Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf salutes as he arrives to brief media and supporters during a press conference ahead of his return, at the Dubai APML party headquarters on March 24, 2013 in Dubai, UAE. Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court sentenced on Tuesday former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of high treason and subverting the constitution, a senior government official said. “Pervez Musharraf has been found guilty of Article 6 for violation of the constitution of P

Indian ride-sharing firm Ola claimed Tuesday it has now signed up 10,000 drivers in London as it prepares to launch in the U.K. city. Ola announced in November that it was to enter the London market, revealing the strategy just days after rival Uber was stripped of its London license. Uber continues to operate in London under appeal. The company has not announced an official launch date but one source told CNBC last month that Ola may attempt a full roll in mid-January next year. A source, who p

A Chinese bank employee counts 100-yuan notes and U.S. dollar bills at a bank counter in Nantong in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on August 6, 2019. Chinese corporate debt is the “biggest threat” to the global economy, warned a Moody’s Analytics economist, who described such risks as a “very significant fault line.” While corporate debt is a “fault line in the financial system and the broader economy,” Moody’s Chief Economist Mark Zandi flagged indebted Chinese companies as the larger risk. ”

Deutsche Bank has made “positive early progress” in its massive multi-year restructuring program, according to S&P Global Ratings. In a note published Monday, the independent credit ratings agency retained a “stable” outlook for the embattled German lender, affirming its long and short-term issuer credit ratings at ‘BBB+/A-2’. S&P said the promising signs were “most evident in the refocusing of the investment bank and the runoff of exposures in the capital release unit (CRU).” Despite the German

European stocks traded lower Tuesday as caution returned following a worldwide rally on the back of a “phase one” U.S.-China trade deal. The pan-European Stoxx 600 slipped 0.5%, with household goods shedding 1.9% to lead losses as most sectors and major bourses entered negative territory. Traders will also be reacting to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s revamped threats of a hard Brexit if the EU does not agree a free trade agreement by the end of 2020. Meanwhile Johnson held a phone call on

The reports have raised concerns that the U.K.’s new, more empowered government under Prime Minister Boris Johnson could be steering the country towards a harder Brexit. The transition period seen as a time of adjustment for both sides post-Brexit. Crucially, it’s a time in which the EU and U.K. can negotiate a trade deal. During the transition period, EU laws continue to apply in the U.K. as if it’s a member state, but the country would no longer be represented in the EU’s decision-making bodie

Stocks in Asia traded higher Tuesday morning as sentiment continues to be buoyed by a recent phase one trade deal reached between Beijing and Washington. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 added 0.51% in early trade while the Topix index gained 0.43%. Meanwhile, shares in Australia edged higher in morning trade, as the S&P/ASX 200 rose fractionally. Overall, the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index traded 0.1% higher. Investors will await the release of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s minutes from its December moneta

When you’re hosting a party, you carefully consider the menu, the music, and the decor. The difference is, now I share my favorite non-alcoholic drinks and recipes and chronicle my experience on Instagram and through my website Better Without Booze. Stock up on fun and affordable nonalcoholic drinks, including flavored seltzers like LaCroix, and make a signature mocktail. When you invite guests, tell them you’re serving food and non-alcoholic drinks but tell them it’s cool to BYOB if they want.

When you’re hosting a party, you carefully consider the menu, the music, and the decor. The difference is, now I share my favorite non-alcoholic drinks and recipes and chronicle my experience on Instagram and through my website Better Without Booze. Stock up on fun and affordable nonalcoholic drinks, including flavored seltzers like LaCroix, and make a signature mocktail. When you invite guests, tell them you’re serving food and non-alcoholic drinks but tell them it’s cool to BYOB if they want.

