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An employee works inside a textile mill at Bhilwara in India’s Rajasthan state, on July 6, 2025. Himanshu Sharma | Afp | Getty ImagesIndia’s total goods exports for November rose 19% on year to $38.13 billion, with sharp improvement in the country’s trade with U.S.India’s merchandise goods trade deficit, which had touched a record high of roughly $41.7 billion in October, shrank to $24.5 billion in November, beating a Reuters poll estimate of $32 billion.India’s exports to the U.S. rose 22.6% in November to $6.98 billion, which is even higher than its exports of $6.31 billion in the prior month.India’s…

Inflation looks to be sapping some of Americans’ holiday cheer as they head out to buy gifts this Christmas season, according to the CNBC All-America Economic Survey.The survey found the high cost of goods has emerged as a major factor affecting how much shoppers spend and where they spend, suggesting inflation of the past several years and the rise in import goods prices from tariffs are being felt at the checkout counter.The survey of 1,000 people nationwide, with a margin of error of +/- 3.1%, found that the high cost of goods is the top reason Americans are spending less…

SINGAPORE — Sentosa Island boasts the luxury, five-star Ora and Michael hotels, with palm-tree-lined pools, lobbies flanked with luxury stores, and a casino that adjoins both hotels and buzzes with gamblers. The Singapore resort is also where a group of federal employees from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were sent for a work trip in the final hours of the government shutdown. The palm-tree-lined pool of the Hotel Ora on Singapore’s Sentosa Island.CNBCInternal FDA records obtained by CNBC show 31 agency staffers traveled to Singapore in mid-November for a conference of the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for…

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick says Marc-André ter Stegen must make a decision over his future after reiterating that Joan García is the club’s No.1 goalkeeper now.Ter Stegen, 33, made just nine appearances last season after injuring his knee and missed the start of the current campaign after undergoing surgery on a back problem.The German international returned to fitness earlier this month but has found himself on the bench in the last two games behind García, a €25 million ($29m) summer signing from Espanyol.”This is his decision,” Flick said in a news conference Friday when asked if Ter Stegen could leave…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Tilray — The cannabis stock jumped about 3%, building on last week’s rally sparked by news that President Donald Trump would instruct federal agencies to give the drug a less-stringent Schedule III classification from its current Schedule I designation. Dollar General — Shares rose 3% after the retailer on Monday received an upgrade from JPMorgan. The stock was upgraded to overweight, with analysts raising its price target to $166 per share from $128. Las Vegas Sands , Marriott International — The hospitality giants rose 2.9% and 1.5%, respectively, after receiving upgrades…

Another European soccer weekend is in the books, so let’s review. After a week of speculation about Mohamed Salah’s future at Liverpool, he came off the bench in the first half vs. Brighton and got an assist in the Reds’ much-needed win. Does this mean reconciliation is just around the corner following his time with Egypt at the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations?Real Madrid are another super-club going through some difficulties, with manager Xabi Alonso still struggling to put their stars in a winning combination on the pitch. Yet they also scrapped to a victory this weekend, beating Alaves 2-1…

European defense companies fell on Monday as talks over a potential peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine took a new turn.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said over the weekend that Ukraine was prepared to abandon the country’s longstanding aim of joining the NATO military alliance in exchange for alternative security guarantees to protect it from Russia. Joining NATO is unlikely given some members’ opposition, but the announcement marks a major policy shift by Ukraine.Rheinmetall, Germany’s largest arms manufacturer, traded 1.9% lower at 2:48 p.m. in London (9:48 a.m. ET), paring earlier losses.The company, which also makes air defense systems, anti-tank…

A Trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on November 21, 2025.Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty ImagesU.S. Treasury yields moved lower on Monday as investors looked ahead to several economic reports this week, which will offer insight into the state of the jobs market, inflation and retail sales. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield dipped less than 2 basis points to 4.182%. The 2-year Treasury yield also fell more than 2 basis points to 3.51%, while the 30-year Treasury bond yield slid less than a basis point to 4.853%.One basis point equals 0.01%, and yields and prices…

A man who ploughed a car into more than 100 Liverpool fans at a Premier League victory parade “lost his temper in his desire to get to where he wanted to get to” and “intended to cause people within the crowd serious harm”, his sentencing hearing was told.Prosecutor Paul Greaney KC told Liverpool Crown Court that Paul Doyle – who admitted 31 offences related to the crash last month – was driving his grey Ford Galaxy Titanium from his home in Croxteth into central Liverpool to collect a friend and his family from the celebrations on May 26.Doyle had made…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A group of students and professors at public universities across Alabama are asking an appeals court to halt a state law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in public schools and prohibits the endorsement of what Republican lawmakers dubbed “divisive concepts” related to race and gender.The Alabama measure, which took effect in October 2024, is part of a wave of proposals from Republican lawmakers across the country taking aim at DEI programs on college campuses.The state law prohibits public schools and universities from using state funds for any programs or curriculum that endorse “divisive concepts”…