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The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note fell slightly on Monday as investors returned from the Christmas break.As of 3:33 a.m. ET, the 10-year Treasury yield fell 2 basis points to 4.112%, while the 2-year Treasury yield was last little changed at 3.477%. Yields and prices move in opposite directions. 1 basis point equals 0.01%. The move comes as traders digest the latest economic data and assess the path of the Federal Reserve’s monetary interest rate. The Labor Department announced Wednesday that there were 214,000 new jobless claims filed for the week ending Dec. 20. This was lower than…

The logo of Japan’s SoftBank Group at its headquarters in Tokyo, November 21, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | AFP | Getty ImagesShares of data center investment firm Digital Bridge soared as much as 50% in pre-market trading on Monday following Japanese media coverage. Softbank is in talks to acquire a New York-listed company.Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources, that SoftBank could announce the deal as soon as Monday.CNBC reached out to representatives from SoftBank and Digital Bridge. Both companies declined to comment when contacted by Bloomberg.DigitalBridge stock peaked 50% higher around 4:20 a.m. ET and was last up 35%. The stock price…

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures to greet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he arrives for a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 17, 2025.Tom Brenner AFP | Getty ImagesUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that during a weekend meeting with US President Donald Trump, he asked for up to 50 years of security from Ukraine.Commenting on Sunday’s meeting with President Trump in Florida, President Zelensky told reporters that talks with Russia would only be possible after the president and European leaders agree on a peace framework agreement for Ukraine. Comments reported by Reuters on Monday…

Zepto is not the only quick commerce startup in India, and competition is intensifying both domestically and globally. The country’s online grocery market is expected to reach a value of about $24 billion by 2025, according to Redseer.ZeptoIndian quick-commerce startup Zepto has secretly filed for an initial public offering, according to a public notice issued by the company on Sunday. The company plans to raise 110 billion rupees ($1.22 billion) in new funding. Zepto was valued at $7 billion in its last funding round in October, according to data from research firm Tracxn.Zept told CNBC that it filed a draft…

Michael van Gerwen says there is “room for fireworks” when he takes on Gary Anderson in the fourth round of the World Darts Championship, the most exciting match to date, on Tuesday night.Van Gerwen and Andersson are the two most successful players in terms of wins since the World Championship moved to Alexandra Palace in 2008. The pair have won five world titles together (Andersson has two, van Gerwen has three), but this will be the first time since 2018 that they will meet in darts’ biggest tournament. On paper, it should be a close fight, given Anderson’s performances in…

I start my shift at Al Shifa Hospital’s emergency ward at 7:30 a.m. and stay at the hospital for a full 24 hours. Meanwhile, patients continue to suffer from everything from heart attacks to hypothermia to chronic illnesses that have suddenly worsened due to untreated trauma from the Israeli attack.A typical shift has four to six nurses and up to three doctors. That’s about a third of the pre-war emergency room staff. Like many other medical staff, I am not paid for this work. The hospital cannot afford to compensate us. Some colleagues receive symbolic rewards from support organizations. No…

This photo taken on February 2, 2024 shows Lu Yu, head of product management and operations for OneTalk, an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Chinese tech company Baidu, showing the profile of his virtual girlfriend on his mobile phone at Baidu’s headquarters in Beijing.Jade Gao | AFP | Getty ImagesBEIJING – China plans to restrict artificial intelligence-powered chatbots from influencing human emotions in ways that could lead to suicide or self-harm, according to draft regulations released on Saturday.The regulations proposed by the Cyberspace Administration target what the agency calls “human-like conversational AI services,” according to a translation of a Chinese…

The Philadelphia Eagles held off a dramatic late rally from the Buffalo Bills, but the Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the Cleveland Browns, sending the NFL playoff race to the final day of the season on Sunday. Philadelphia Eagles 13-12 Buffalo BillsOn Sunday, as the Eagles held on for a 13-12 victory over the Bills, Josh Allen completed a two-point conversion by missing open receiver Khalil Shakir in the back of the end zone with five seconds left. Dallas Goedert caught a 1-yard touchdown pass and Jake Elliott hit field goals of 28 and 47 yards, and the Super Bowl champion…

LKAB facility in Kiruna, Sweden. The company announced on January 12 that it had discovered Europe’s largest known deposit of rare earth elements there.Jonas Ekstromer | AFP | Getty ImagesThe ripple effects of Europe’s growing demand for raw materials are spreading all the way to Sweden’s far north. Thousands of residents and buildings in Kiruna, a city located 145 kilometers (90 miles) north of the Arctic Circle, have been uprooted. This relocation project is considered one of the most radical urban transformations in the world.Kiruna is being physically displaced due to land subsidence caused by the expansion of the vast…

A powerful and rapidly intensifying winter storm across the central and eastern United States is providing a harsh reality check, bringing blizzards, severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and other troubling conditions to one of the busiest periods of the holiday season: cold, howling winter travel. More than 30 million people are under winter weather warnings from the Midwest to the Northeast. In the upper Midwest, blizzard warnings are in effect for parts of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, with wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph whipping up heavy snow and causing whiteout conditions. Long stretches of Interstate 35, a major highway stretching…