer’s earnings came in well ahead of expectations on the top and bottom lines and it now expects sales to