China

Electric Vehicles

Outsold By BYD and Toyota, Tesla Finds Allies Among Retail Investors

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BYD’s aggressive international ambitions have set off alarm bells among the western auto manufacturers and governments.

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Economics

The World’s Big Central Banks Play It Safe With Rate Holds

As Kenny Rogers sang, gamblers have to know when to hold them. When it comes to interest rates, so, too, do central banks.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia Fights to Stay One Step Ahead of AI’s Many Evolutions

This year’s Nvidia GTC event comes after the bombshell DeepSeek moment, the acceleration of a global trade war, and a broader market rout.

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International Economics

China Targets America’s Farms as Trump Tariffs Spur Retaliation

After Trump increased tariffs on China last week, Beijing responded by imposing its own increased tariffs of on American agricultural goods.

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CIO Upside

How Tariffs Could Hurt Your IT Budget

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With less spending power on the horizon, it’s time to get your IT priorities straight.

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Personal Finance

After a Pandemic High, Consumers are Coming Down with No Buy 2025

It’s the new sensation that’s sweeping the nation, and it doesn’t cost you a penny. Frugal consumers are giving up non-essential purchases.

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Industrials

BlackRock Leads $23 Billion Deal for Panama Canal Ports

The titanic port deal immediately made political waves, even as the seller, conglomerate CK Hutchison, denied politics were at play.

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Economics

Happy Tariff Tuesday?

The latest data suggests markets and manufacturers aren’t taking Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China all that well.

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Consumer

Bubble Tea Chain Mixue Leads Hong Kong IPO Revival

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The biggest restaurant chain in the world just completed a splashy IPO — and you’ve likely never heard of it.

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International Economics

Geopolitical Jockeying for Mineral Wealth Touches Economies on Three Continents

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President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he wants Ukraine to supply rare earth to the US in exchange for continued military aid.

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CIO Upside

DeepSeek’s Rise is the Tip of the Open-Source Iceberg, Experts Say

“You have to be tracking open source as an option.”

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Industrials

Hypersonic Missiles Startup Raises $100 Million for “Non-Nuclear Deterrent”

The startup promises to fill a void in one area where US military research and development has been caught flat-footed.

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Suggests DeepSeek Illicitly Used ChatGPT to Build its AI

To be clear, OpenAI has not yet come down hard saying DeepSeek definitely stole its intellectual property.

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