The ink is finally dry. After weeks of tense haggling that had cast a shadow over the global trade landscape, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, formalizing a landmark trade agreement with Japan that provides crucial tariff relief for the nation’s powerhouse auto sector. But even as…
In a rare and powerful display of his deepening relationship with Silicon Valley, President Donald Trump hosted the titans of the technology industry for a lavish White House dinner, where he basked in their multi-billion dollar investment pledges and, in turn, promised to clear the path for their domination of…
OpenAI is preparing to enter the semiconductor race with its first in-house artificial intelligence chip, co-designed with US chipmaker Broadcom. The move comes amid soaring demand for computing power to train and run large AI models, including OpenAI’s own GPT-5. According to people familiar with the matter, shipments are scheduled…
Apple Inc.’s annual sales in India surged to nearly $9 billion in the last fiscal year, highlighting how the company is embedding itself deeper into one of the world’s fastest-growing smartphone markets. Revenue rose about 13% from $8 billion a year earlier, according to people familiar with the figures. iPhones…
A fragile sense of optimism is gracing European markets at the start of the final session of a turbulent week, with stocks poised to open higher as investors cling to the promise of an imminent US interest rate cut. But this is a rally on a knife’s edge, as the…
The accuracy of Britain’s economic data has come under fresh scrutiny after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) admitted to a mistake in its retail sales figures. On Friday, the ONS said sales volumes grew by 1.1% in the first half of 2025, lower than the 1.7% previously reported. The…
The Jet2 share price hit turbulence this week, tumbling to a low of 1,210p, its lowest level since April this year. Its lowest level this week was down by over 38% from the year-to-date high. This article explores why the Jet2 stock price has crashed and whether it will rebound. Why…
Tesla Inc. has proposed a new compensation plan for Chief Executive Elon Musk that could be worth about $1 trillion if all performance targets are met, according to a proxy filing released Friday.The proposed package would be without precedent in corporate America and is intended to keep Musk at the…
US stock futures ticked up Friday morning, with the Nasdaq leading on a 0.4% gain and the S&P 500 futures hitting fresh record highs.The Dow added only modestly. Traders are watching the August jobs report for confirmation that the labor market is cooling, a backdrop that has all but guaranteed…
Stephen Miran, a Harvard-trained economist and President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, is now up for Senate confirmation to fill an open seat on the Fed’s Board of Governors. His nomination lands at a tense moment, with the White House pressing for more influence over monetary policy and clashing with…