With Final Fantasy 7 Remake less than two months away, Square Enix has posted the game’s opening cinematic, which shows off the first snippet of the game alongside a bigger look at Midgar. The scene, which presumably plays when you start a new game, shows the industrial city of Midgar and the desolate world outside of it. An eerie version of Sephiroth’s iconic theme song, “One Winged Angel,” plays throughout the opening, reminding players of the dread to come. The song does switch to a redone ve

Boris Johnson’s new government shows policy remains uncertain, economist saysRob Wood, chief U.K. economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, discusses Boris Johnson’s Cabinet reshuffle and what it means for British politics.

This discussion is taking place against the backdrop of a “global energy transition,” a shift from fossil fuel based energy sources to renewable ones. Taking all of the above into account, something called “nature-based solutions” (NBS) could have a role to play in the years ahead. The EU has described nature-based solutions as “actions which are inspired by, supported by or copied from nature.” Speaking to CNBC’s “Sustainable Energy,” Stewart Maginnis, global director of the Nature-based Soluti

Euro zone economic growth slowed as expected in the last three months of 2019 as gross domestic product shrank in France and Italy against the previous quarter, but employment growth picked up more than expected, official estimates showed on Friday. The European Union’s statistics office Eurostat said GDP in the 19 countries sharing the euro expanded 0.1% quarter-on-quarter in the October-December period, as announced on Jan 31, for a 0.9% year-on-year gain – a downward revision from the previou

Trump administration ramps us pressure on HuaweiCNBC’s Arjun Kharpal outlines the latest U.S. allegations against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, which include accusations that the firm stole trade secrets and engaged in business with sanctioned countries including Iran.

Wall Street set for modestly higher openU.S. stock index futures were slightly higher Friday morning, as investors monitored the potential economic fallout from China’s fast-spreading coronavirus. CNBC’s Rahel Solomon reports.

Scammers have reportedly been calling people to ask for financial details under the pretext of “contact tracing” — the process of identifying those with close contact with infected patients. Singapore has set up teams working to call people and establish if anyone has had prolonged physical contact with coronavirus patients. As of Thursday noon, Singapore confirmed 58 known cases of the coronavirus strain, recently named the COVID-19. “MOH is conducting contact tracing to identify individuals wh

The U.S. energy secretary does not believe the ultimate impact of China’s fast-spreading coronavirus is a cause for concern for markets. His comments come shortly after both OPEC and the International Energy Agency (IEA) dramatically lowered their oil demand growth forecasts this year as a result of the deadly flu-like virus. “So, we are looking to see if the Chinese government will be able to contain or at least help contain the spread of the virus. At this moment, while we are seeing some slig

The new coronavirus that began to grab national attention in mid-January has killed more than 1,300 people in mainland China. He noted that given unique factors in China’s political economic system, many local government officials are making containment of the virus the top priority. Cities with a low return rate include Guangzhou, the capital of China’s largest province by exports. This year, authorities have encouraged people to stay put or return to their places of work in phases. There’s als

Tesla priced its secondary common stock offering at $767 a share, raising more than $2 billion, the company said on Friday. The company said on Friday it will sell 2.65 million shares at that price, which is a 4.6% discount to its Thursday close. Shares of Tesla initially fell after the pricing but quickly turned positive, building on Thursday’s nearly 5% gain on news of the offering. Musk said that Tesla was spending its money efficiently and suggested raising funds would artificially limit the

Markets will watch new UK Finance Minister Rishi Sunak ‘very carefully,’ analyst saysFariborz Moshirian, director of the University of New South Wales’ Institute of Global Finance, discusses the U.K.’s newly reshaped government.

Boris Johnson creating ‘very presidential’ type of government, strategist saysMarc Ostwald of ADM Investor Services International discusses U.K. politics and the British economy.

A view of the display of Renault at the Automobile Trade Fair 2019 in Barcelona, May 11, 2019. French carmaker Renault warned that auto demand remained volatile, cut its dividend for 2019 and set a lower operating margin goal for 2020, a crunch year in which it wants to reboot its partnership with Japan’s Nissan. The company posted an annual profit loss of 141 million euros ($153 million) – its first in 10 years – for the group share of net income, penalized by charges linked to some of its Chin

Royal Bank of Scotland’s new Chief Executive Alison Rose unveiled a new strategy for the taxpayer-backed bank on Friday, including radically cutting back the size of its loss-making investment bank and renaming the company NatWest. Rose, the first woman to lead one of Britain’s major banks, is hoping a rebrand will help shift the lender’s image away from its 45 billion pound taxpayer rescue in the 2008 financial crisis. The strategy includes plans to halve investment bank NatWest Markets’ risk w

European markets were mixed Friday morning as investors monitored China’s coronavirus epidemic and a slew of corporate earnings. China’s National Health Commission on Friday reported an additional 121 deaths and 5,090 new cases of the coronavirus across the mainland for Feb. 13. China’s health commission said Friday it removed 108 deaths from the total figure due to a double-count in Hubei province, the epicenter of the global coronavirus outbreak. AstraZeneca shares fell 5% after it said its 20

U.S. government debt prices were higher Friday morning, as investors monitored the coronavirus outbreak and awaited a fresh batch of economic data. ET, the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to price, was lower at around 1.6104%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also lower at around 2.0624%. Market focus is largely attuned to China’s fast-spreading coronavirus, as investors continue to assess the potential economic impact of the spread. China’s National Health

From stepping up airport screenings to keeping tabs on thousands of individuals who returned from abroad, India is monitoring the new coronavirus outbreak at the highest level to prevent an epidemic, health minister Harsh Vardhan said Friday. The new strain of virus, called COVID-19, has killed more than 1,300 people, mostly in China, and infected over 64,000 people worldwide. Hospital where people have been wearing masks for safety from coronavirus on February 3, 2020 in Kolkata, India. Samir J

Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket and Block Island are classic New England islands. Martha’s Vineyard is beloved for its frilly, gingerbread-style Victorian cottages in Oak Bluffs as well as the dramatic headlands of Aquinnah. The itinerary includes stops at New Bedford, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard and Block Island in Massachusetts; and Newport and Bristol in Rhode Island. Starting late August of this year, Norwegian Cruise Lines’ 2,394-passenger Norwegian Gem will run a seven-night New England crui

The view of the Wuhan Keting in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province. Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province started converting three existing venues, including a gymnasium and an exhibition center, into hospitals to receive patients infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the headquarters for the epidemic control said late Monday. BEIJING — China’s health commission said Friday it removed 108 deaths from the total figure due to a double-count in Hubei province, the epicenter of the g

Whether it’s in equities, government bonds, ETFs (exchange-traded funds) or hedge funds, investors around the world are demanding socially and environmentally conscious options. Jakobsen predicted that increasing climate awareness and the growing shift in policy and behavior, coupled with technological advancements lowering the cost of green technologies, makes green stocks increasingly attractive. “We believe that these green stocks could, over time, become some of the world’s most valuable com