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Tourists walk past the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on November 7, 2025, more than a month into the U.S. government shutdown. Nathan Howard | ReutersThe Senate late Sunday night passed the first phase of a deal to end the U.S. government shutdown that began on October 1.The procedural measure to allow other votes essential to the deal starting Monday was approved with a minimum of 60 votes after eight senators in the Democratic caucus broke with party leadership in favor of the deal. Forty senators voted against it.Voting took place on the Senate floor for more than two…

Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesThe private technology market is hotter than ever, with valuations for companies like OpenAI, SpaceX, Anthropic, and Stripe rising to astronomical levels.PitchBook, one of the top providers of data about startups, wants to give users easy access to information about these companies and many others. On Monday, Pitchbook introduced an artificial intelligence-powered tool that provides market insights based on user prompts.Rather than having to find a company’s profile page and search for specific information, subscribers can ask questions of an AI assistant called PitchBook Navigator to get facts and figures…

When Jerry Turner visited his wife Teresa Nist in New Jersey, he slept on the couch.Once Jerry and Teresa got married, she showed no signs of wanting to be together as a couple in any fantasy suite. When he visited her in New Jersey a week after taking his vows, he admitted that he felt “like an intruder in her home, like I didn’t belong.” The feeling was even greater when she asked him to sleep on the couch since she had a busy day in the morning. “The words that came out of my mouth were, ‘Yeah, no problem,'”…

This photo shows a panoramic view of Nexperia’s headquarters in Nijmegen on November 6, 2025.John Tis | AFP | Getty Images shares of wing tech technologyNexperia, the parent company of chipmaker Nexperia, extended its gains on Monday after the Chinese government agreed to further talks with a Dutch delegation, easing concerns about a global car supply shortage.Shares in Shanghai-listed Wingtech Technology soared as much as 6.4% on Monday after surging 9.7% in late trading last Friday on signs that the battle for control of Netherlands-based NExperia is winding down, according to LSEG data.China’s Ministry of Commerce said in a statement…

Tourists walk past the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on November 7, 2025, more than a month into the U.S. government shutdown. Nathan Howard | ReutersThis is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Is there light at the end of the tunnel?All eyes were on Capitol Hill last night as the Senate approved the first phase of an agreement to end the federal government shutdown. The effects of the 41-day shutdown expanded last week, with the FAA ordering airlines…

Paris — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be freed on Monday after a Paris court ruled he could be released pending an appeal of his September conspiracy conviction, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported. He was convicted of participating in a scheme to finance the 2007 presidential campaign with money from Libya in exchange for diplomatic favors. Speaking in court via video link on Monday, he said his 20 days in prison had been “extremely difficult”. He paid tribute to prison staff at Monday’s hearing, adding that they had “an extraordinary humanity to endure this nightmare.” During his three weeks in…

The COP30 logo is seen in front of the central building ahead of COP30 Brazil Amazon 2025 to be held in Belém, Brazil on November 3, 2025.Wagner Meyer | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesUnited Nations climate talks will begin in Brazil on Monday, with delegations from nearly every country expected to gather on the outskirts of the Amazon rainforest to discuss how to tackle the climate crisis.But US President Donald Trump’s administration will be a notable absentee. The White House has confirmed it intends to send a high-level representative to the summit, making the absence of U.S. officials unprecedented.Some…

After helping several companies document how work actually gets done, Scribe raised $75 million at a $1.3 billion post-money valuation to deploy Scribe Optimize. Scribe Optimize is a platform that maps workflows across your enterprise to reveal where automation and AI actually generate benefits, rather than becoming new sunk costs. The all-stock Series C round was led by StepStone, with participation from existing investors Amplify Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Tiger Global, Morado Ventures, and New York Life Ventures. Co-founder and CEO Jennifer Smith (pictured above, left) said in an exclusive interview that the new funding comes more than a year after…

U.S. Supreme Court police stand behind a security fence in front of the court building covered with construction scaffolding on the first day of the Supreme Court’s new term, October 6, 2025, in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesA federal appeals court in Boston late Sunday flatly rejected for the second time the Trump administration’s request to block a lower court judge’s order to pay the full amount of SNAP benefits to 42 million Americans during the government shutdown.However, following an earlier Supreme Court ruling, the judge’s order remains on hold until at least Tuesday night. This gives the…

Huge amounts of capital are flowing from Japan to European tech startups, helping to expand the continent’s burgeoning deep tech cluster as risk-averse investors favor more mature entrepreneurial ecosystems.Europe’s startup and venture capital ecosystem has long operated in the shadow of Silicon Valley, but the domestic market has become fertile ground for young Japanese companies. Venture capital funds with Japanese investors, also known as Japanese investors or limited partners, have participated in more than 33 billion euros ($38 billion) worth of European funding rounds since 2019, when the European Union-Japan trade agreement came into force, according to research by venture…