China has tightened a cross-border investment program to limit where global managers can allocate funds for mainland clients, a move that potentially curbs capital going into popular markets like the US, according to people familiar with the matter. The restrictions are for the decade-old $86 billion Mutual Recognition of Funds scheme, which allows mainland Chinese to invest in Hong Kong-based fun...
China has tightened a cross-border investment program to limit where global managers can allocate funds for mainland clients, a move that potentially curbs capital going into popular markets like the US, according to people familiar with the matter. The restrictions are for the decade-old $86 billion Mutual Recognition of Funds scheme, which allows mainland Chinese to invest in Hong Kong-based funds and vice versa. The move is aimed at protecting retail investors flocking to the scheme since last year and applies only to new funds, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. In guidance issued to program participants of Hong Kong funds in the second half of 2025, the China Securities Regulatory Commission said it would beef up requirements to ensure portfolios are diversified across asset classes and geographies, based on the risk tolerance for retail investors, according to a document seen by Bloomberg News. No such stipulations existed previously, the people said. In separate verbal communications, the regulator told applicants that no single country can make up more than 50% of an underlying fund, the people said, adding that Hong Kong was excluded from the cap. There are also limits on high-yield securities in a fund, they added. The guidelines don’t apply to existing products. China introduced the MRF in 2015, allowing fund raising of as much as 600 billion yuan ($86 billion) as part of efforts to open up its capital markets and give retail investors more access to overseas assets. The latest move suggests authorities are now seeking more control of such investors’ exposure abroad, a move that could slow global asset managers’ take-up of the program. The tightening contrasts with last January, when the MRF relaxed a sales cap, allowing 80% of a fund to be sold in the Chinese mainland, versus 50% before. That led to a flood of demand from mainland investors seeking to tap Hong Kong-based products. Fidelity International and JPMorg...
jetcityimage Stellantis ( STLA ) is aggressively cutting prices on Fiat, Peugeot, and Opel models in France to boost sales volumes and recapture market share in its largest European market. Fiat Pandina is now priced at €9,990 under certain conditions, while the Opel Corsa now sold at €15,900 vs. its previous price of €20,900. The Peugeot 208 model is available via leasing at €208 monthly, Xavier ...
jetcityimage Stellantis ( STLA ) is aggressively cutting prices on Fiat, Peugeot, and Opel models in France to boost sales volumes and recapture market share in its largest European market. Fiat Pandina is now priced at €9,990 under certain conditions, while the Opel Corsa now sold at €15,900 vs. its previous price of €20,900. The Peugeot 208 model is available via leasing at €208 monthly, Xavier Duchemin, head of Stellantis ( STLA ) France, said at a media event in Paris on Wednesday. "This year, at Stellantis, we have decided to be more aggressive commercially," Duchemin said. "We have started at the end of 2025 and we are amplifying the movement at the beginning of 2026. We are cutting prices, we are repositioning some brands. We take a bet, we need to get volumes back." “We decided that — because its the French market, because there are elements in Opel’s DNA — in spite of the brand’s quality we cannot sell these cars at the prices we wanted to,” Duchemin said. “It’s a bet. We need volumes.” More on Stellantis Stellantis: Why A Rebound Is Closer Than You Think Stellantis Ditches Plug-In Hybrid Models, Tech That Struggled With U.S. Buyers Stellantis N.V. (STLA) Presents at Goldman Sachs Industrials & Autos Week Transcript Meet the North American Car, Truck, and Utility Vehicle of the Year winners Stellantis ends production of PHEV Jeep SUVs and Chrysler minivan -- report
China on Thursday executed 11 people linked to Myanmar criminal gangs, including “key members” involved in scam operations, state media reported. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar’s lawless borderlands, part of a multibillion-dollar illicit industry. The centres are typically staffed by foreigners – including many Chinese – with many saying they were trafficked and forced to swindle people...
