Republican U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD), who was elected to become the next Senate Majority Leader, speaks to the media after a U.S. Senate Republicans meeting to vote on leadership positions for the 119th Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024. Leah Millis | Reuters WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune
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President Donald Trump‘s steel and aluminum tariffs could slow data center growth by exacerbating the shortage of key components in the electric grid, according to a leading commodity analyst at Carlyle. Big Tech missed Wall Street expectations for their cloud segments last week due in part to a shortage of transformers, said Jeff Currie, chief
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Google Cloud logo outside the Google Cloud data center ahead of its ceremonial opening in Hanau, Germany, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. is facing a power capacity crisis as the tech sector races against China to
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sept. 4, 2024. Dean Kassim | Afp | Getty Images Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is headed to Washington, D.C., for meetings with President Donald Trump and members of his administration, including Elon Musk, to discuss topics such as efforts to avoid a trade war and artificial intelligence policy,
In this article SMCI .STOXX .IXIC .DJI .SPX TSLA ZE594-CN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk delivers remarks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News
In this article BIDU AAPL BABA ZE594-CN TSLA .SPX .DJI .IXIC SMCI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump appear during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images
The BP logo is displayed outside a petrol station near Warminster in Wiltshire, England, on Aug. 15, 2022. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images British oil major BP on Tuesday posted a sharp drop in fourth-quarter profit on weaker refining margins, announcing a $1.75 billion share buyback and a pledge to “fundamentally”
A water tower at the U.S. Steel Corp. Edgar Thomson Works steel mill in Braddock, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 4, 2024. Justin Merriman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Steel and aluminum stocks surged Monday after President Donald Trump said he will impose 25% duties on all imports of the metals into the U.S. Cleveland-Cliffs rallied nearly
In this article BP.-GB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A general view of the BP logo and petrol station forecourt sign on January 22, 2024 in Southend, United Kingdom. John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty Images BP shares jumped in early deals following weekend reports that activist investor Elliott Management has built
Piles of coal waiting to be transported at Guoyuan Port container terminal in Chongqing, China. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images The world won’t be able to release its grip on coal anytime soon. “Nothing can destroy coal,” U.S. President Donald Trump said at the recent World Economic Forum. “Not the weather, not a
An Iranian flag flutters on board the Adrian Darya oil tanker, formerly known as Grace 1, off the coast of Gibraltar on Aug. 18, 2019. Johnny Bugeja | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday imposed sanctions on an international network, alleging that it has facilitated the shipment of Iranian oil to
In this article EIX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An aerial view of the sun rising above homes that burned in the Eaton Fire on January 21, 2025 in Altadena, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Southern California Edison acknowledged Thursday that videos have suggested a possible link between the utility’s equipment and the
In this article X 5401.T-JP CLF NUE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT US President Donald Trump (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on
DOGE staffers who are working at the Department of Energy do not have access to U.S. nuclear secrets, Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC in an interview Friday. “I’ve heard these rumors. They’re like seeing our nuclear secrets. None of that is true at all,” Wright told CNBC’s Brian Sullivan in an exclusive interview. One of
In this article AFRM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Affirm shares jumped more than 15% in extended trading on Thursday after the provider of buy now, pay later loans reported better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter results. Here’s how the company did, compared to analysts’ consensus estimates from LSEG: Earnings per share: 23 cents vs. an expected loss
A chimney and pipes at the BKM Nonprofit Fotav Zrt power plant in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ukraine’s closest allies have warned against the European Union reopening Russian gas pipelines as part of a potential peace settlement, with one Baltic nation describing the prospect as “not
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he signs documents in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. Feb. 4, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he wants to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran after reimposing a “maximum pressure” campaign on the Islamic Republic. Trump said in
Poster and logo on the Coupole Tower, compagny Total’s head office renamed TotalEnergies in 2021 in the La Defense business district west of Paris in Courbevoie, France on 7 June 2024. Antoine Boureau | Afp | Getty Images French oil major TotalEnergies on Wednesday reported a sharp drop in full-year earnings, against a backdrop of
In this article @CL.1 @LCO.1 Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Tuesday called for President Donald Trump to definitively take the threat of tariffs off the table, arguing that the U.S. will need Canadian energy in the race to achieve dominance in artificial intelligence. Trump on Monday
Oil field, Alberta, Canada Norm Betts | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil prices are likely to fall in the longer run after the initial jump following President Donald Trump’s implementation of hefty tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, said industry watchers. Over the weekend, Trump followed through on his long-threatened 25% tariffs on imports from