World

Carl Eschenbach, co-CEO of Workday, speaking on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Workday shares soared 12% on Friday, one day after the finance and human resources software maker issued fiscal second-quarter results that exceeded analysts’ estimates and announced plans to further widen its adjusted …

Premier League teams with high expectations this season square off on Saturday when Aston Villa host Arsenal at Villa Park in Birmingham. The Villans are looking to improve upon last year’s fourth-place finish in the EPL. They kicked off their 2024-25 season with a 2-1 victory at West Ham last week. Meanwhile the Gunners are driven by their narrow, runner-up …

Divers of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters leave Porticello harbor near Palermo, to resume research for a last missing person on August 23, 2024, four days after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank.  Alberto Pizzoli | Afp | Getty Images Divers on Friday retrieved Hannah Lynch, the daughter of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, from the …

Ilkay Gundogan is back at Manchester City, signing a contract until the end of the 2025 season. On the surface, it seems like a perfectly normal transfer as the German midfielder leaves Barcelona on a free transfer to return to the club that he departed in July of 2023 but after a bit of digging it is anything but. First …

Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, waits to deliver a lecture at the London School of Economics in London, UK, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey will hail the progress made in dampening inflation in the U.K. in a Friday speech, but also caution that monetary policy …

Five years ago, Unai Emery’s baffling selections down the stretch could be said to have cost Arsenal qualification for the Champions League. In 2024 he went much better, Arsene Wenger’s successor wrecking the title dreams of his former employer by taking six points from a possible six. Turn just one of those defeats into a win and Mikel Arteta would …

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Federal Reserve Board Building on July 31, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell laid the groundwork Friday for interest rate cuts ahead, though he declined to provide exact indications …

A smartphone displays the logo of Donald Trump’s Truth Social app on March 25, 2024. Anna Barclay | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump will soon be free to start unloading his multibillion-dollar stake in his fledgling social media startup, Trump Media. But the potential payday — Trump’s stake comprises more than half of his on-paper net worth, per Forbes …

This year’s wine harvest is in full swing on the perennially popular Greek island of Santorini, but for local winemaker Yiannis Paraskevopoulos, the prospects do not look good. Extreme temperatures are threatening production of the indigenous Assyrtiko grape, critical to the island’s internationally recognized fine white wines. Last year’s output at Paraskevopoulos’s Gaia Wines was around one-third of 2022 production. …

Bars of original KitKat chocolate, produced by Nestle SA. Jason Adlen | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Investors may think that the replacement of Nestle CEO Mark Schneider with company veteran Laurent Freixe is “not such a bad thing,” analyst Jon Cox said Friday. Cox, who is head of consumer equities at Kepler Cheuvreux, told CNBC that he expects …