An employee views a FTSE share index board in the atrium of the London Stock Exchange Group Plc’s offices in London, U.K., on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Britain’s FTSE 100 index closed above 8,000 points for the first time on Thursday, with …

“Singapore’s external sector had another very tough month in January, and we doubt this marks the bottom,” an economist said. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports plunged 25% year on year in January — their largest drop in 10 years. Government data showed Singapore’s …

James Bullard, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, delivers a speech in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. Luke MacGregor | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings …

Bao Fan, founder and chief executive officer of China Renaissance, speaks at a conference in California in 2016. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Prominent Chinese investment banker Bao Fan is missing, his company China Renaissance Holdings said late Thursday. China Renaissance said it “has been unable to …

Twenty-three states and Washington, D.C., raised their minimum wage in January. Four more states are poised to do so later this year. Depending on location, new wages range from $9.95 per hour in Montana to $16.10 per hour in D.C. While the federal minimum wage has remained stagnant at $7.25 …

Matija Pecotić has to dip into his vacation days to support his side hustle. But the real estate director’s extra gig isn’t selling T-shirts or doing online consulting. Instead, he plays tennis before work every day to maintain his skill and love for the sport. On Tuesday, those early morning …

Dropbox CEO Drew Houston speaks onstage during the Dropbox Work In Progress Conference at Pier 48 on September 25, 2019 in San Francisco Matt Winkelmeyer | Dropbox | Getty Images Dropbox made splashy headlines in 2017, when the software company signed the biggest office lease ever in San Francisco, securing …

Through their company Inrupt, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, and John Bruce, are trying to change the future of the internet. Their vision is a future where users have more control over their data. Sam Barnes | Sportsfile | Getty Images More control over your …

Billionaire investor Charlie Munger isn’t a fan of cryptocurrency. The Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman called the form of virtual currency “worthless” during Wednesday’s annual shareholder meeting of the Daily Journal Corporation, a publishing company where he’s a director. “Sometimes I call it crypto ‘crappo,’ sometimes I call it ‘crypto s—.’ …

James Bullard, president of Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, at the Jackson Hole economic symposium, in Moran, Wyoming, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings …