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China's trade surplus surges 20% to a record $1.2 trillion, even with Trump's tariffs

China's trade surplus surged to a record of almost $1.2 trillion in 2025, the government said Wednesday, as exports to other countries made up for slowing shipments to the U.S. under President Donald ...

1dNPR NewseconomicsImpact

One thing that might get workers to embrace AI? The 4-day workweek.

Working fewer days might help create buy-in among workers for adopting AI, authors of a book on the four-day workweek suggest. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Adopting a four-day workweek could boost employ...

1dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Alibaba reaffirms open-source AI commitment as tech giant hails Qwen achievements

Alibaba Group Holding’s artificial intelligence strategy is defined by a commitment to open-source models, the company said on Tuesday, following a year of soaring adoption for its suite of AI service...

2dSouth China Morning PostTechnology

Trump imposes 25% tariff on any country 'doing business' with Iran

US President Donald Trump ramped up economic pressure on the Iranian regime on Monday by announcing he was imposing import duties on the goods of any country that trades with Tehran. The move could fu...

2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Elon Musk wants to dominate the in-flight internet market. Here are all the airlines that now offer Starlink WiFi.

British Airways announced a deal with Starlink in November. Courtesy of British Airways Lufthansa is the latest airline to sign up for Elon Musk's Starlink WiFi. 31 carriers have announced deals for t...

1dBusiness InsiderTechnology

Bilt unveils credit cards with 10% interest rate for first year after Trump calls for cap

Bilt Rewards CEO Ankur Jain Taylor Hill/Getty Images Trump has called for a 10% cap on credit card interest rates. Bilt is rolling out a new suite of 3 credit cards offering 10% interest for the first...

22hBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

China’s central bank sets onshore yuan fixing at strongest point in nearly 16 months

China’s central bank strengthened the yuan’s daily fixing for a third consecutive session to a nearly 16-month high, as the currency also held firm in offshore markets despite recent US dollar strengt...

2dSouth China Morning PosteconomicsImpact

David Ellison's Paramount suffers a setback in its legal fight with Warner Bros. Discovery

David Zaslav is chief of Warner Bros. Discovery, left, which just rejected Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison's latest bid for Warners. JC Olivera/Variety via Getty Images; Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via...

1hBusiness Insidereconomics

Warren Buffett said he would have spent $100 billion without blinking — and cash is like 'oxygen' but 'not a good asset'

Warren Buffett is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Nati Harnik/AP Warren Buffett didn't like Berkshire having so much cash and would have happily spent $100 billion. He compared cash to "oxygen"...

1dBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

RAM price hikes: the latest on the global memory shortage

Random access memory, or RAM, is in just about every piece of technology we use. But it’s also the technology that AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta are using to power the se...

4hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Brands that skimp on social media marketing do so at their own peril

Learning app Duolingo has 17 million followers on TikTok where its mascot Duo is a social-media celebrity. Isa Foltin/TikTok via Getty Images Social media is more important than ever for US retail sit...

1dBusiness Insidereconomics

US inflation held steady at 2.7% in December

Figure meets expectations but experts warn of distorted data...

2dFinancial Timeseconomics

Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions

Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington. | Image: Getty Images Microsoft's library of books is so heavy that it once caused a campus building to sink, according to an unproven legend among emp...

1hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Business spending on OpenAI models jumps to a record, new data shows

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images/Reuters OpenAI leads enterprise AI adoption, far outpacing Anthropic and Google, according to new data. Ramp data shows 46.6% of US bu...

8hBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Goldman Sachs breaks down what the doomsayers get wrong about the US economy in 8 charts

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 ...

1dBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

From humanoid robots to agentic AI, I learned what retail insiders are buzzing about at a major industry conference

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...

1dBusiness InsiderTechnology

Polymarket’s eye-watering brush with the 1958 Onion Futures Act

Peeling back the layers of the ambiguously-regulated US prediction market...

1dFinancial TimeseconomicsImpact

Verizon will pay you $20 following its nationwide outage — here’s how to get it

Verizon is offering customers a $20 account credit following a massive outage that brought down service across the US on Wednesday. In an update on X , Verizon says you'll receive a text message when ...

2hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

It's shaping up to be the 'prove it' year for workers in Silicon Valley

Across tech, pressure on workers to perform comes as leaders wait for AI bets to pay off. Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI Big Tech firms like Amazon and Meta are doubling down on worker oversight and p...

8hBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

IMF presses governments to step up support for workers displaced by AI

Analysis finds evidence of the technology hitting wages and employment in certain areas...

1dFinancial TimeseconomicsImpact
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