Month: May 2024

Alibaba’s international e-commerce platform AliExpress is a UEFA Euro 2024 sponsor and has signed David Beckham as its global brand ambassador. AliExpress BEIJING — Soccer star David Beckham will promote Alibaba‘s international e-commerce platform, AliExpress, in its biggest global brand ambassador partnership to date, the business unit announced Monday. The deal comes against the backdrop […]
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Credit: J.P. Morgan Private Bank A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high net worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Today’s workaholic wealthy rarely have time to sit back and read […]
The U.S. economy has remained remarkably strong. Boosted by a strong labor market, the country has continued to expand since the Covid-19 pandemic, sidestepping earlier recessionary forecasts even after a series of Federal Reserve interest rate increases. And yet, consumer sentiment recently sank to a six-month low. That disconnect is what Joyce Chang, JPMorgan’s chair of global research, calls a “vibecession.” […]
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, U.S., May 1, 2024.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Federal Reserve officials grew more concerned at their most recent meeting about inflation, with members indicating that they lacked the confidence […]