China on Thursday executed 11 people linked to Myanmar criminal gangs, including “key members” involved in scam operations, state media reported. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar’s lawless borderlands, part of a multibillion-dollar illicit industry. The centres are typically staffed by foreigners – including many Chinese – with many saying they were trafficked and forced to swindle people online. Beijing has stepped up cooperation with Southeast Asian nations in recent years to crack down on the compounds, and thousands of people have been repatriated to China. The 11 people executed on Thursday were sentenced to death in September by a court in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou, Xinhua said, adding that the court also carried out the executions. Crimes of the executed included “intentional homicide, intentional injury, unlawful detention, fraud and casino establishment”, the report said. The death sentences had been approved by the Supreme People’s Court in Beijing, which found that the evidence produced of crimes committed since 2015 was “conclusive and sufficient”, Xinhua said. Among the executed were members of the “Ming family criminal group”, whose activities had contributed to the deaths of 14 Chinese citizens and injuries to “many others”. “The criminals’ close relatives were allowed to meet with them before the execution,” Xinhua added. Scam centres, in which criminals run sophisticated online scams targeting people all over the world, have proliferated across south-east Asia in recent years, including in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. They often use trafficked workers who are forced to conduct romance-based investment scams as part of a globalised industry that the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimates is worth $40bn annually. In April, the UN warned that Chinese and south-east Asian gangs are raking in tens of billions of dollars a year through cyber scam centres. This January authorities arrested Chen Zhi, an alleged scam king pin an...
Funtap/iStock via Getty Images The following segment was excerpted from the GreenWood Investors 2025 Letter To Investors . Every entrepreneur knows the feeling: that moment of despair when the only thing you are aware of is the giant gap between where you find yourself and the life and business you imagine. Once you succeed, people see only the success. If you fail, they see only the failure. Rare...
Funtap/iStock via Getty Images The following segment was excerpted from the GreenWood Investors 2025 Letter To Investors . Every entrepreneur knows the feeling: that moment of despair when the only thing you are aware of is the giant gap between where you find yourself and the life and business you imagine. Once you succeed, people see only the success. If you fail, they see only the failure. Rarely do they see the turning points that could have taken you in a completely different direction. But it's at these inflection points that the most important lessons in business and life are learned. —Stephen Schwarzman We have more often found highly capable managers being not only receptive, but outright welcoming to our efforts to help on the value creation journey. This was the case this past year with Jack in the Box ( JACK ), where a CEO has committed to bring the company back to its basic mission. JACK is a top 20 restaurant brand by sales that had seen its stock fall on hard times since its all-time highs in 2021. We started our engagement with the company towards the end of 2024 as we saw a brand that had strong mindshare, but was being heavily weighed down by the Street's perception of debt concerns, prior capital allocation decisions, its geographic over-index to California, and significant executive turnover. We were intrigued as shares traded for record low valuation multiples, short interest was near all-time highs, and its real estate portfolio was estimated to be worth more than the entire market capitalization. As we dug deeper, and further engaged with the new CEO, we came to see many of the Street's concerns about JACK as not only fixable, but that the brand could be re-energized through an increased focus on operational excellence, further digital and marketing innovation, and smart capital allocation. Building off of the core customers' love of the menu, we believe there is ample opportunity to grow cash flow and drive multiple expansion. In the context ...
Key Points BigBear.ai acquired Ask Sage late last year. Ask Sage's generative AI platform should help bolster BigBear.ai's growth prospects, particularly in national security. BigBear.ai has incurred significant losses over the past year. 10 stocks we like better than BigBear.ai › Some investors are hopeful that data analytics company BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) can become the next Palantir Technologi...
Key Points BigBear.ai acquired Ask Sage late last year. Ask Sage's generative AI platform should help bolster BigBear.ai's growth prospects, particularly in national security. BigBear.ai has incurred significant losses over the past year. 10 stocks we like better than BigBear.ai › Some investors are hopeful that data analytics company BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) can become the next Palantir Technologies. The problem is that the numbers don't back up that notion -- not yet, anyway. BigBear.ai isn't anywhere near turning a profit, and its top-line growth hasn't been nearly as strong or consistent as Palantir's. But if those optimistic investors are correct that BigBear.ai is on course to make significantly more sales of its artificial intelligence (AI) offerings, then there's plenty of room for it to grow from its current market cap of $2.6 billion -- at the smaller end of the mid-cap stock range. Recently, the company made a splash with an acquisition that could bolster its growth prospects and deepen its reach into the defense sector and other highly regulated markets. Could that deal have been a turning point for the stock, and does it make BigBear.ai a better buy today? Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Continue » BigBear.ai buys Ask Sage On Dec. 31, 2025, BigBear.ai announced that it had finalized its $250 million acquisition of Ask Sage, which it described as "a leading provider of mission-ready AI for national security." Management said that the deal will not only expand its portfolio of AI solutions, but also bring in services that complement its preexisting ones. "The combined platform enables government and enterprise customers to incorporate AI while maintaining control over data sovereignty, model governance, and security requirements," it said in the press release. The intersection of national security and AI-powered analysis is an arena that Palantir dominates, and inve...
