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yoon denies any wrong-doing.spain, the former head of the nation's soccer federation was found guilty of sexual assault today for kissing a player without her consent. luis rubiales kissed jenni hermoso on the mouth after her team won the world cup in 2023. rubiales resigned a few weeks later amid fierce criticism. his lawyers argued the kiss was consensual, and even if it wasn't, it should not be considered sexual assault. hermoso said in her testimony that the kiss "stained one of the happiest days of my life." the incident sparked debate among spaniards, who remain divided over today's verdict. >> it is positive that such sentences are being issued so that people know there are consequences to their actions. >> i don't think it's a crime, if that's considered a crime then we have a problem in our country because such things happen daily. amna: prosecutors had asked for a prison sentence. rubiales was instead ordered to pay a fine amounting to more than $10,000. he plans to appeal the ruling. back in this count

eunice yoon has more for us, eunice, thanks, kelly. well. >> byd announced. >> a new strategy, which. >> it. >> believes is going to bring what affordable self-driving cars to everyone. this week, the founder unveiled the new driver assistance program, which in english is called d pilot, and in chinese, eyes of god, it allows cars to self-park and cruise on city roads with very little human help, and it integrates the in the advanced version ai from the chinese startup deep sea. in addition to that, the company said that the sales of 21 models are now already on sale or those sales have already begun only in china for now. but the real selling point is that the cheapest one is $9,600. now, tesla has yet to get its full self-driving technology approved here in china. now, separately to that, tesla announced that it is has opened its doors on a megapack battery factory. this is in shanghai, its first outside of the united states. the company has been crediting what it described as tesla speed for the very fast rollout and build out of th

yoon was greeted by a barrage of cameras and a silent but tense courtroom. the constitutional court is deciding whether to remove him from office. final arguments will be held next week with a possible decision sometime in march. in spain, the former head of the nation's soccer federation was found guilty of sexual assault today. luis rubiales kissed player jennie hermosillo on the mouth after her team won the world cup in to 23. rubiales resigned a few weeks later amid fierce criticism. hermosillo said in her testimony that the kiss, quote, stained one of the happiest days of her life. spaniards are divided over today's verdict. intrerpt it is positive that such sentences are being issued so that people know there are consequences to their actions. i don't think it's a crime. if that's considered a crime, then we have a problem in our country. because such things happen daily. stephanie: rubiales was ordered to pay a fine of more than $10,000. he plans to appeal. back in this country, one in 10 u.s. adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or

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our eunice yoon joins us now with the very latest live from beijing. eunice. >> thanks, frank. >> well. >> china is definitely. >> raising the stakes. >> today, it. announced a raft. >> of countermeasures. >> to. president trump's. tariffs 10 to. >> 15% tariffs on. energy imports, farm gear. >> and trucks. >> export curbs on. tungsten and other rare metals. an antitrust probe. >> into google. >> and blacklisting. >> pvh, the owner of. >> calvin klein and. >> tommy hilfiger. >> as. well as genetics company illumina. now, the. impact of each measure. >> is going. >> to vary. for example, china has been increasing its imports of us lng. >> in the. >> past couple of years. >> but then. >> google, the search engine is blocked. >> here, and it only. >> has about 1%. of global sales even. >> but even so, though. >> frank, the point. >> here is that a lot of. people believe that china. >> is looking to gain. >> leverage with the u.s. and. potentially lead to a broader an economic deal. >> and some type of grand bargain. >> well, eunice, i think that really is

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eunice yoon has the latest from beijing. hi, eunice. hey, kelly.s to want. >> to dominate. industries that he considers to be. >> very important and critical. >> and it looks as. >> though that he. >> is gaining some understanding. >> that the private sector is important to achieve those goals. so at a very rare meeting on. >> monday. >> president xi told a room. >> full of entrepreneurs. that private. >> business could be reassured. he said of. >> his support, and he called on. >> them to fully. >> display their talents. >> now, those who attended represented industries that the xi jinping administration. >> has identified. >> as critical to competition with the united states. so that's hardware manufacturing, like chips, evs, robotics, as well as ai. in fact, at the event, those who had speaking roles were apple rival huawei. the chiefs of byd, as well as a robotics company called unitree. both of those companies are seen as competitors here to tesla. and in addition to that, the founder of deep seek, which is a potential competitor to openai, wa

