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European markets set to open higher as Wall Street notches three-day win streak
European stocks are set to open higher on Friday as investors take company earnings reports in their stride.
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2025 CNBC Stock Draft: Andre Iguodala, Bobby Flay and others make their picks, including Nvidia and Uber
Thursday marks the 2025 CNBC Stock Draft in which financial professionals, athletes and celebrities are pitted against each other.
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German finance minister says trust not yet broken with U.S., prefers zero-for-zero tariff solution
The trust between Europe and the U.S. is not yet broken despite President Donald Trump's tariff policies, Joerg Kukies, acting German finance minister, said.
Business
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Comcast stock drops as investors balk at weakness in broadband
Comcast lost 199,000 total domestic broadband customers, reflecting the continued pressure on the cable giant's cornerstone business.
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Merck lowers profit outlook, partly due to $200 million expected tariff hit
Merck said the expected tariff charge primarily reflects levies between the U.S. and China, but does not account for Trump's planned pharmaceutical tariffs.
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Companies from Chipotle to Delta are worried about Trump's tariffs. Here's what they're saying
PepsiCo, Chipotle and Procter & Gamble are among the companies that lowered their forecasts.
Technology
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Airlines, banks, casinos, package deliveries, and emergency services around the world are recovering today from what could be "the largest tech outage in history." the root cause was not a foreign agent but linked back to a software update issued by a u-s based cybersecurity firm called "Crowd Strike." Could this have been avoided?
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In London, a mobile phone is stolen every 6 minutes. "If I steal your phone, I'm stealing a thousand dollars," says digital identity expert David Birch. But "If I can get into your bank account, I can steal $100,000. So that's what they really want." So there are important steps to take immediately - including turning off message preview.
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"Human beings had a play-based childhood from time immemorial," says author Jonathan Haidt. What caused teen mental health decline is "between 2010 and 2015, phones, screens come sweeping in...The most important thing that parents can do is delay the age at which their child gets immersed in internet culture."