General Motors swung to a loss in the fourth quarter on an increasingly difficult environment in China, but still topped profit and revenue expectations on Wall Street. The automaker is also taking a proactive approach with the United States government on regulations and doling out generous profit-sharing payouts to thousands of workers.

Markets rallied last week but face premarket losses due to AI concerns. A busy week lies ahead with major earnings, economic data, and geopolitical uncertainty.

Last month the vehicle manufacturing giant warned that the poor performance of its Chinese joint ventures would force it to write down assets.

Bonds from Japan and China are moving in opposite directions, and it may soon create an opportunity not seen in two decades. The spread or the gap between the Japanese 10-year government bond yield and China’s 10-year government bond yields is approaching zero,

GM faces China setback but beats expectations, offers generous profit-sharing to workers, and navigates U.S. regulations.

General Motors swung to a loss in the fourth quarter on an increasingly difficult environment in China, but still topped profit and revenue expectations on Wall Street

General Motors swung to a loss in the fourth quarter on huge charges related to China, but still topped profit and revenue expectations on Wall Street.

Apple’s report Thursday afternoon is the latest in a busy week for earnings and will provide a test for the iPhone maker’s DeepSeek inspired rally this week.

There's more than one factor driving Monday's bond-market rally and sharp decline in Treasury yields, with weak manufacturing data from China and a lower risk of broad-based U.S. tariffs playing a role.

General Motors swung to a loss in the fourth quarter on huge charges related to China, but still topped profit and revenue expectations on Wall Street. View on euronews

Apple shares rose over 3% in premarket trading, after the company reported better-than-expected earnings but said iPhone sales fell slightly in the December quarter. iPhone sales were down nearly 1% on the year at $69.

Apple reported fiscal first-quarter earnings Thursday. Analysts are focused on iPhone momentum following a sluggish start to the year for Apple's stock.