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Federal Reserve Confronts Internal Divide as Artificial Intelligence Rewrites the Economic Playbook

Federal Reserve Confronts Internal Divide as Artificial Intelligence Rewrites the Economic Playbook

Economics

The latest Federal Reserve meeting minutes reveal a central bank navigating two powerful crosscurrents: a widening...
Beijing’s Long Game in Global Commerce Gains Momentum Beyond the Trump Era

Beijing’s Long Game in Global Commerce Gains Momentum Beyond the Trump Era

Economics

China’s trade strategy has entered a phase defined less by reaction and more by design. While tariff battles during the...
Meta to buy "millions" of chips from Nvidia as part of expanded AI partnership

Meta to buy "millions" of chips from Nvidia as part of expanded AI partnership

Business & Finance

Meta has entered into a new long-term agreement with Nvidia Corp., where Nvidia will provide Meta with the necessary...
Physical Banking’s Strategic Revival Drives JPMorgan’s Plan to Open 160 New U.S. Branches

Physical Banking’s Strategic Revival Drives JPMorgan’s Plan to Open 160 New U.S. Branches

Economics

JPMorgan Chase is preparing to open more than 160 new branches across over 30 U.S. states in 2026, deepening a...
Trade Tensions and Tariff Fallout Reshape Export Flows at the Port of Los Angeles

Trade Tensions and Tariff Fallout Reshape Export Flows at the Port of Los Angeles

Economics

Exports moving through the Port of Los Angeles, the busiest gateway for ocean trade in the United States, have slipped...
EU company bankruptcies grow by 2.5% in Q4 2025

EU company bankruptcies grow by 2.5% in Q4 2025

Economics

According to a report from the EU Statistics Office, the number of company bankruptcies in the European Union rose by...
Euro Liquidity Firewall Extends Beyond Borders as ECB Recasts Currency’s Global Ambitions

Euro Liquidity Firewall Extends Beyond Borders as ECB Recasts Currency’s Global Ambitions

Economics

The European Central Bank has moved to permanently widen access to its euro liquidity backstop, transforming what was...
Strategic Recalibration in Caracas: Washington Broadens Energy Licenses to Reopen Venezuela’s Oil Sector

Strategic Recalibration in Caracas: Washington Broadens Energy Licenses to Reopen Venezuela’s Oil Sector

Economics

The United States has moved to significantly ease sanctions on Venezuela’s energy industry, granting wide-ranging...
Capital Discipline Recalibrated as U.S. Regulators Advance a New Framework for Large Banks

Capital Discipline Recalibrated as U.S. Regulators Advance a New Framework for Large Banks

Economics

U.S. banking regulators are edging closer to unveiling a revised framework that would reshape how the nation’s largest...

Management

Art & Art Market

Hollywood Is Afraid As Scarlett Johansson's OpenAI Conflict Resurfaces

Hollywood Is Afraid As Scarlett Johansson's OpenAI Conflict Resurfaces
Hollywood officials says that OpenAI's apparent tribute to the film "Her," which features Scarlett Johansson's voice, is causing a reaction against artificial intelligence.   Even as Hollywood studios test new tools and consider partnerships with OpenAI, Johansson's accusations that the...

Tennessee Is The First US State To Pass Legislation Shielding Musicians From AI

Tennessee Is The First US State To Pass Legislation Shielding Musicians From AI
Gov. Bill Lee of Tennessee signed a bill into law on recently that sought to shield creatives, including musicians, against artificial intelligence's unauthorised usage.   The Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act is the name of the legislation.   The Reasons It...

Morgan Stanley expects AI sector to equal Spain's power consumption by 2027

Morgan Stanley expects AI sector to equal Spain's power consumption by 2027
Morgan Stanley analysts expect that by 2027, the generative artificial intelligence sector of the economy will require as much electricity as all of Spain did in 2022. Over the following four years, the sector's electricity demand is expected to increase at an average annual rate of 70%, from 15...

Science & Technology

ChatGPT developer accuses DeepSeek of copying American AI models

ChatGPT developer accuses DeepSeek of copying American AI models
OpenAI, the U.S.-based company that developed ChatGPT, has stated that its Chinese competitor,...

