The GM Defense Infantry Squad Vehicle was engineered to meet U.S. military specifications. It is based on the automaker’s off-road Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 midsize truck architecture. GM Defense DETROIT — General Motors and Ford Motor have rivaled each other for more than a century in racing, vehicle sales and many other automobile-related activities. But their…
Singapore-based Vertex Ventures, backed by Singapore state investor Temasek, has made investments in Chinese robotics startups, including Unitree Robotics. SINGAPORE — Chinese robotics companies shut out of the U.S. by new restrictions on advanced robots can still reach American buyers by building genuine operations in Singapore, according to a Temasek-backed venture firm that counts humanoid…
XI’AN, CHINA – JULY 22: Wang Xingxing, founder of Unitree Robotics, speaks at the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Internet Conference Digital Silk Road Development Forum on July 22, 2026 in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Humanoid robots may be a decade away from their “ChatGPT…
A staff member sorts Kweichow Moutai liquor at a supermarket in Yongnian district of Handan, North China’s Hebei province, Jan 9, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Walk down most streets in China and you’ll find a liquor store advertising premium spirits brand Moutai, along with posters of resale prices by…
Pressure from President Donald Trump to manufacture advanced semiconductors in the U.S. is increasing costs and squeezing margins at TSMC, the world’s leading chipmaker. Following Trump’s return to power in 2025, the president has repeatedly threatened tariffs on companies that don’t make their products in America. Since then, TSMC has announced a total of $200…
Fire at Omsk oil refinery as the region’s governor says the province came under attack from Ukrainian drones, in Omsk, Russia July 6, 2026, in this picture obtained from a social media video. Reuters Ukraine’s drone attacks have been dominating headlines about its war with Russia — and upended NATO’s investment thesis. Having boosted drone…
Johner Images | Johner Images Royalty-free | Getty Images Americans are increasingly worried that retirement will be less secure for them than it was for their parents. About 76% of workplace savers surveyed said they believe their generation will have less certainty about retirement income than previous generations, according to a new BlackRock survey. The…
On June 23, 2016, Britons headed to the polls to vote on whether to stay in the European Union. A shock result emerged overnight: the electorate had voted to leave the bloc by 52% to 48%. The pound tanked. London’s FTSE 100 tumbled. Then-Prime Minister David Cameron — who had called the referendum and led…
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, speaks to members of the media in the Senate Subway at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is raising concerns about whether recent rule changes at stock indexes cleared the way…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to create a new way to save for retirement for workers who don’t currently have access to a 401(k) or another workplace plan. Roughly 56 million Americans lack access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan at work, according to 2025 research from the Pew Charitable Trusts, an independent public policy nonprofit. The order…
