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A view of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street November 13, 2024, in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty ImagesA version of this article appeared in CNBC’s Inside Alts newsletter, a guide to the fast-growing world of alternative investments, from private equity and private credit to hedge funds and venture capital. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.Private equity firms that raised funds in 2025 charged the lowest average management fee rates ever recorded, continuing a multiyear downward trend. Buyout funds of last year’s vintage asked investors to pay a mean rate of 1.61% of…

Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su said Tuesday that artificial intelligence has not slowed the pace of hiring at her company, but the candidates who have truly embraced the technology have become a priority.”I would say that we’re actually not hiring fewer people,” Su told CNBC’s Jon Fortt on Tuesday from the CES conference in Las Vegas. “Frankly, we’re growing very significantly as a company, so we actually are hiring lots of people, but we’re hiring different people. We’re hiring people who are AI forward.”AMD develops the graphics processing unit (GPU) chips that train models and run large AI workloads,…

The Security Council holds an emergency meeting on Venezuela at the UN headquarters in New York, Jan. 5, 2026. (Loey Felipe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)The U.S. raid that captured Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has sparked widespread international condemnation, with many countries and the UN Security Council denouncing it as a violation of international law and state sovereignty.by Xinhua writers Shang Xuqian, Yang DingduNEW YORK, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) — Washington has been facing sharp criticism worldwide for a Saturday raid on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife on Venezuelan soil.U.S. President Donald Trump, who ordered the…

Says 2025 saw record terrorist attacks, successful military operations with 2,597 militants killedDirector General Inter-Services Public Relations Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry addresses a press conference on Tuesday. Photo: ISPR Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Tuesday said that 80 per cent of all terrorist incidents in the country have occurred in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. He attributed the trend to what he described as a ‘politically permissive environment’ for militants and an emerging ‘nexus between political and militant elements’ in the province. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, the chief military spokesperson said the prevailing environment…

Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesCalifornia Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa has died, House GOP officials said on Tuesday. He was 65. LaMalfa’s death tightens the razor-thin House majority and could imperil Speaker Mike Johnson’s grip on the House. The House stood at 219 Republicans and 213 Democrats after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., resigned on Monday. LaMalfa’s death brings the House to 218 Republicans. Democrats are favored to pick up additional seats from special elections…

Visitors to the OC Auto Show at the Anaheim Convention Center check out the newly unveiled Ford Expedition in Anaheim on Thursday, October 3, 2024.Leonard Ortiz | Medianews Group | Getty ImagesDETROIT — Ford Motor on Tuesday said its U.S. vehicle sales last year increased 6% to achieve the company’s best annual sales since 2019.The Detroit automaker reported sales of 2.2 million vehicles in 2025, including a 2.7% uptick to more than 545,200 units during the fourth quarter. In 2019, the automaker sold 2.42 million vehicles in the U.S.Ford finished the year as the third-largest automaker in the U.S. behind…

*Ten years on, through ecological safeguards and technology-driven green development, the Yangtze River Economic Belt is offering a glimpse of how China aims to reconcile growth with long-term environmental resilience.*Over the past decade, outcomes of the Yangtze conservation drive are tangible and measurable.*The long-term success of ecological restoration depends more on reshaping the underlying economic structure and fostering an innovation-driven development model.BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) — For much of the past decades, China’s longest river, the Yangtze, bore the costs of the country’s economic growth. Stretches of the 6,300-kilometer mother river were choked by polluted water, declining biodiversity and mounting…

Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesSoftware startup NinjaOne has surpassed $500 million in annual recurring revenue, or ARR, the company announced Tuesday.The IT management platform saw revenue grow nearly 70% year over year and its customer base increase more than 60% over the last year to 35,000.President and Chief Financial Officer Chris Matarese told CNBC that the ARR milestone has largely been driven by the startup’s continuous product innovation and customer support.”I think we’ve probably spent four times the industry average in support, and we’ve had 98% customer satisfaction scores throughout our history or better,” he…

A view of houses in the old town of Nuuk, Greenland, March 27, 2025.Leonhard Foeger | ReutersDonald Trump is interested in annexing Greenland, an Arctic island offering a wealth of untapped mineral resources. But as the U.S. president dialled up the rhetoric about America annexing the self-governing Danish territory, sparking a backlash from international leaders, a report detailed the challenges facing its economy.Published Tuesday, a report by Søren Bjerregaard, head of securities and balance of payments at Danmarks Nationalbank, warned that there were “major challenges ahead” for Greenland’s economy. The Arctic island’s economy — largely driven by the fishing industry…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wears the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, as he delivers a speech presenting the new line of smart glasses, during the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., Sept. 17, 2025. Carlos Barria | ReutersMeta Platforms said Tuesday that it’s delaying the international expansion of its Ray-Ban Display glasses due to inventory constraints and “unprecedented” demand in the U.S.”Since launching last fall, we’ve seen an overwhelming amount of interest, and as a result, product waitlists now extend well into 2026,” Meta wrote in a blog post. Due to “limited” inventory, the company…