Inference Economics Redraw the AI Chip Landscape as OpenAI Reconsiders Its Hardware Bets

Inference Economics Redraw the AI Chip Landscape as OpenAI Reconsiders Its Hardware Bets
The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence has turned advanced computing hardware into...

EC launches new investigation against social network X over Grok deepfakes

EC launches new investigation against social network X over Grok deepfakes
The European Commission (EC) announced on Monday that it has initiated a new formal inquiry into...

Nvidia CEO confident AI will close tech gap

Nvidia CEO confident AI will close tech gap
According to Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia Corp, artificial intelligence will help developing nations...

NASA and the US Department of Energy will develop a nuclear reactor for lunar missions by 2030

NASA and the US Department of Energy will develop a nuclear reactor for lunar missions by 2030
NASA and the US Department of Energy announced a collaboration to develop a nuclear power system by...

Russia Recasts Lunar Ambitions as Nuclear Power Becomes the Key to Permanent Moon Presence

Russia Recasts Lunar Ambitions as Nuclear Power Becomes the Key to Permanent Moon Presence
Russia’s plan to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon within the next decade marks a strategic...

IDC expects global IT spending to grow at its fastest rate since 1996 in 2025

IDC expects global IT spending to grow at its fastest rate since 1996 in 2025
Spending on the development of information technology and services is projected to rise by 14% in...

EC and EIB Group will support development and deployment of AI gigafactories across the EU

EC and EIB Group will support development and deployment of AI gigafactories across the EU
On Thursday, the European Commission (EC) and the EIB Group (comprising the European Investment...

AI-Enhanced Targeting Becomes Crucial as Ukrainian Drone Units Seek Battlefield Superiority

AI-Enhanced Targeting Becomes Crucial as Ukrainian Drone Units Seek Battlefield Superiority
On a cold morning near the eastern front, a Ukrainian drone pilot known by the call sign Mex...

Rocket Lab launches Earth observation satellite

Rocket Lab launches Earth observation satellite
The American Electron rocket successfully placed the BlackSky Gen-3 satellite, designed for radar...
World Politics

World & Politics

Japan to invest $36 billion in three projects in the US

Japan to invest $36 billion in three projects in the US
US President Donald Trump has given the green light for the initial investment projects outlined in the trade agreement with Japan, which was...

Strategic Autonomy Gains Momentum as Europe Reassesses Defence Dependence After Greenland Shock

Strategic Autonomy Gains Momentum as Europe Reassesses Defence Dependence After Greenland Shock
When European leaders gathered in Munich amid renewed geopolitical strain, a striking undercurrent shaped their conversations: the growing conviction...

Strategic Bargaining Takes Shape as Tehran Floats Energy, Mining and Aviation Incentives in Renewed U.S. Dialogue

Strategic Bargaining Takes Shape as Tehran Floats Energy, Mining and Aviation Incentives in Renewed U.S. Dialogue
Iran has signalled that any renewed nuclear understanding with the United States must extend beyond technical limits on uranium enrichment and into...

Washington and Tehran may discuss US access to Iran's rare earth minerals, oil, and gas

Washington and Tehran may discuss US access to Iran's rare earth minerals, oil, and gas
At discussions held in Geneva on Tuesday, Tehran and Washington might explore, as part of a possible agreement, the idea of allowing the United...

Head of the European Commission announces nearly 80% increase in European defense spending

Head of the European Commission announces nearly 80% increase in European defense spending
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated at the Munich Security Conference that defense spending in Europe is expected to rise by...

Italian airlines to hold a strike on February 16 during Olympics

Italian airlines to hold a strike on February 16 during Olympics
Italian trade unions have declared planned strikes in the air transport sector on February 16 and March 7, even though the government asked them to...

EU condemns Israel's decision to tighten its grip on the West Bank

EU condemns Israel's decision to tighten its grip on the West Bank
Anwar al-Anuni, spokesperson for EC Vice-President Kaja Kallas, stated during a briefing that Israel's actions in the West Bank could jeopardize...

Sanctions as a Weapon: How Washington Reframed Global Justice as a National Security Threat

Sanctions as a Weapon: How Washington Reframed Global Justice as a National Security Threat
The decision by the Trump administration to place international judges, prosecutors, and a United Nations human rights expert on the same sanctions...