Business news
- China EVs in 2026 look less like a boom and more like a survival test as global expansion ramps up - Analysts predict China's electric car market will see growth slow significantly in the year ahead.
- Novo Nordisk's 'long game' on weight loss drugs sparks hope in science, but the Street is impatient - The medicine developed by the100-year old Danish drugmaker may impact patients' brains in surprising ways
- Elon Musk envisions humanoid robots everywhere. China may be the first to make it a reality - China has made the development of humanoid robots a strategic priority in its tech battle with the U.S.
- Meta acquires intelligent agent firm Manus, capping year of aggressive AI moves - Meta Platforms has acquired Manus, a Singapore-based developer of general-purpose AI agents, capping a year of massive spending on artificial intelligence.
- Asia-Pacific markets set to open mostly lower on penultimate day of the year - Investors will be focused on China's military exercises around Taiwan today, after it announced new drills surrounding the island Monday.
- California's Ro Khanna faces Silicon Valley backlash after embracing wealth tax - A proposal to tax California billionaires at 5% of their wealth could land on the California ballot in November.
- Trump threatens to 'knock the hell' out of Iran if they build weapons - President Donald Trump threatened further military action against Iran during a Monday meeting at Mar-a-Lago with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- GM's record stock performance beats Tesla, Ford and other automakers in 2025 - General Motors' stock is having its best year since the company's reemergence from bankruptcy in 2009.
- Silver tops $80 for first time, then stages dramatic reversal overnight - Silver slid more than 3% on Monday, after topping $80 for the first time ever in overnight trading.
- Zelenskyy asks Trump for 50 years of security guarantees, says meeting with Russia possible - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that he had asked for security guarantees for up to 50 years for Ukraine.