. >> eunice yoon is live in beijing with the very latest. eunice, what can you tell us? >> well, kelly, china took a very different approach. compared to canada or mexico, mainly because the chinese wouldn't want to be in a position where they would have president xi jinping look subordinate to president. >> trump. >> or worse yet, from beijing's perspective, appear humiliated by a western power. so the government here issued several. >> different countermeasures. >> 10 to 15% tariffs on energy imports, farm gear and trucks. >> export curbs on tungsten. >> and other rare metals. an antitrust probe into google, and then blacklisting pvh, as well as the genetics company illumina. now, on the whole, the measures don't appear to be significantly damaging. but and one interesting point is that the chinese government widened the scope of retaliatory measures, including singling out individual u.s. companies. but i think on the whole, what we're seeing here is beijing looking to gain leverage on president. trump in any wider discussion in if there is indeed a broader economic d

our eunice yoon joins us on the cnbc news line with much more on this story. eunice. >> thanks, frank. >> well, chinese. >> regulators. >> as you said, are reportedly considering launching an investigation into apple for. >> anti-competitive practices. now bloomberg is reporting this. cnbc reached out to apple and the government, but so far did. >> not get a response. >> the issue. >> is apple's. >> policy that requires a. >> company to get a cut of as. >> much as. >> 30% of. >> all. >> revenues of the transactions on the apps. on its platform. this has been a long standing point of contention between apple and its partners, as well as the government. >> in fact, late last september, the global times. >> which is a. >> communist party. >> paper, had described. >> it. >> as the apple tax and. called it a monopoly that would be unfair to consumers. now. >> this comes as. >> apple has been struggling to maintain its market share in china, and is also seeking government approval to bring its ai services into the country. >> the report. >> also comes as china and t

eunice yoon is in beijing and has the latest for us. well. >> china took a. >> totally different approach. >> from canada and mexico. it announced several countermeasures, 10 to 15%. >> tariffs on. >> energy imports, farm gear and trucks, export curbs on tungsten, as well as other rare metals. an antitrust probe on google and blacklisting pvh as well as illumina. now, the impact of the measures vary, though on. >> the. >> whole, they don't appear to be significantly damaging. one interesting note is that the government here indicated that it is willing to take on a different approach to retaliation by going after individual u.s. companies. overall, though, the move appears to be a way for china to gain leverage over president trump by throwing more items onto the negotiating table. if indeed there is a discussion between president xi and president trump for a larger economic deal. okay, eunice, thank you very much. eunice yun. china throwing back. >> the countermeasures on trade, though, reading the research this morning, you know, most

eunice yoon in beijing this morning. meantime, alphabet's the other maj7 name.company reports a revenue miss. but more importantly, says capex spending will be more than the street was expecting. let's talk about that and apple this morning as well. barton crockett is with us. rosenblatt securities senior analyst has a hold on alphabet a raised his target to 205 from 193. a buy on apple with the 263 target. barton good to see you. good morning. is the capex number at alphabet the story. >> i mean it's clearly a key part of it. i mean i think the you know, it's no secret obviously, that the hyperscalers are growing, spending 40, 50, 60% this year. and that's great for nvidia, great for the other equipment suppliers, i think for the services companies, what you need to see is that that that investment is paying off, that you're getting a return on that. we're seeing that in spades with meta, you know, with google, it is less clear because, you know, the acceleration in the core business is not, you know, been what we've seen at meta. and then there's this cloud of

our eunice yoon has done great reporting on this out in china, showing these huawei stores that are literally built across the street or across the hall in malls, from apple stores, and attracting just as many customers, if not more. and they're taking away market share from apple. and that also puts pressure on the services business, because keep in mind, when people aren't using apple devices, they're not using apple services. and this is another hit to them. what we're learning today about this investigation will put more pressure on their services if it does play out the way we've seen it play out in europe and elsewhere. scott. >> all right, steve. thank you. steve kovach now to deirdre bosa with more on alphabet. and oh by the way uber which doesn't get talked about as much today. but it's an ugly story as well. but why don't you start with alphabet and the hangover from this earnings report. >> both ugly stories. let me tackle google first. really capex was focused especially as a percentage of annual revenue. and that's what's giving investors pause here. $75 billion in 2025 is what i

eunice yoon is in beijing with the latest. hi, eunice. >> hey, carl. >> the chinese. >> government response was much more muted. >> but generally. >> speaking. >> the. >> reaction here is that china. got off much more easily than. >> many had feared. >> this is a 10% tariff that's on top of existing tariffs. >> so it's. >> going to affect industries differently. >> but at the. >> same time, most companies here that we spoke to believe that there wasn't really any need to change their current plans. for example, those who are thinking of moving some production outside still. >> are going. >> to do that. >> others who are saying that there's going to gut it out would continue to gut it out. but for one thing, that was really interesting in my conversations with some of the manufacturers, is that most of them did feel emboldened to try to push this 10% tariff onto their us partners or onto us consumers with the hope that they could, at the very least, split the cost. one other trend that we heard with our conversations is that a

