Network cables are plugged in a server room. Michael Bocchieri | Getty Images In Europe, the battle between U.S. Big Tech companies and telecommunications firms has reached fever pitch. Telecom groups are pushing European regulators to consider implementing a framework where the companies that send traffic along their networks are …

Many Australian borrowers are ahead on their mortgage repayments, and this should cushion them from a hard landing as interest rates rise, according to Shayne Elliott, chief executive officer at major Australian bank, ANZ.  The Reserve Bank of Australia has hiked the official cash rate six times in a row …

Covid cases and controls have increased in China this month. Pictured here on Oct. 27, 2022, is a neighborhood in Shanghai that’s been fenced in for Covid control. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Covid controls in China have tightened in the last two weeks after …

Pictured here is a chip manufacturing plant in Suqian city, East China’s Jiangsu Province, April 1, 2022. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China is so far behind the U.S. in semiconductor technology that some investors are betting on startups to fill that gap. The U.S. …

The opportunity to work for not just one but two tech giants was “very rewarding” for Sukemasa Kabayama.  After a seven-year stint at Lego Japan, he became Apple’s director of education and launched the use of the iPad in Japanese schools.  Then came an opportunity Kabayama said he “couldn’t pass …

Tanner Firl doesn’t understand why anyone would need a budget. “It never made sense to me,” the 29-year-old tells CNBC Make It. “Most people have a problem not spending money. We have almost the opposite problem.” Firl and his wife, Isabel, who live in Minneapolis, are practically allergic to spending …

SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk takes part in a joint news conference with T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert (not pictured) at the SpaceX Starbase, in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., August 25, 2022. Adrees Latif | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now in charge of Twitter, CNBC has learned. Twitter CEO Parag …

Parts of Shanghai have faced intermittent restrictions on business due to Covid controls, even after a broader two-month lockdown ended in June. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Nearly twice as many U.S. companies cut their investment in China this year versus last year, the American …

As the winter holiday season heats up, the seasonal job market appears to be reflecting the regular job market’s current tension, with too many people applying to too few open positions. Searches for seasonal jobs jumped 33% in September compared the previous year, according to an Indeed study published earlier …

Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a rally in Warren, Michigan, U.S., October 1, 2022. Dieu-nalio Chery | Reutersm Former President Donald Trump on Thursday lost his latest effort in court to block years of his income tax returns be given to the House Ways and Means Committee. …