Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019.Aly Song | ReutersBEIJING — President-elect Donald Trump plans to raise tariffs by an additional 10% on all Chinese goods coming into the U.S., according to a...
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Can Saudi Arabia keep pace with its ambitious mega-project spending spree?
Digital render of NEOM's The Line project in Saudi ArabiaThe Line, NEOMIn Saudi Arabia's northwestern desert, a sprawling construction site replete with cranes and pile drivers sits encircled by a recently-built road. A pair of tracks cuts through the site like deep gashes through the sand, comprising the spine of...
How the world’s 431 women billionaires make, spend and give away their fortunes
Alice Walton speaks onstage during the Getty Medal Dinner 2022 at Getty Center on October 03, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.Stefanie Keenan | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor...
‘Wicked’ tallies $19 million in previews, as ‘Gladiator II’ team-up heads for $200 million opening weekend
Posters for Wicked and Gladiator IISources: Universal (L), Paramount (R)The box office this weekend will be painted pink and green, with a splash of red.Universal's "Wicked" and Paramount's "Gladiator II" arrive ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday and are expected to tally more than $200 million in combined ticket sales this...
Data centers powering artificial intelligence could use more electricity than entire cities
An Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Virginia, US, on Sunday, July 28, 2024.Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe power needs of artificial intelligence and cloud computing are growing so large that individual data center campuses could soon use more electricity than some cities, and even entire U.S....