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. >> all right, eunice yoon, thank you. that's going to do it for us here at overtime. >> fast money starts now. >> live from the nasdaq market site in the heart of new york city's times square. this is fast money. here's what's on tap tonight. held hostage to the headlines. the latest one just minutes ago. canada will be spared from tariffs for the next 30 days. we'll get the very latest from the white house nasa desk. how you are supposed to trade in this kind of environment. plus the bottom of the bottle. booze stocks getting battered yet again. tariffs the latest hangover for a host of names that keep hitting new lows. and later palantir popping on the back of a big beat. we'll go off the charts and the dollar's next move. and is a burrito blowout on the menu for chipotle. that report out tomorrow. our hot and spicy takes. >> straight ahead. >> i'm melissa lee coming to you live from studio. >> b at the nasdaq. on the desk tonight karen finerman dan. nathan guy. >> and julie beil. we start off with the very latest headl

south korean police say they're building a case against impeached president yoon over accusations thatobstructed an arrest warrant stemming from a criminal investigation into his brief declaration of martial law last year. police say a warrant issued from the court in december wasn't executed until january 15th. because the president refused to comply, and presidential security blocked investigators for days. >> and betty white's. >> status as an american icon. >> is complete. the u.s. postal service said it will debut its postage stamp honoring the. first lady of television in los angeles on march 27th. the service. >> said. >> the stamps will retain their value equal to the current price for first class mail. >> back over to. >> you, kelly. >> all right. thank you very much. softbank ceo masayoshi son. just taking the stage at the future investment initiative summit moments ago, expecting to provide more details on that half trillion dollar commitment. stargate. of course, deirdre bosa has the latest in today's tech check. hi, deirdre. hey, kelly. >> as you said, he just took the sta

i want to get straight over to eunice yoon this morning.n beijing with a report from what's happening on the ground there. what are they saying? >> well. >> andrew, those. >> chinese counter-tariffs are. >> now in. >> effect. >> but they probably. >> aren't going to. >> be meaningfully damaging to american businesses because they are limited. unlike president trump's tariffs, which have been blanketed. all over the chinese companies. >> these ones from china are targeted. goldman sachs. >> estimates that the. >> chinese levies. >> cover $14. >> billion. >> of u.s. exports to china. >> so that's. >> only about 10% of the overall amount of. goods that. >> the u.s. >> shipped to china. >> last year. but what we. >> do need to. >> watch is. >> any signs. >> that china. >> is willing. >> to retaliate in very different ways. unlike president trump's first term, the chinese have. already been signaling that they're willing to single. out individual companies. >> over a week. ago as part of. >> these countermeasures. china announced that it's inves

after, say, a self-coup like what happened with the accountability served up to bolsonaro or president yoon are unleashed. and really where where these these people who don't want to recognize conflicts of interest, rule of law. if now the courts are having successes against the early moves of the trump administration, they're saying, well, we're not going to be judges have no power over the executive. they want, as eddie said, an unbridled executive. and this is this is a direction that that this is their moment and this is their time in history, and they're going to do everything they can to push it forward as fast as possible. however, there will be a reaction as we're talking, because the american people will see the costs of this. and so i believe that there will be a reckoning. >> many around the world, people might just say, hey, we're going to let's just stop this role to crazy government. melissa and i were talking in the last hour about this rhode island judge who has said to donald trump, you're not an individual. american cannot break the law. i put down an order. you're in defi

commissioner yoon is excused. president juan we have a quorum. all right. next item please. next item is a consent calendar items two through three. item two is the president's welcome and item three is approval of minutes of the january seven, 2025 commission on the environment special meeting. >> good evening. item two is the president's welcome the commission on the environment and knowledge is that we occupied and sea the ancestral homeland of the to which all only people who are the original inhabitants of the solar cisco peninsula. we recognize that the parameters along you understand the interconnectedness of all things and i have maintained harmony with nature for millennia. >> we honor the rahmatullah show not only peoples for the enduring commitment to europe mother earth as the indigenous protectors of this land and in accordance with their traditions the raw material tony has never seen it lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretaker of this place as well as for all peoples who reside in that traditional territory. >> we recognize that we benefit fr

eunice yoon. >> joins us. >> now from beijing. >> to detail those. hello, eunice. >> hey, guys. well, china raised the stakes. it announced a raft. >> of countermeasures, 10 to. >> 15%. >> tariffs on energy. >> imports, farm gear. >> and trucks. >> export curbs on tungsten. >> and other. >> rare metals. an antitrust. >> probe on. >> google and then blacklisting. >> pvh, which is the owner of. >> the. >> tommy hilfiger brand and calvin. >> klein brand. >> as well as. >> genetics company illumina. >> now, the impact of each measure varies. it is overall, though relatively modest. >> for example. >> the us accounts for. 5.4% of china's lng purchases. the google search engine is blocked here. >> us companies also. >> ship a very limited number of. >> farm equipment, as. well as big. engine sedans to china. >> even so. >> this move. >> today is really seen as a way for china to gain leverage on president trump. if there is indeed some sort of. larger trade deal. >> and, eunice, you know, that clearly seems to be the takeaway that, as you say, these are relatively, you know, measured