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Chinese President Xi Jinping made a rare statement Wednesday about his country's aims to achieve its economic targets for the year.

"When I was a young Buckaroo trader, I used margins and I got slaughtered. And I never did it again," Kevin O'Leary told CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia".

There has been a push from China for greater control over areas Beijing sees as influencing society including video games, livestreaming and celebrity culture.

A new front in tensions between Russia and NATO has opened up. This time, it's over the small exclave of Kaliningrad.

Hundreds of workers from start-ups in Southeast Asia have been fired in the last few months, proving that the industry is not immune to the economic slowdown.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the central bank is determined to bring down inflation and has the ability to make that happen.

USDD, a so-called "algorithmic" stablecoin that's meant to always be worth $1, plunged as low as 93 cents on Sunday.

Coinbase shares fell Wednesday after rival crypto exchange Binance.US said it's dropping certain trading fees for customers.

The feature is currently in development, an Amazon executive said. The e-commerce giant did not say when the feature will roll out to the public.

Zuckerberg is happy with the progress of Meta Platforms' Quest 2 headset. Now he has a big goal for 2030 that involves a user base spending meaningfully.

Growth in online sales is slowing, while new players eat away at Alibaba's market share, data show.

Oil and bond yields fell on Wednesday, relieving some pressure they've given stocks lately.

"We could have an entire bull market within a bear market situation, but only if we get some specific signposts," the "Mad Money" host said.

President Joe Biden called on Congress Wednesday to suspend the federal gas tax, as he tries to quell the rapid surge in prices at the pump.

Apple CEO Tim Cook recently gave the closest thing to a confirmation that Apple's building a headset.

Raw material costs for electric vehicles more than doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report Wednesday by AlixPartners.

U.K. health authorities have said they are urgently investigating a rare polio virus outbreak in sewage samples in London.

Closing arguments in the criminal fraud trial of former Theranos COO Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani kicked off Tuesday.

The head of Daimler Trucks has warned that shortages of parts are slowing the production of thousands of its vehicles.

Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's "Mad Money," says that Gen Zers have no excuse for not putting some of their spending money into investments.