A cold gold rush? The race for the Arctic’s critical minerals is heating up

[ad_1] Traditional painted houses overlooking sea ice in the Old Nuuk district near the Sermitsiaq mountain in Nuuk, Greenland, on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A global scramble to exploit the Arctic’s untapped resources appears to be kicking into overdrive. In a push to break China’s mineral dominance, countries around … Read more

Underwater cables are a vital piece of the AI buildout and internet — investment is booming

[ad_1] Over 95% of international data and voice call traffic travels through nearly a million miles of underwater communication cables. These cables carry government communications, financial transactions, email, video calls and streaming around the world. The first commercial telecommunication subsea cable was used for telegraphs and was laid across the English Channel between Dover, England … Read more

President Trump on nuclear testing, the government shutdown, immigration, tariffs and U.S.-China relations

[ad_1] It’s been five years since President Trump appeared for an interview on 60 Minutes. A lot has happened since then, not least of which was his political comeback and triumphant return to the White House.  On Friday, hours after he touched down from his whirlwind trip to Asia, Mr. Trump agreed to sit down … Read more

Supreme Court prepares to confront monumental case over Trump executive power and tariff authority

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Economic imperative or executive overreach? That is the question the Supreme Court is preparing this week to confront, in one of its most monumental appeals over the scope of executive power, a time-sensitive challenge to President Donald Trump‘s expansive import tariffs over most countries. The justices … Read more

Elite bull market takes control again with the S&P 500 touching 6,800 for first time ever

[ad_1] The most gifted runners not only go faster and with a smoother gait. They also need less recovery time. The phase of the current bull market that pushed off the blocks six months ago is proving elite at refreshing itself with the briefest of respites before continuing forward to the next mile marker. The … Read more

Bank worries, China trade feud unnerves stock market. Typical October volatility or something bigger?

[ad_1] How are we enjoying the “normal seasonal soft patch” so far? The stock market spent the past week chopping around the range left by the sharp drop the prior Friday, while confronting the ghosts of crises past: regional-bank balance-sheet worries , possible re-escalation of China trade hostilities, a crypto flash correction and a reversal … Read more

CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: Beijing gears up for a big strategy meeting as tensions with Washington deepen

[ad_1] This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here. The big story While tensions flare with the U.S., China is charting its course for the next five years. Chinese President Xi Jinping and the country’s top … Read more

China is hacking America’s critical infrastructure, former NSA and retired Gen. Tim Haugh warns

[ad_1] Until recently, Tim Haugh was among America’s top spymasters. The four-star general spent 33 years in Air Force Intelligence and rose to lead America’s largest and most advanced intelligence agency. Haugh was also in charge of defending America from computer threats. In his first television interview since retirement, General Haugh is here to warn … Read more

New tariff threats crush stocks during a big week for Nvidia and key portfolio moves

[ad_1] Wall Street’s weekly performance was near the flat line heading into Friday. Things started OK on the final trading day of the week, until President Donald Trump ‘s new China trade threats tanked the stock market. The S & P 500 lost 2.71% on Friday — the worst single-session decline since April 10, the … Read more

Market sell-off: Trump post lops off $2 trillion from stocks in a single day

[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during an announcement about lowering U.S. drug prices, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 10, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters On Friday morning, the S&P 500 was less than a couple of points from another all-time high. Then, after a single social media post from … Read more