Visa’s Olympics monopoly highlights Europe’s payment headache
Under a sponsorship deal with the International Olympic Committee dating back to 1986 and extended to 2032, Visa is the sole card provider at the Games.
AI chatbot firms face stricter regulation in online safety laws protecting children in the UK
“The action we took on Grok sent a clear message that no platform gets a free pass,” U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday.
French prosecutors are investigating companies like Nestle and Danone over contaminated baby formula. Here’s the latest
A crisis over contaminated baby formula reached a flashpoint as Paris’ public prosecutor said it opened investigations into five companies making it.
Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute: Report
The Pentagon is pushing Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and xAI to let it use AI tools for weapons development, intelligence collection and battlefield operations.
S&P 500 finds itself once again unable to surmount the 7,000 threshold
Another week when “It could’ve been worse” passes for a declaration of victory on Wall Street, as traders navigate mini-crashes rolling through one sector after the next.
The AI ‘scare trade’ is tearing through markets. Bernstein picked 8 stocks that can weather the storm
Analysts at Bernstein have highlighted eight stocks they consider as AI disruption-proof.
China’s tech shock threatens the U.S. AI monopoly and is ‘just getting started’
“You could see easily a world where maybe most of the world’s population is running on a Chinese tech stack in five to 10 years time,” one analyst told CNBC.
Cuba suspends annual cigar festival as U.S. oil blockade deepens energy crisis
The postponement comes as the island nation’s communist-run government endures its biggest test since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
CNBC Daily Open: Rubio reassures Europe while U.S. CPI calms investors
Both U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and consumer inflation readings were sources of comfort.
European markets close higher as investors digest key points from Munich Security Conference
Stock markets in Europe began the week in positive territory after edging lower on Friday.
