Europe’s leading bricks-and-mortar and online retailers have launched a concerted push for the European Commission to intervene against what they describe as “excessive and opaque” fees levied by the dominant card networks Visa and Mastercard. In a joint letter to senior EU officials, major retail lobbies—including the likes of Amazon, Carrefour, Ikea and Marks &…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday took aim at Apple’s expansion of manufacturing in India, emphatically telling CEO Tim Cook that he did not want the tech giant to build its products outside the United States. Speaking to a gathering of business executives in Doha, Qatar, Trump framed his objection as a matter of fairness…
Apple’s strategy to reduce its reliance on Chinese assembly lines officially kicked off this week as Foxconn secured Indian government approval for a 37.06 billion-rupee (\$433 million) joint venture with local technology firm HCL Group to build a semiconductor fabrication plant. The facility—slated to begin production by 2027 in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida industrial corridor—will manufacture…
Ultra-high-net-worth families around the globe are finding it increasingly difficult to secure skilled professionals capable of managing their complex financial affairs. As the number of family offices—private wealth-management firms dedicated to a single affluent household—continues its rapid ascent, a critical talent gap has emerged. Despite soaring demand for bespoke investment advice, succession planning and risk…
President Donald Trump’s reported interest in accepting a luxury Boeing 747-8 from Qatar’s ruling family—at an estimated value of \$400 million—has ignited fierce debate in Washington over the legality, ethics and optics of such a gift. The proposal envisions the Gulf state temporarily loaning its flagship jet to the U.S. military to serve as Air…
On Monday, President Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping executive order aimed at crushing what he described as “outrageously high” prescription drug prices in the United States. Touting the initiative as one of the most consequential in U.S. history, Trump vowed that Americans would soon pay between 30 and 80 percent less for medicines than they…
After months of escalating tariffs, heated rhetoric and threats of mutual economic damage, negotiators from Washington and Beijing emerged from two days of talks in Geneva this week with a shared announcement: a 90-day pause in most U.S. and Chinese duties. At first glance, the agreement represents a remarkable thaw in what had become a…
KindlyMD Inc. saw its stock price surge an astonishing 600 percent on Monday after the addiction-treatment provider announced a transformational merger with Nakamoto Holdings, a new bitcoin investment vehicle led by David Bailey, an influential cryptocurrency advisor to former President Donald Trump. The dramatic rally underscores investor enthusiasm for companies tapping into the red-hot digital…
Tesla’s new car registrations in Britain and Germany plunged to their lowest levels in over two years last month—even as overall electric-vehicle (EV) demand in both markets continued to climb. In April, Tesla sold just 512 vehicles in the U.K.—a 62 percent drop from 1,352 in the same month a year earlier—while German deliveries fell…
A shifting transatlantic landscape and the brutal realities of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are driving Europe’s defence industry into a high-stakes talent war for artificial-intelligence experts. Where once top AI engineers looked to Silicon Valley, today many are arriving—or returning—to work on Europe’s cutting-edge battlefield systems. Industry leaders, start-up founders and recruits point to U.S.…
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