China’s electric vehicle industry is shifting the competition from battery range toward charging time as automakers try to make electric vehicles behave more like conventional cars at the refuelling station. The latest push is toward charging most of a battery in less than ten minutes, with Geely, BYD, Li Auto and other companies developing increasingly…
The latest United Nations diplomatic week demonstrated how international diplomacy is increasingly operating through narrow openings rather than major settlements. World leaders gathered in New York amid conflicts involving Iran and Ukraine, deep disagreements over the role of the United Nations and growing concern about artificial intelligence. Yet the most tangible developments came through limited…
SK Hynix’s consideration of a potential public listing for Solidigm highlights how the artificial intelligence boom is creating value far beyond the processors that receive most of the industry’s attention. Solidigm, the US-based NAND flash memory and enterprise solid-state drive business owned by SK Hynix, is considering an initial public offering that could value the…
HSBC could be preparing to return to India’s equity broking market after more than 13 years, as the rapid expansion of the country’s capital markets and growing demand from affluent investors potentially create a more attractive opportunity than the one that existed when the bank left the business. People familiar with the matter have indicated…
A dispute at the top of Tata Sons is forcing Indian companies to examine a question that is usually addressed only when relationships break down: how effectively can a major shareholder enforce its rights when the company’s board interprets governance rules differently? The confrontation between Tata Trusts and Tata Sons has brought that issue into…
Nanexa shares surged more than 150% at the opening of trading in Stockholm after the Swedish drug-delivery company announced a global licensing agreement with Novo for its PharmaShell technology. The stock later gave back part of the initial gain but remained sharply higher, leaving it close to its previous record level and turning a relatively…
The failure of the Clarity Act in the United States Senate has exposed a problem that money alone cannot solve: political influence becomes less effective when an industry cannot build agreement around the substance of the legislation it wants passed. The crypto sector entered the latest congressional battle with substantial financial resources, an expanding network…
McDonald’s is making a substantial investment in its restaurants because the next phase of growth depends increasingly on improving the economics and customer experience of existing locations rather than relying only on opening more outlets. The company plans to provide as much as $8.5 billion in support to franchisees through 2036, including about $5 billion…
Qualcomm’s latest flagship smartphone processors arrive at a difficult point for the global handset industry. The company is promoting its new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 platforms as the foundation for a new generation of smartphones in which artificial intelligence performs more tasks directly on the device. At…
Apple is turning its latest desktop computers into a much broader challenge to the economics of artificial intelligence. Rather than competing only on processor speed or graphics performance, the company is positioning its newest Mac mini and Mac Studio systems as alternatives to continuously paying for cloud computing. The strategy reflects a growing industry shift:…
