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Jensen Huang, NVIDIA founder and CEO, has a Q&A session at a press conference during the APEC CEO summit on October 31, 2025 in Gyeongju, South Korea.Woohae Cho | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesEven Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang couldn’t save the tech and artificial intelligence trade this week.The chip giant’s talismanic leader trumpeted “off the charts” chip sales and dismissed talk of an “AI bubble,” and for a while, the tide lifted all boats.”There’s been a lot of talk about an AI bubble,” Huang said during an earnings call this week. “From our vantage point, we see something very…

This article was originally published by Pacific Forum. It is republished with permission. The geoeconomic shock from the United States’ “Liberation Day” tariffs has pushed members of ASEAN closer to China’s economic orbit. While deeper economic integration helps mitigate the growing uncertainty of international trade, it also makes ASEAN an increasingly vulnerable target for Beijing’s economic coercion. Countries in the region must actively maintain open and diversified economic partnerships, while improving their management of diplomatic crises to mitigate the weaponization of their economic dependence. Southeast Asia remains among the regions hardest hit by US tariffs. Despite concessions during negotiations, the…

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Oracle — The AI stock fell 4% as investors remained worried about valuations tied to AI continued to dump stocks. Those declines added to Oracle’s and Nvidia’s steep weekly losses. Bath & Body Works — The retailer fell 5%, adding to its 24.8% plunge from Thursday, as analysts around Wall Street downgraded the stock. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs were among the shops that lowered their rating on Bath & Body Works, a day after the company posted third-quarter results that missed expectations. QuidelOrtho — The diagnostics products maker rose 11%…

An airplane takes off from New York’s Laguardia Airport after the FAA ordered flight cuts at 40 major airports amid the ongoing U.S. government shutdown in the Queens borough of New York City, U.S., November 7, 2025. Ryan Murphy | ReutersAir traffic controllers and technicians with perfect attendance during the government shutdown will receive $10,000 bonuses, the Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration said this week.The bonuses will go to 776 controllers and technicians, who will receive notification next week with payments going out by Dec. 9, the FAA and DOT said. There are about 11,000 fully certified air…

The grounding of MD-11 aircraft after the deadly crash of a UPS plane earlier this month could boost air cargo rates during the peak holiday shipping season, with some capacity out of the market, but analysts aren’t expecting a big impact.The Federal Aviation Administration on Nov. 8 prohibited flights of MD-11 planes, less than a week after a Honolulu-bound UPS aircraft crashed moments after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky, killing the three crew members and 11 people on the ground.Earlier this week, the TAC Index, which tracks air freight rates around the world, said the Baltic…

Paramount Skydance, Comcast and Netflix formally submitted takeover offers for Warner Bros. Discovery this week ahead of a deadline for first-round offers, according to people familiar with the matter. Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, bid solely for the film and streaming assets, which consists of the Warner Bros. studio and HBO Max, the people said. The offer would see NBCUniversal become the parent of the WBD assets, one of the people said, and would not involve a spinout of NBCUniversal as some in the industry had speculated. Comcast is currently in the process of spinning out its portfolio of…

Many parents go to lengths to raise kids who are polite and well-mannered. But, your kids also have to learn to stand up for themselves, even if it means voicing disagreement or displeasure in a way that might seem disrespectful to someone else, says Reem Raouda, an author and certified conscious parenting coach. Teaching your child the importance of self-advocacy, and giving them the space to practice it without fear of reprisal, will help them develop the self-esteem they’ll need to become a confident, successful adult who isn’t afraid to give voice to their needs and opinions, she says.”A child’s…

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy.Bill Clark | Getty ImagesThe Bureau of Labor Statistics said it was canceling the release of the October consumer price index, leaving the Federal Reserve without a key piece of inflation data to ponder when it next decides on interest rates on Dec. 10.The CPI data, previously scheduled to be released on Nov. 7, was canceled because the government shutdown made it impossible for the BLS to “retroactively collect” certain parts of survey data, the agency…

John Williams, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, speaks during an Economic Club of New York (ECNY) event in New York, US, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025.David Dee Delgado | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCommunication at the Federal Reserve, particularly at the highest levels, rarely happens by accident.Messages that come out of the top echelon, particularly the chair, vice chair and the powerful New York Fed president, are measured carefully, calibrated between delivering clear ideas about policy without causing undue reaction in financial markets.That’s why a speech Friday from the current New York Fed…

Most people try to avoid the cold, but not Wim Hof. Known as “The Iceman” to his 3 million subscribers on YouTube, Hof cold plunges often and steps inside of the freezer he keeps in his backyard every day.”The first time I went into the cold, I felt [like], ‘This is it.’ Just being, just clarity, and that led me [to] a great, euphoric feeling of not thinking, but feeling,” Hof tells CNBC Make It. “Then I went back in, and I felt the same. And ever since I have been doing it, I know who I am, what I…