Markets, companies, money, and the forces moving the economy.
Artificial intelligence is already thinning the ranks of white collar America, and a new wave of money is pouring into retraining the displaced. The uncomfortable history of such programs suggests good intentions are not enough.
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Americans are starting businesses at a pace the country has never seen, and a new wave of them is being built by one person with a laptop. The boom is real, its newest engine is artificial intelligence, and Europe is being left behind.
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Founded by Viktoriya Kukhta, THE Circle debuted at Zurich's Baur au Lac with a simple promise, that carefully chosen introductions can become capital. A European expansion is already on the calendar.
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Shares in the continent's traditional arms giants have stalled after a historic run, even as governments pledge record budgets. The money is not leaving defence. It is moving toward software, drones and the firms that build them.
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The world has spent years fretting about China flooding it with cheap goods. Yet the country's trade surplus is narrowing, and the story behind the numbers is stranger and more revealing than the headline suggests.
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Apple is preparing at least five new iPhones, including a foldable, just as a squeeze on memory and components hits the industry. Its plan is to win share while smaller rivals scramble for parts.
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Anthropic says a Chinese rival copied its model by quietly asking it questions. The accusation lands just as the company eyes a giant public listing, and it exposes an awkward truth about how shallow the moats in artificial intelligence may be.
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Micron just posted a 346 percent jump in quarterly revenue as demand for the specialised memory inside AI servers outstrips what the world can make. The boom shows the AI gold rush is minting fortunes well beyond Nvidia.
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UPS spent a century as the gold standard of parcel delivery. Now a leaner, faster FedEx is catching up, and the company built on brown trucks is fighting to prove it can still set the pace.
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In an internet flooded with AI text and polished marketing, Reddit is betting that real people talking to real people is the rarest thing of all. Its COO thinks that bet leads to a billion users.
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A sharp fall in the value of his most prized company has pulled Elon Musk back below the trillion dollar mark. He is still extraordinarily rich, but the sense that his fortune could only rise has cracked.
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India's most trusted conglomerate is pouring billions into chips, cars, and airlines in a bid to build the industries of the future. The ambition is vast, the bill is larger, and the rewards remain stubbornly out of reach.
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Once known mainly for its caution, the maker of Claude has become one of the fastest growing companies in technology. That success now invites fire from rivals, regulators, and its own soaring ambitions.
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