Business
While Big Tech heads to D.C., Signal’s Meredith Whittaker is looking to Europe: ‘This is where the cool, smart people are’
Signal wants to build an alternative to tech’s advertising business model. Read More
Syria flies in fresh banknotes from Russia as cash crunch hits economy
Shortage of local currency notes has impeded business since overthrow of Bashar al-Assad
John Collison on Stripe Billing’s rise, books, and ‘the tyranny of being first’
Stripe’s Revenue and Finance Automation division, anchored by Stripe Billing, crossed $500 million in annual revenue run rate at the ...
Trump warns ‘great friend’ Modi of higher reciprocal U.S. tariffs: ‘Whatever India charges, we charge them’
Trump, who had previously derided India as the “tariff king,” called the import levies imposed by Modi’s country “very unfair ...
USAA’s CFO joined the company as an intern. Here’s how his 20-year journey led to the C-suite
Brett Seybold began his tenure as finance chief in July 2024. Read More
Uber’s CEO says no one wants to compete with Tesla—or Elon Musk
Tesla’s Cybercab, or robotaxi, was announced last October and is due to hit the roads in Texas this June as ...
Texas judge fines New York doctor over $100,000 for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas
The ruling that could test “shield laws” in Democratic-controlled states where abortion is legal. Read More
Trump’s EPA chief will try to claw back $20 billion in clean-energy grants awarded by Biden
Lee Zeldin cited “an extremely disturbing video” on X that features a former EPA staffer stating that the Biden administration ...
Mexico’s President Sheinbaum said her government would ask Google to make ‘Mexican America’ pop up on maps of the U.S.
Sheinbaum has repeatedly defended the name Gulf of Mexico, saying its use dates to 1607 and is recognized by the ...
Gen Z is rejecting Boomer work rules in 5 key ways that will help them win at work
Young workers are ‘cheating’ at work, setting work-life boundaries, and prioritizing their mental health. Read More
Trump admits he doesn’t know why Elon Musk met with India’s Modi—but claims the DOGE boss is on a leash
President Trump insists that he is across Musk’s conflicts of interest while working at DOGE—despite not knowing if the richest ...
How Stripe’s billing experiment propelled a $500 million AI-fueled business
Stripe’s ascendant Revenue and Finance Automation division, anchored by Stripe Billing, crossed $500 million in annual revenue run rate at ...
Larry Ellison wants the U.S. to ‘unify all the national data’ and then feed it to AI
Ellison is a Republican donor and friends with Trump’s federal cost-cutter Elon Musk. Read More
Economist warns Trump plan for reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners could backfire: ‘A fundamental misunderstanding of how the global economy works’
Wells Fargo analysts said in a Thursday report that the tariffs would likely hurt growth this year, just as the ...
Starmer says UK committed to Ukraine being ‘on irreversible path’ to Nato
UK leader speaks to Ukrainian counterpart as world leaders meet at global security conference in Munich
Porche to slash 1,900 jobs amid weak demand, competition and a sluggish shift to EVs—the latest blow for Germany’s auto sector
Porsche had long been one of the most profitable subsidiaries within the Volkswagen empire—but its fortunes have faded. Read More
Singapore’s Frasers Property bets on ‘China plus one’ with a half-billion-dollar industrial park in Thailand
Named Araya, or “The Eastern Gateway,” the park hopes to attract high-end tech manufacturing to Thailand. Read More
Nevada thinks it can cut soaring egg prices by letting farmers keep chickens in cages again
Back when egg prices remained securely under $2 a dozen in 2021, Nevada joined several other states concerned about animal ...
Trump threatens a 100% tariff on ‘dead’ BRICS group if they ‘play games with the dollar’
Countries like Malaysia and Thailand have expressed interest in joining BRICS, seen as a counterweight to the West, in recent ...
Accenture CEO Julie Sweet’s cancer diagnosis
Also: Jamie Dimon hits back at RTO criticism, Ray Dalio sends deficit warnings. Read More
Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin to cut 10% of its workforce
Blue Origin has drawn unfavorable comparisons to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which leapfrogged many startups to become the world’s most prolific ...
Alibaba shares jump after reports that founder Jack Ma will meet president Xi Jinping, who oversaw crackdown on China’s tech sector
Xi’s crackdown brought the cancellation of Alibaba affiliate Ant Group’s blockbuster IPO—notably after Ma made a speech criticising Chinese regulators. ...
Nestle and Sources Alma face investigations over French mineral water
New investigations have emerged just a few months after Nestle Waters admitted to using banned filters and ultra-violet treatment on ...
Hermès’ stunning success raises the question: What’s everyone else in luxury doing wrong?
Hermès’ executive chairman believes “it’s not the success of Hermès, but the world came to us,” he said during an ...
Trump administration tells government agencies to lay off new workers, potentially cutting hundreds of thousands
The decision on probationary workers, who generally have less than a year on the job, came from the Office of ...
Germany’s far-right ‘internet party’ is heading for its strongest election result ever, fueled by anti-immigrant malaise
AfD is going into the Feb. 23 election with renewed confidence and radical language. Read More
The longest, healthiest marriages have these 6 defining traits
It can even be something as simple as physically “turning toward” each other. Read More
Taiwan’s president pledges more U.S. investment and better communication hours after Trump orders reciprocal tariffs
Trump said on Thursday that Taiwan had taken away the U.S. chip business and said that he wanted it back ...
TikTok is back in the Apple and Google app stores in the U.S.
TikTok was removed from Apple and Google’s app stores on Jan. 18 to comply with a law that requires Chinese ...
Gen Z teens tell us why they stopped trusting experts in favor of influencers on TikTok
It’s not that Gen Z doesn’t believe in experts. Rather, it’s that social media has rewired the way they think ...
