Business & Economy
Insights into financial markets, business trends, and economic shifts.
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Great Place to Work surveys 23,000 firms a year—and its CEO warns degrees really are irrelevant
Gen Z and millennial college graduates are calling their degrees worthless. They may be right. Great Place to Work CEO says…
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Alibaba rolls out latest flagship AI model in post-DeepSeek race
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. took the wraps off a new version of its flagship Qwen AI model, sustaining the breakneck…
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“Chaos is the new order”—Fortune 500 Europe Michelin CEO says agility is antidote to global trade wars
The global economic system is entering a period of radical change. For multinationals with cross-border supply chains, this is a…
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Hanwha in advanced talks over arms production for Saudi Arabia
Hanwha Aerospace Co. is in advanced discussions with Saudi Arabia over potential arms collaboration as the Middle East becomes the…
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Spotify’s HR chief says remote staff aren’t ‘children’ as company sticks to work-from-anywhere policy
Amid a raft of return-to-office mandates from tech giants, including Amazon and iPhone challenger Nothing, Spotify sees no need to…
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James Dyson, one of U.K.’s most celebrated business tycoons, thinks experienced hires are overrated
Dyson has added a twist to everyday electronics since its humble beginnings over three decades ago—from bladeless fans to bagless…
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BlackRock is piling money into the U.K. as Larry Fink claims the country has discovered its ‘capitulation point’
Larry Fink, CEO of the $11.6 trillion investing titan BlackRock, is used to making contrarian bets. The entire U.K. economy,…
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Microsoft says Asia’s climb up the value chain—from ‘made in’ to ‘created in’—will make it a hub for AI adoption
Asia-Pacific businesses are frantically trying to explore how to best use AI to improve productivity, according to new survey data…
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Trump’s trade war means empty shelves are looming: How long until consumers feel the pain
Stories and images of empty ports on the West Coast have stoked fears that Americans will soon feel the direct…
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U.S. tariffs will hasten, not slow, China’s drive for tech self-sufficiency
Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs are shocking global markets and rekindling fears of a prolonged trade war. The U.S. president…
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