A game about sheep is going viral in China even as gaming regulation remains tight

A young Beijing company’s game called “Sheep a Sheep” went viral in China in September 2022. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC BEIJING — A new game that’s gone viral in China hit people’s screens with surprising speed at a time when gaming giants such as NetEase have waited months for approval to launch games. That’s because…

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Hertz, Ford, Keurig Dr Pepper and more

In this article HTZ KDP LCID VLO NCLH RCL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Andrew Kelly | Reuters Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Hertz — Shares of the rental car company jumped 4.42% after the company announced a partnership with BP’s electric vehicle charging unit that will put thousands of…

Crypto lender Nexo gets U.S. bank charter after buying stake in regulated bank

The crypto market has been battered this year, with nearly $2 trillion wiped off its value since its peak. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cryptocurrency lender Nexo on Tuesday announced it has taken a stake in a federally-regulated U.S. bank, paving the way for the company to offer banking services to Americans as…

Pound tanking, massive tax cuts and talk of emergency hikes. Here’s what’s going on in the UK

Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss and Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng. Dylan Martinez | Afp | Getty Images LONDON – The first fiscal policy announcement from new British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s government has been met with one of the most pronounced market sell-offs in recent history. The British pound hit an all-time…

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Wynn Resorts, Planet Fitness, AMC, Lyft and more

In this article PCG LVS WYNN 9868-HK PLNT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An exterior view shows Encore Las Vegas (L) and Wynn Las Vegas as the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States on March 15, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines…

Wall Street’s fear gauge hits highest level since June

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., January 31, 2018. Brendan McDermid | Reuters A measure of fear in stocks just hit the highest level in three months amid mounting worries over rising rates, a possible currency calamity and a recession. The Cboe Volatility Index, known…

Singapore’s Temasek leads a $40 million funding round in a Chinese startup

In just three years, Beijing-based Well-Link Technologies has built a business on real-time cloud rendering, including helping miHoYo launch the cloud version of the hit game Genshin Impact. Ina Fassbender | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — Singapore state investment firm Temasek is leading a $40 million funding round in a Chinese startup despite a…

Watch Jamie Dimon and other bank CEOs get grilled by Congress in second day of hearings

[The stream is slated to start at 9:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The heads of seven of the biggest U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Citigroup‘s Jane Fraser, are set to testify Thursday before the Senate Committee on Banking,…

Palantir CEO Alex Karp says this deadly tidal wave of macroeconomic risks will wipe out some companies

In this article PLTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Palantir co-founder and CEO Alex Karp believes this period of “deadly” macroeconomic uncertainties will crush many companies with shaky fundamentals. “Bad times are incredibly good for Palantir … bad times really uncover the durable companies, and tech is going through bad times … interest rates are the…

Wall Street milestone: ETF popularity hits record number

ETFs are seeing a record surge in popularity. The industry hit a milestone with more than 3,000 ETFs trading simultaneously for the first time ever this month — a 30% increase since December 2020, according to Morningstar. And this year investors are taking more active strategies, such as single-stock ETFs that offer traders exposure to…

Celsius has a Hail Mary bankruptcy plan: Turn its debt into a new cryptocurrency

Since bankrupt crypto lender Celsius froze withdrawals in June, customers’ funds have been in limbo. Now, leaked audio shared with CNBC reveals a preliminary plan to compensate them. The company wants to issue an “IOU” cryptocurrency  to customers that signed up for some of its accounts.  related investing news Jim Cramer sat down with the…

Hedge funds ramp up market bets as volatility brings the asset class back into favor

In this article JPM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on September 21, 2022 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The extreme market volatility is not causing hedge funds to back down. Hedge funds’ total gross trading flow, including both…