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First Tesla Inc. surged. Then SpaceX became the world’s most valuable tech startup and xAI nearly doubled its valuation before looking to do it again. Now, X is looking to join Elon Musk’s other companies in leveraging the billionaire’s unprecedented political power.

Innerhalb weniger Tage hat die US-Regierung unter Donald Trump auch geopolitische Schockwellen durch Europa geschickt. Rund um die Frage des russischen Angriffskriegs holten die USA den russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin zurück aufs Verhandlungsparkett. Ihre europäischen Verbündeten schickten sie dafür an die Seitenlinie und stellten zugleich das Bündnis in seiner Gesamtheit infrage. Die Rede von einer neuen Weltordnung scheint plötzlich nicht mehr weit hergeholt.

US President Donald Trump said it would be possible to reach a fresh trade deal with China, signaling he is open to heading off a brewing trade fight between Washington and Beijing.

The European Central Bank will soon have to discuss taking a break, or ending altogether, its campaign of interest-rate reductions, Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel told the Financial Times.

The European Union is ready to discuss cutting tariffs on autos and other goods as it seeks to head off a trade war with the US, the bloc’s top trade official said Wednesday in Washington.

Stocks closed at all-time highs as traders looked past signals the Federal Reserve is in no rush to cut interest rates.

President Donald Trump said he would likely impose tariffs on automobile, semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports of around 25%, with an announcement coming as soon as April 2 in a move that would represent a dramatic widening of the president’s trade war.

Investor confidence in Germany’s economy improved by the most in two years, with elections this weekend set to produce a more market-friendly government and interest-rate cuts bolstering demand.

The Group of Seven is considering collectively tightening or adapting an oil price cap on Russian petroleum in an effort to reduce Moscow’s revenues as the war in Ukraine continues.

Drei Jahre nach Beginn des Ukraine-Krieges sind Delegationen aus den USA und Russland am Dienstag zu Gesprächen in der saudischen Hauptstadt Riad zusammengekommen. Nach russischen Angaben soll es um die Wiederherstellung der bilateralen Beziehungen gehen. Ein mögliches Treffen zwischen US-Präsident Donald Trump und Russlands Präsident Wladimir Putin solle dabei ebenfalls vorbereitet werden. Zudem werde über „mögliche Verhandlungen über eine Resolution zur Ukraine“ gesprochen. Vertreter aus Europa und der Ukraine sind nicht dabei.

While many of the biggest and most popular technology stocks have stumbled out of the gates in 2025, some of the sector’s legacy names are drawing renewed attention.

Four of the European Union’s top central bankers urged the bloc’s regulatory arm to simplify the mass of rules that commercial lenders blame for increasingly putting them at a disadvantage to international competitors.

Die UniCredit Bank Austria und die Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) haben ihre Anteile an der Kreditkartenfirma card complete Service Bank AG veräußert. Der Schritt erfolgte Montagnachmittag, wie die APA von am Rande des Deals Beteiligten erfuhr. Käuferin ist die österreichische Beteiligungsgesellschaft EAVISTA des internationalen Investors Arif Babayev.

Even before President Xi Jinping met with leading Chinese entrepreneurs on Feb. 17, investors began piling into technology shares, betting that a years-long crackdown on the private sector was at an end.

Euro-zone forecasters are increasingly predicting that the European Central Bank will resume interest-rate cutting after a pause with a reduction below 2% in 2026.

Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over a meeting with Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma and other prominent entrepreneurs on Monday, signaling Beijing’s endorsement for a long-marginalized private sector now considered key to reviving the world’s No. 2 economy.

Die Aussagen von US-Vizepräsident JD Vance, des Verteidigungsministers Pete Hegseth und anderer US-Vertreter bei der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz waren mehr als eindeutig: Die USA unter Präsident Donald Trump wollen ihr Sicherheitsengagement in Europa – möglicherweise radikal – zurückfahren. Und: Europa muss militärisch und sicherheitspolitisch – gerade gegenüber Russland – auf eigenen Beinen stehen, also viel mehr investieren. Das „Wall Street Journal“ spricht von einem „Trump-Schock“ für Europa. Die wichtigsten Staaten suchen nun am Montag in Paris eine klare Antwort. Die Zeit drängt. Die Briten machten bereits eine Ansage.

There’s no need to hold back on European Central Bank interest rate cuts as the 2% price target is in sight and inflation risks are to the downside, Governing Council member Fabio Panetta said.

President Donald Trump said he’s open to allowing Europe to buy US-made weapons to give to Ukraine, the latest twist as his administration looks to negotiate an end to the war.

Europe’s equity markets are priced for a near-perfect outcome from the high-stakes German federal election. For some investors, that raises the risk of a nasty surprise.

Major banks are scaling back investments and cutting jobs as they rethink growth strategies.

After promising to unleash “the big one,” President Donald Trump signed a measure Feb. 13 directing his administration to propose a round of so-called reciprocal tariffs that could remodel America’s trading relationship with the world. If exports from a multitude of countries to the world’s biggest economy end up being taxed more heavily, there’s a risk of higher inflation in the US and slower economic activity everywhere else. Howard Lutnick, Trump’s nominee to lead the Commerce Department, sai

Faster inflation in the US could end up being good news for financial markets because it will force President Donald Trump to opt for smaller trade tariffs, according to strategists at Bank of America Corp.

The yellow metal’s rise defies economic gravity — and reason.

When the weather in Germany is overcast and calm, the windmills and solar plants don’t send any power to the grid. Instead, they send shockwaves through the markets. One such “Dunkelflaute” day in mid-December saw spot power prices climb to more than €900 ($939) per megawatt-hour – nine times above average. That’s even higher than the increases in 2022, when the nation lost access to Russian pipeline gas after the invasion of Ukraine.

President Donald Trump ordered his administration to consider imposing reciprocal tariffs on numerous trading partners, raising the prospect of a wider campaign against a global system he complains is tilted against the US.

Little is going right at Porsche AG: Sales are slumping, earnings are in decline, top executives are being ousted.

President Donald Trump said he would announce a plan to enact reciprocal tariffs on Thursday, though the duties will not take effect immediately, the latest example of brinkmanship from the president against US trading partners.