India Defies Forecasts as HDFC Succession and Jio IPO Loom
India’s Growth Surprise Lands as Markets Weigh a Bank Succession and a Landmark IPO India’s economy expanded faster than expected in the first quarter of the fiscal year, delivering fresh…
China’s Economy Shows New Strain as Factories Contract and BYD Profit Falls
China’s economy showed fresh signs of strain in August, as factory activity contracted for a second straight month and BYD, one of the country’s most prominent industrial champions, reported a…
OpenAI Pushes for Revenue and Control
OpenAI Moves Aggressively to Expand Revenue and Tighten Control OpenAI is opening a new front in the artificial intelligence race, rapidly building an advertising business inside ChatGPT while also moving…
U.S.-Iran Strikes Renew Fears in the Strait of Hormuz
The United States and Iran traded direct military strikes for the first time in more than a month, jolting oil markets, unsettling Gulf capitals and reviving fears that a conflict…
Trade War With Canada Turns Symbolic and Personal
The trade fight between the United States and Canada has moved beyond customs schedules and into the realm of national symbolism, deepening anxiety along one of the world’s most economically…
Nvidia Rekindles the AI Boom as Washington Tightens Its Grip
Nvidia jolted Wall Street back into an AI fervor this week, adding hundreds of billions of dollars in market value after reporting another quarter of surging sales and offering guidance…
Russia Pushes in Donetsk as Strain Mounts
Russia Presses in Donetsk as Questions Grow Over Its Staying Power Russian forces have stepped up attacks in eastern Ukraine, renewing pressure on the Donetsk region’s remaining Ukrainian strongholds even…
Warsh’s Jackson Hole Warning Jolts Markets
Fed Chair’s Jackson Hole Debut Sends a Clearer Warning on Inflation Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh used his first appearance at the central bank’s annual Jackson Hole conference on Friday…
Bitcoin Rises as Trump-Linked Crypto Firm Draws Scrutiny
Bitcoin Pushes Higher as Trump-Linked Crypto Venture Faces Fresh Scrutiny Bitcoin’s rally gathered force this week, briefly climbing above $81,000 for the first time since mid-May, as money continued to…
How Tech Controls Find New Paths
The New Geography of Tech Controls The latest skirmishes in the technology contest between the United States and China are no longer defined only by headline-grabbing bans. Increasingly, they are…