Chinese artificial intelligence firm Zhipu AI said its new image generation model was trained on chips from Huawei Technologies, making it the first powerful open-source model to be developed on an en...
China’s exports defied a turbulent year of trade tensions to perform better than expected in 2025, cementing a record US$1.19 trillion annual surplus as manufacturers diversified markets to offset a s...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first visit to Asia has raised India’s hopes for a long-awaited trade pact with the European Union as Berlin pushes for deeper engagement with South Asia amid height...
Surging mainland Chinese investment in Hong Kong’s commercial real estate sector has helped set the stage for a “measured recovery” in 2026, according to Colliers. Investment from the mainland rose to...
Lawsuits seeking damages from Google's illegal ad tech monopoly are piling up following the Justice Department's successful antitrust case . Vox Media, The Verge's parent company, is the latest in a w...
Donald Trump and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Microsoft unveiled a five-point plan to reduce AI data center impact on US communities. The company aims to reduce rising ut...
Proposed policy changes could lead more consumers to turn to private or personal loans. Tatiana Maksimova/Getty Images New caps on student-loan borrowing could prompt more Americans to turn to private...
Alphabet cofounders Sergey Brin (left) and Larry Page (middle), and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Lionel Hahn/Getty Images/Elijah Nouvelage/Remo Casilli/REUTERS The world's richest people have seen their...
Active AI users got promoted more quickly at Cisco, the company found. David Espejo/Getty Images Cisco said that employees recommended for promotion used AI more often than those who weren't recommend...
Business leaders like Klarna's CEO support Trump's credit card cap proposal, while major banks and investors warn of risks. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump proposes a 10% cap on c...
White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett (left) and former Fed Gov. Kevin Warsh are leading prediction market odds for the likehood of becoming President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Rese...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics published the December consumer price index data. Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The inflation rate remained at 2.7% in December, matching expectations...
Semafor CEO Justin Smith says his company hosted close to 100 events in 2025. His ambition is to build a Washington, DC-based event that's supposed to rivals the annual Davos gathering in Switzerland....
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Arturo Holmes/Getty Images In 2026 outlook, Goldman Sachs says US economic and stock market risks are overstated. The firm underscored US strength and projects continued growth. US stocks are in good ...
I went to NRF 2026. Jordan Hart/Business Insider AI dominated this week's discussions at Retail's Big Show, a leading industry conference. I attended for the first time and saw retail leaders showcase...
Powell typically abstains from directly engaging with Trump's personal attacks. Al Drago/Getty Images The world's most senior bankers have rallied around embattled Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell....
Companies rushing to adopt the same AI tools risk losing their competitive edge, independence, and long-term resilience, a think tank CEO says. APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images The CEO of a digital economy t...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils the Cybertruck at an event in 2019. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images Things are not looking great for Elon Musk's Cybertruck. Tesla sold just over 20,000 of the "...
Disney Cory in the House , an obscure Nintendo DS game at the center of a bizarre viral campaign, is now being sold for hundreds of dollars on eBay. Earlier this week, we reported that Disney Cory in ...