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Barbara Walters, trailblazing TV broadcaster, dead at 93
Toby Canham | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Iconic television journalist Barbara Walters has died at 93, her former employer ABC News reported Friday. Walters became the first woman to anchor a U.S. evening news program in 1976. She later co-hosted "20/20" on ABC, and in 1997 launched "The View." She got her start in TV journalism with NBC News' "Today," where she first appeared in… → Read More
Asia-Pacific markets set to fall as investors weigh concerns over Fed hikes
This is CNBC’s live blog covering updates on Asia-Pacific markets. → Read More
Asia-Pacific markets set to trade mixed as investors monitor recession fears
Shares in the Asia-Pacific are poised to trade mixed on Monday as investors assess inflation and recession fears. → Read More
Freedom will prevail in Ukraine
The EU, G-7, Allies, and partners are united in denouncing Russia's premeditated, unprovoked and unjustified attack against Ukraine. → Read More
China's latest move to tighten crypto regulation is not new, says HSBC
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and the State Council said in a statement on Friday that tighter regulation on cryptocurrency is needed. → Read More
CNBC and SGX unveil the iEdge-CNBC China Growth Economy Index
Asia's most international marketplace Singapore Exchange (SGX) and CNBC, the world's number one business and financial news network, have jointly unveiled the iEdge-CNBC China Growth Economy Index, the first in a series of co-branded indices capturing key investment themes in a post-COVID world. The iEdge-CNBC China Growth Economy Index tracks the performance of 50 China-domiciled companies that… → Read More
Bitcoin could surge to $300,000 — but winter could last for years when the bubble bursts, says crypto entrepreneur
Bitcoin has had a blockbuster 2021, with the cryptocurrency hitting multiple record levels this year and breaking past the $60,000 mark in March. → Read More
Middle East start-up that grows food in the desert raises $60 million in funding
Pure Harvest Smart Farms grows fruits and vegetables in greenhouses in the UAE desert, and has partnerships to do the same in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. → Read More
Gains in the sterling have 'overshot the fundamentals': RBC Capital
Alvin Tan of RBC Capital Markets says the market has become very optimistic about the U.K. vaccine roll out, but the "very dire" economic situation will eventually start to weigh on the British pound. He also discusses the outlook for Asian currencies. → Read More
Australian, New Zealand dollar have already priced in the good news: Strategist
Max Lin of NatWest Markets explains why the gains in the Australian dollar and New Zealand dollar probably can't continue for now, though the currencies may appreciate in the future. He is "very constructive" on the Taiwan dollar because of strong demand for semiconductor chips made in Taiwan. → Read More
Lebanese politicians haven't grasped the severity of the economic situation yet: Professor
Lebanon's central bank governor should "stand aside" while a probe into his involvement in the mismanagement of the country's finances plays out, says Angus Blair of the American University in Cairo. He also says politicians have yet to grasp the severity of the economic situation facing Lebanon. → Read More
Real estate will continue to dominate the green loan market: DBS
Yulanda Chung of DBS says real estate borrowers make up the bulk of green loans partly because the transactions are "big ticket" ones. She also says there is "simply no other way" to future-proof a banking business besides embracing ESG. → Read More
Australia does not want to see Google or Facebook leave, but they must follow the rules
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has made it clear to Google that the Australian parliament is on track to pass into law a media bill that would make digital platforms pay publishers for news, says Communications Minister Paul Fletcher. → Read More
ETFs proved resilient amid volatility during GameStop trading frenzy, BNY Mellon says
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were able to withstand the heavy market volatility during the recent GameStop trading frenzy in Wall Street, underlying the resilience of such funds, says Ben Slavin, global head of ETFs, asset servicing at BNY Mellon. → Read More
Ant Group's proposed move to restructure businesses is 'step in right direction': IDC Financial
Ant Group's potential move to restructure and place all of its major businesses, including its technology units, inside a financial holding company is a "step in the right direction", says Michael Araneta, associate vice-president for IDC Financial Insights. → Read More
'Very concerned' about the global distribution of vaccines: Public health expert
Charles Prober of Stanford University says vaccines need to be distributed quickly to parts of the world with fewer resources because it is the "ethical and moral thing to do" and because the health crisis is global, meaning that what happens in one country is "immediately relevant" to other countries. → Read More
China can expect long-term, high stakes competition with the U.S.: Expert
U.S. President Joe Biden says there will be "extreme competition" between the U.S. and China. Robert Daly of the Wilson Center's Kissinger Institute on China and the United States weighs in on what that could look like. → Read More
Taiwan's Taiex could hit 20,000 on ample liquidity if history repeats: Strategist
Several indicators of liquidity in Taiwan are reaching levels not seen since previous peaks of 2000 and 2007, says Peter Kurz of Quantum International Corp, that will drive the market higher in a logical sense. → Read More
Ex-ECB chief Draghi will hold things together as a technocrat in Italy: Investor
Axel Merk of Merk Investments believes that Italy stands to benefit with ex-European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi in government, but he expects greater challenges for Draghi compared to when he ran a central bank. → Read More
Most of emerging Asia will remain 'a bit subdued' in 2021: OECD
China's economy will be able to recover strongly from the coronavirus pandemic in 2021, but the situation in other countries in emerging Asia will vary greatly, Federico Bonaglia of the OECD Development Centre says. → Read More