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…
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…
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…
Gold investors are advised to allocate between 5% and 10% of their portfolios to the precious metal as a hedge against economic uncertainty, while also considering silver’s dual role as both an investment and industrial metal, according to insights from Rick Kanda, Managing Director of The Gold Bullion Company.In light…
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…