Economy

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded contracts to four major artificial intelligence developers. Alphabet Inc.’s Google, OpenAI, Anthropic PBC, and Elon Musk’s xAI—as part of a strategic initiative…

Just a year and a half ago, Argentina’s economy looked like it was heading for its tenth sovereign default. Inflation was out of control. The peso was imploding. Nearly half the…

Startup funding in the United States soared 75.6% in the first half of 2025, reaching $162.8 billion, according to a new report from PitchBook released Tuesday. It marks the strongest…

Shares of Starbucks and other major US coffee retailers could face higher costs after the Trump administration proposed a sweeping 50% tariff on all imports from Brazil — the world’s…

In June, China’s exports saw a renewed surge, and imports also recovered. The surge was largely due to companies expediting shipments to leverage a temporary tariff agreement between Beijing and Washington,…

US President Donald Trump has unveiled fresh tariff threats against key US trading partners, announcing a 30% rate on imports from Mexico and the European Union (EU) if the countries…

India is stepping up efforts to expand its banking sector, aiming to fuel its rapid economic growth and inch closer to its $5 trillion GDP target.To realise this, the government…

As the second-quarter earnings season kicks off, US equity markets are hovering near record highs, buoyed by optimism that many now hope will be validated by incoming corporate results. Yet…

The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)’s recent warning about two critical vulnerabilities in TeleMessage TM SGNL—actively being exploited by threat actors—has prompted stakeholders to sit up and take notice.The US…