Tesla is to axe production of two electric vehicle (EV) models as part of a shift towards robotics after the company reported its first ever decline in annual revenue. Chief executive Elon Musk told analysts on a conference call that the company would stop selling its older Model S and Model X vehicles and convert factory space to manufacture its Optimus robots instead. Tesla revealed that investm...
Tesla is to axe production of two electric vehicle (EV) models as part of a shift towards robotics after the company reported its first ever decline in annual revenue. Chief executive Elon Musk told analysts on a conference call that the company would stop selling its older Model S and Model X vehicles and convert factory space to manufacture its Optimus robots instead. Tesla revealed that investment would more than double this year to $20bn (£14.5bn), with $2bn of that sum going to his artificial intelligence division xAI. Money latest: Check how much your water bill is due to rise The spending seeks to make good on a series of promises by Musk relating to Tesla's transition towards self-driving cars and robotics that have, so far, fallen short of targets. Musk's plans to build Cybercabs - robotaxis - have been hampered to date by a lack of capacity and regulatory clearances. He has previously warned that a shortage of memory chips amid the wider rush for AI globally, risks hampering production as it ramps up late this year. Tesla is looking to new revenue streams as its traditional EV space becomes ever more crowded, with China's BYD overtaking the company last year to become the world's biggest EV maker. The US company's revenues and profits suffered in 2025 as core EV sales were battered by a backlash against Musk for his cost-cutting role at the heart of the Trump administration and interventions in foreign elections. The sales Tesla did make were on the back of steep discounts, reflecting not only the often violent boycott of Tesla by political opponents but also the fact that vehicles made by Tesla's competitors are cheaper. A US tax incentive for electric vehicles was also ended by the Trump administration amid Musk's on-off relationship with the president. Tesla shares were up by 2% in after-hours trading - building on cautious gains of last year that have been largely explained by the AI-driven turnaround plans promised by Mr Musk. He is under pressure to ...
(RTTNews) - SAP (SAP, SAP.DE) reported that its fourth quarter profit after tax was 1.9 billion euros, up 17% from a year ago. IFRS basic earnings per share increased 15% to 1.58 euros. Non-IFRS operating profit was up 16% to 2.83 billion euros, and was up 21% at constant currencies. Non-IFRS basic earnings per share increased 16% to 1.62 euros. Fourth quarter total revenue was up 3% to 9.68 billi...
(RTTNews) - SAP (SAP, SAP.DE) reported that its fourth quarter profit after tax was 1.9 billion euros, up 17% from a year ago. IFRS basic earnings per share increased 15% to 1.58 euros. Non-IFRS operating profit was up 16% to 2.83 billion euros, and was up 21% at constant currencies. Non-IFRS basic earnings per share increased 16% to 1.62 euros. Fourth quarter total revenue was up 3% to 9.68 billion euros, and up 9% at constant currencies. Cloud revenue was up 19% to 5.61 billion euros, and up 26% at constant currencies. Cloud and software revenue was up 4% to 8.62 billion euros, and up 10% at constant currencies. Fiscal 2025 non-IFRS operating profit increased by 28% to 10.42 billion euros, and increased by 31% at constant currencies. Non-IFRS basic earnings per share increased 36% to 6.15 euros. Total revenue was up 8% to 36.80 billion euros, and up 11% at constant currencies. For 2026, SAP expects: cloud revenue at constant currencies of 25.8 - 26.2 billion euros, up 23% to 25% at constant currencies; cloud and software revenue at constant currencies of 36.3 - 36.8 billion euros, up 12% to 13% at constant currencies, and non-IFRS operating profit at constant currencies of 11.9 - 12.3 billion euros, up 14% to 18% at constant currencies. The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board have authorized a new share repurchase program with a volume of up to 10 billion euros, which is scheduled to start in February 2026 and expected to be completed by the end of 2027. At previous close, SAP shares were trading at 196.14 euros, up 0.31%. For more earnings news, earnings calendar, and earnings for stocks, visit rttnews.com. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
十四屆全國人大社會建設委員會副主任孫紹騁 涉嚴重違紀違法受查 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】十四屆全國人大社會建設委員會副主任孫紹騁涉嫌嚴重違紀違法受查。 中央紀委國家監委通報,孫紹騁正接受中央紀...
