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The FTSE 100 has started the year with a bang, hitting its second all-time high of 2025 this morning, surging past 8,700 points at the open. It had broken its previous record high just last month, closing above 8,500 points for the first time in January.

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Maersk on Thursday said it expects to grow its business to track an expected 4% growth in global container shipping this year, even as profits are set to decline and U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats create uncertainty. Geopolitical developments including Trump's threats to impose tariffs on the top U.S. trading partners and access to the Red Sea shipping route will impact Maersk's revenues. The shipping giant, viewed as a barometer of world trade, had seen no changes in cargo flows due to the threats of tariffs so far, said CEO Vincent Clerc.

Oil and gas traders are likely to seek waivers from Beijing over tariffs that the Chinese government plans to impose on U.S. crude and liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from February 10, trade sources said on Thursday. Shortly after tariffs on China imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump took effect on Tuesday, China's Finance Ministry said it would impose levies of 15% on imports of U.S. coal and LNG and 10% for crude oil as well as on farm equipment and some autos, starting on February 10. Four tankers, carrying 6 million barrels of U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Alaskan North Slope (ANS) crude, and two LNG vessels are currently en route to China, data from analytics firms Kpler and LSEG showed.

Qualcomm stock is falling 5% in premarket trading Thursday, a day after the company’s lower-than-estimated licensing revenue offset record quarterly sales.

The insatiable Bitcoin-buyer MicroStrategy (MSTR) has seen an impressive rise of over 600% in the past year—a performance roughly 4.5 times greater than Bitcoin’s (BTC) own gains over the same period. However, the rally has faced some headwinds since the end of last year, as MicroStrategy’s stock has struggled to reach new all-time highs—not necessarily due to cryptocurrency price swings but likely because of skepticism over massive equity dilution. As I’m cautiously bullish on MicroStrategy, gi

The efficiency gains of DeepSeek’s AI models startled the power industry, which is set to invest billions in electricity projects.

Ford reported a fourth quarter earnings and revenue beat with full-year profit coming in slightly higher than expected, but the company issued muted full-year guidance.