Hanukkah is “a time to focus on giving sustainably,” says Marion Haberman, a YouTube star at My Jewish Mommy Life. Create a Hanukkah cookie-baking kitGather blue and white sprinkles, Hanukkah-shaped cookie cutters, and a sealed bag with sugar, flour and other necessary ingredients. For younger kids, create a sensory bin that includes colored rice, dreidels and other tactile objects. For an extra special touch, use silicone molds that are typically used for chocolate or candy concoctions to creat

Mainland Chinese stocks jumped at the close on Monday afternoon, as data showed that the country’s industrial output and retail sales rose more than expected in November. The country’s industrial production rose 6.2% year-on-year in November, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics, above a Reuters forecast of a 5.0% growth. Meanwhile, Asian markets had a mixed reaction to news that China and the U.S. announced they were finally set to sign off on a phase one trade agreement. U.S. and

U.S. one-hundred dollar banknotes and Chinese one-hundred yuan banknotes are arranged for a photograph in Hong Kong on April 15, 2019. Currencies made a muted response to the U.S.-China trade deal on Monday, as last week’s brief relief that an agreement had been reached was replaced by frustration at a lack of details, and a reluctance to make big bets as Christmas draws near. That had lifted the Australian dollar and pushed down the safe-harbor yen last week, before profit-taking set in. Fine d

People mining gold in a traditional way at a river dam in Sausi, Parigi Moutong in Central Sulawesi in Indonesia on Oct. 21, 2015. U.S. gold futures settled 0.01% higher to $1,480.6. “The competition for gold today is equities… but there is danger out there in the way central banks are behaving, gold has to reflect that. Gold is generally used by investors as a place to park assets during economic or political uncertainty. Spot palladium shed 01.5% to $1,948.14 per ounce, retreating from an al

Shipping company FedEx reports fiscal second quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday. Wells Fargo is forecasting earnings per share of $2.83 on revenue of $17.76 billion. In the same quarter last year, FedEx reported earnings of $4.03 per share on revenue of $17.82 billion. Wells Fargo said all eyes will be on the company’s full year guidance, which currently stands between $11 and $13 per share. Wells Fargo said e-commerce trends continue to be a growth opportunity for FedEx.

The best way to build a technology portfolio right now is through high-quality companies with reasonable valuations, top analyst Toni Sacconaghi told CNBC on Monday. In particular, Bernstein’s senior technology analyst recommended the following stocks: Dell, F5 Networks, TE Connectivity, Apple and Check Point Software. Earnings growth had primarily been responsible for tech stocks’ growth prior to that, Sacconaghi said. “I think it’s too tough to say this is going to reverse, because there is be

He added that women “are not perfect” but are “indisputably better” than men. “I’m absolutely confident that, for two years, if every nation on earth was run by women, you would see a significant improvement across the board on just about everything — living standards and outcomes,” Obama reportedly said. You know, just not handling our business,” Obama said. And in his eyes, women are better at these things: “[N]ot to generalize, but women seem to have a better capacity than men do, partly beca

The Trump administration on Monday downplayed a Mexican concern about a key piece of the North American trade deal the House aims to approve this week. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said language in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which the three countries signed last week, does not call for American “labor inspectors” in Mexico. “These personnel will not be ‘labor inspectors’ and will abide by all relevant Mexican laws,” the agency continued. The White House aims to eas

Former White House National Security Advisor Michael Flynn leaves the Prettyman Federal Courthouse following a sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court December 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. Flynn resigned in February 2017 after allegedly misleading Vice President Mike Pence about what he and the Russian diplomat talked about. Flynn had told Pence he had not discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia, which led Pence to defend him in television interviews. But that sentencing was cut short after Sul

Former Vice President Joe Biden notched another endorsement Monday from an Obama administration Cabinet official. Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew backed Biden, one of the top contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Lew was Treasury secretary during President Barack Obama’s second term. “Candidly, he has the experience and the ability to make Donald Trump a one-term president,” Lew, who is now a partner at private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg, said of Biden on CNBC’s “Closi

L to R: Greg Owens, Sherrill Manufacturing CEO, Rep. Anthony Brindisi and Matthew Roberts, Sherrill Manufacturing president, at a press conference, in Sherrill, NY on Monday, December 16, 2019. Sherrill Manufacturing has been stamping forks, spoons and knives in the old red brick factories here for more than a decade, even as competition fled overseas. Flatware from Sherrill Manufacturing in upstate New York. A worker at Sherrill Manufacturing plant in upstate New York. “I would argue that it is