People walk by the New York Stock Exchange on April 4, 2025. Spencer Platt | Getty Images With capital harder to come by, private equity giants and investment banks are waging a global battle for talent as dealmaking activity ekes out a recovery. Private equity recruitment accelerated in the first half of 2025, led by…
The Sizewell A and B nuclear power stations, operated by Electricite de France SA (EDF), in Sizewell, UK, on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Surging power demand has reignited interest in nuclear energy, but vast capital requirements and an uncertain political and…
The Volkswagen ID.CROSS Concept is on stage during a press conference before the start of the International Motor Show (IAA Mobility). The IAA Mobility 2025 will take place in Munich from September 9-14, 2025. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The chief executive of Volkswagen says the German auto giant is pushing to…
Party member Sanae Takaichi speaks before a runoff election during the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election on September 27, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images With Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressing his intention to resign, the race to become the country’s next leader has been thrown wide open….
A cargo ship is loading and unloading foreign trade containers at Qingdao Port in Qingdao Port, Shandong Province, China on June 9, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’s shipments to the U.S. plunged 33% in August while overall exports growth slowed to its weakest level in six months, as President Donald Trump’s…
Robots are on display at the Robot Mall, world’s first embodied intelligence robot 4S store, on August 6, 2025 in Beijing, China. Beijing Youth Daily | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — As the race for household robots heats up, Chinese humanoid startup X Square Robot announced Monday it had secured around $100…
The United States stands to lose about $30 billion in international tourism this year, as the country’s political environment and strong dollar continue to deter foreign travelers from visiting. In early 2025, the U.S. Travel Association projected foreign travel spending would rise to $200.8 billion this year. However, noting a “sharp and widespread” drop in…
The Tokyo Tower stands amid buildings at dusk in Tokyo, Japan. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to trade mixed on Monday as investors assessed the resignation of Japan’s prime minister and eyed key economic data in the region. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 was set to open higher after Japanese Prime…
The conundrum of President Donald Trump is one I try to stay away from. Not because I don’t want to go there, but because it hasn’t been all that lucrative to do so. Because of the president’s sheer, endless presence in the media, and his love of CEOS — to hang with or to dominate…
US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks as US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on September 5, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that he is “confident” that President Donald Trump’s tariff plan “will…
