One year after DeepSeek, Chinese AI firms from Alibaba to Moonshot race to release new models

BEIJING — Chinese companies are accelerating the rollout of new artificial intelligence models as competition with U.S.-based rivals OpenAI, Anthropic and Google intensifies. Just over a year ago, China-made DeepSeek rocked global markets with the release of an AI chatbot that undercut OpenAI’s ChatGPT on usage fees and production costs, raising questions about the efficacy…

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Boeing (BA) Q1 2026 earnings

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg speaks at Boeing Field at an event announcing Alaska Airlines’ order for 105 737 MAX 10s and five 787-10 Dreamliner jets, in Seattle, Washington, U.S., January 7, 2026. Dan Catchpole | Reuters Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said the company expects to ramp up production of its best-selling 737 Max aircraft to…

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From lipsticks to concerts, the ‘treatonomics’ trend is booming

Kate Green | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images “Treatonomics” — a consumer trend that covers spending on ‘everyday luxuries’ to larger, life-affirming experiences — is booming as people look for a mood boost in ongoing unsettling economic times. Spending on small-item ‘pick-me-ups’ is a well-established recession-resistant trend, with consumers often turning to purchases of…

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Trump threatens tariffs on countries giving Cuba oil

President Trump on Thursday threatened to impose tariffs on countries and groups engaged in trade and providing oil to Cuba, marking an escalation of US policy toward the communist country. The countries and groups targeted by the White House for potential tariffs include Russia, China and Iran as well as terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah……

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