Trowbridge in Somerset, England, on March 15, 2025. Anna Barclay | Getty Images News | Getty Images British oil giant BP on Tuesday posted fourth-quarter profit in line with expectations and suspended share buybacks, seeking to shore up its balance sheet as lower crude prices take their toll. The London-listed energy firm reported underlying replacement…
Shares of SoftBank Group Corp jumped over 10% after its telecom arm, SoftBank Corp, raised its full-year profit outlook, while renewed optimism around Arm Holdings added to bullish sentiment toward the group’s artificial intelligence exposure. Revenue for the first nine months of fiscal 2025 at SoftBank Corp rose 8% from a year earlier to 5.2…
Sebastian Lai, son of Jimmy Lai speaks during a press conference outside Downing street in London on Sept. 15, 2025. Henry Nicholls | Afp | Getty Images China’s embassy in London Tuesday criticized the U.K.’s decision to expand a visa program for Hong Kong residents, calling the move an interference in its internal affairs after…
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s logo is seen in the background beside a printed circuit board. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Taiwan has told Washington that its proposal to move 40% of the island’s semiconductor supply chain to the U.S. was “impossible” to execute, the country’s top tariff trade negotiator said in an interview….
A large screen displays images of Combat Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV) at the Hanwha exhibition stand during the Security Equipment International (DSEI) at London Excel on Sept.10, 2025 in London, England. John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty Images Shares of South Korea’s largest defense firm Hanwha Aerospace plunged more than 6% Tuesday, after…
A poster of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi displayed at the Liberal Democratic Party’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s Nikkei 225 continued its post-election rally and reached new highs on Tuesday, amid gains in the broader Asian markets. The…
In an aerial view, two-story single family homes line the streets on Jan. 14, 2026 in Thousand Oaks, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images House lawmakers on Monday approved a package of bills aimed at increasing housing affordability by giving builders and local governments incentives to boost construction by reducing regulations around home construction. The…
Tesla electric vehicles outside the company’s manufacturing facility in Fremont, California, Feb. 24, 2025. Mike Kai Chen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla Vice President Raj Jegannathan, a 13-year veteran of the automaker, announced his departure from the company on Monday in a LinkedIn post. Jegannathan’s most recent role was vice president of information technology,…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 20, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images As Alphabet returns to the debt market to fund its artificial intelligence buildout, the company is acknowledging new risks tied to the rise of AI…
As OpenAI faces intensifying pressure from rival Anthropic’s improved coding tools, CEO Sam Altman is telling employees and investors that his company is seeing its share of momentum. Altman told OpenAI employees on Friday that ChatGPT, the company’s popular artificial intelligence chatbot, is “back to exceeding 10% monthly growth,” according to an internal Slack message…