十四屆全國人大社會建設委員會副主任孫紹騁 涉嚴重違紀違法受查 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】十四屆全國人大社會建設委員會副主任孫紹騁涉嫌嚴重違紀違法受查。 中央紀委國家監委通報,孫紹騁正接受中央紀委國家監委紀律審查和監察調查。公開資料顯示,65歲的孫紹騁是山東海陽人,曾擔坐民政部副部長、退役軍人事務部部長、黨組書記等職務,2022年4月出任內蒙古自治區黨委書記,到去年10月調任全國人大社會建設委員會副主任,直至今次受查。
Is China about to allow its tech companies to purchase Nvidia AI chips? In today's video, I discuss recent updates affecting Nvidia (NVDA +1.67%), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD +0.28%), and other AI stocks. To learn more, check out the short video, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link below. *Stock prices used were the after-market prices of Jan. 23, 2026. The video was published o...
Is China about to allow its tech companies to purchase Nvidia AI chips? In today's video, I discuss recent updates affecting Nvidia (NVDA +1.67%), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD +0.28%), and other AI stocks. To learn more, check out the short video, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link below. *Stock prices used were the after-market prices of Jan. 23, 2026. The video was published on Jan. 23, 2026.
Advanced Micro Devices has numerous catalysts in 2026. In today's video, I discuss recent updates affecting Advanced Micro Devices (AMD +0.28%) and other AI stocks. To learn more, check out the short video, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link below. *Stock prices used were the after-market prices of Jan. 20, 2026. The video was published on Jan. 20, 2026.
Advanced Micro Devices has numerous catalysts in 2026. In today's video, I discuss recent updates affecting Advanced Micro Devices (AMD +0.28%) and other AI stocks. To learn more, check out the short video, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link below. *Stock prices used were the after-market prices of Jan. 20, 2026. The video was published on Jan. 20, 2026.
Is China about to allow its tech companies to purchase Nvidia AI chips? In today's video, I discuss recent updates affecting Nvidia (NVDA +1.67%), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD +0.28%), and other AI stocks. To learn more, check out the short video, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link below. *Stock prices used were the after-market prices of Jan. 23, 2026. The video was published o...
Is China about to allow its tech companies to purchase Nvidia AI chips? In today's video, I discuss recent updates affecting Nvidia (NVDA +1.67%), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD +0.28%), and other AI stocks. To learn more, check out the short video, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link below. *Stock prices used were the after-market prices of Jan. 23, 2026. The video was published on Jan. 23, 2026.
Legendary investor Warren Buffett famously passed at investing in Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock over the years in the investment portfolio of conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE:BRK)(NYSE:BRK). While Berkshire still isn't investing in Tesla stock, the company could help validate the upcoming volume production of the Tesla Semi. Berkshire Company Partners With Tesla Pilot Travel Centers, owne...
Legendary investor Warren Buffett famously passed at investing in Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock over the years in the investment portfolio of conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE:BRK)(NYSE:BRK). While Berkshire still isn't investing in Tesla stock, the company could help validate the upcoming volume production of the Tesla Semi. Berkshire Company Partners With Tesla Pilot Travel Centers, owned by Berkshire Hathaway, announced a partnership with Tesla to install Semi Chargers at multiple locations across the country. Don't Miss: Missed Nvidia and Tesla? RAD Intel Could Be the Next AI Powerhouse — Just $0.85 a Share If there was a new fund backed by Jeff Bezos offering a 7-9% target yield with monthly dividends would you invest in it? The charging stations will be built at locations along I-5, I-10 and other major corridors. A tweet from Tesla showed a map of potential locations, which includes California, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas. Semi Chargers are expected to begin opening at Pilot Travel Centers locations in summer 2026. "Helping to shape the future of energy is a strategic pillar in meeting the needs of our guests and the North American transportation industry. Heavy-duty charging is yet another extension of our exploration into alternative fuel offerings, and we're happy to partner with a leader in the space that provides turnkey solutions and deploys them quickly," Pilot Senior Vice President, Alternative Fuels Shannon Sturgill said. The Pilot Travel Centers with Tesla Semi Chargers will have four to eight charging stalls that deliver up to 1.2 megawatts at each stall. The technology will be compatible with Tesla Semi trucks to start, but could open up to other heavy-duty EVs in the future, Pilot said. Trending: It’s no wonder Jeff Bezos holds over $250 million in art — this alternative asset has outpaced the S&P 500 since 1995, delivering an average annual return of 11.4%. Here’s how everyday investors are getting started. Pilot is the largest...