Category: World News

  • Wegovy coronary heart well being approval will not imply broad insurance coverage protection but

    Wegovy coronary heart well being approval will not imply broad insurance coverage protection but

    Victoria Klesty | Reuters In the U.S., Wegovy is no longer just for weight loss. The blockbuster drug — one of a handful of weight loss treatments to skyrocket in popularity over the last year — is now approved in the U.S. for heart health, too. But that may not translate to wider insurance coverage of…

  • Analysts count on XAG to outperform XAU in 2024

    Analysts count on XAG to outperform XAU in 2024

    One-kilogram silver bars sit stacked at Gold Investments Ltd. bullion dealers in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images A record-breaking rally for gold may yet continue, particularly as investors position for interest rate cuts — but analysts say silver appears well placed to…

  • Trump’s greatest choice to get $540M might be ‘clear’ property, personal lenders

    Trump’s greatest choice to get $540M might be ‘clear’ property, personal lenders

    Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Fox News town hall at the Greenville Convention Center in Greenville, South Carolina, on Feb. 20, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Donald Trump is racing to stave off a pair of civil penalties totaling nearly $540 million, without having to first put…

  • Birkenstock (BIRK) earnings Q1 2024

    Birkenstock (BIRK) earnings Q1 2024

    Birkenstock on Thursday beat holiday quarter revenue expectations, reporting a 22% year-on-year jump, as the German sandal company benefited from higher pricing and rising U.S. demand. As a newly public company, Birkenstock is still getting into a public reporting rhythm and only just released its fiscal 2023 results and 2024 guidance a little over a…

  • Prosecutors need Binance’s CZ saved on tighter leash forward of sentencing

    Prosecutors need Binance’s CZ saved on tighter leash forward of sentencing

    Changpeng Zhao, founder and CEO of Binance, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2022. Benoit Tessier | Reuters U.S. prosecutors Friday asked a judge to tighten the bond conditions of billionaire Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao as he awaits his…

  • Leaders enchantment for higher help as Russia makes main acquire

    Leaders enchantment for higher help as Russia makes main acquire

    Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s prime minister, speaks on day two of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024.  Bloomberg | Getty Images MUNICH, Germany — The West is suffering a “colossal failure of imagination” in thinking Russia’s war in Ukraine will not hit them next, European policymakers have been told amid…

  • China and Russia not perceived as prime safety threats, analysis finds

    China and Russia not perceived as prime safety threats, analysis finds

    Supporters of the Fridays for Future climate action movement, including one holding a sign showing Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images China and Russia are considered less of a threat to Western populations now than a year ago, as public concern pivots to non-traditional risks…

  • Banking fears stir as soon as once more

    Banking fears stir as soon as once more

    A sign is pictured above a branch of the New York Community Bank in Yonkers, New York, U.S., January 31, 2024. Mike Segar | Reuters T his report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where…

  • Carvana targets redemption after chapter considerations, restructuring

    Carvana targets redemption after chapter considerations, restructuring

    A Carvana sign and signature vending machine in Tempe, Ariz. Michael Wayland/CNBC PHOENIX – As layoffs and cost cuts roil Wall Street, from retail and shipping to tech and media, embattled online used car sales giant Carvana says its own restructuring is in the rear view. Carvana over the last 18 months aggressively restructured its…

  • Trump should pay E. Jean Carroll $83.three million in defamation trial

    Trump should pay E. Jean Carroll $83.three million in defamation trial

    E. Jean Carroll and her attorneys Shawn Crowley and Roberta Kaplan react outside the Manhattan Federal Court, after the verdict in the second civil trial after she accused former U.S. President Donald Trump of raping her decades ago, in New York City, U.S., January 26, 2024.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters A federal jury on Friday…