Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with entrepreneurs last month gave businesses confidence to make investments, Chairman of Alibaba Group Joe Tsai said at CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE in Singapore on Wednesday. “People underestimate the importance of that meeting,” he said. “What that meeting did to the entire entrepreneur sector, or … the private business sector, is…
Purdue’s Braden Smith was named the Big Ten player of the year and Michigan State’s Tom Izzo coach of the year by coaches and the media in voting coordinated by the conference. Smith and Izzo won the same honors from The Associated Press on Tuesday. For Izzo, who became first among Big Ten head coaches…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature EU provides timing of tariff countermeasures The European Commission said on Wednesday it would impose “countermeasures” starting from 1 April in response to US tariffs of 25% on steel and aluminium imports. European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said in…
Greenland’s centre-right opposition has won its general election, near-complete results show, in a vote dominated by US President Donald Trump’s pledge to take over Denmark’s autonomous territory. With more than 90% of Tuesday’s ballots counted, the Demokraatit party – which favours a gradual approach to independence – is getting nearly 30% of the vote, election…
Baltimore, Dallas and Miami were each awarded a league-high four compensatory picks in next month’s NFL Draft based on their losses and signings in last year’s free agency. The NFL also announced on Tuesday that the San Francisco 49ers also got four picks, with three coming through the free agency formula and a fourth for…
Steel coils are pictured in the yards of the steelmaker Ternium plant as U.S. President Donald Trump ordered 25% tariffs on aluminum and steel imports entering the United States, in San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico February 11, 2025. Daniel Becerril | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports came…
Lawyers for the former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte have demanded that he be returned to Manila in a petition filed to the supreme court, as victims of the former leaders’ bloody “war on drugs” expressed jubilation. Duterte, who was flown to The Hague on Tuesday night to face charges of crimes against humanity in relation…
Elon Musk has become, in some people’s words, President Donald Trump’s ‘first buddy.’ But the Trump administration’s moves to strip away a lot of EV-friendly policies have led some Tesla investors, analysts, and EV researchers to insist this will all be disastrous for the company, the largest U.S. EV maker by far. More bullish analysts…
Braden Huff scored 18 points and Gonzaga avenged two regular-season losses to Saint Mary’s, beating the 19th-ranked Gaels 58-51 in the West Coast Conference Tournament championship Tuesday night. The Bulldogs (25-8) secured the WCC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, though both teams were safely in the field regardless of the outcome. They got some…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a company event on artificial intelligence technologies in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Dimas Ardian | Bloomberg | Getty Images HOUSTON — Microsoft is open to deploying natural gas with carbon capture technology to power artificial intelligence data centers, the technology company’s vice president of energy told CNBC….
