3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (478+ words) The challenge will be making sure these talks pay enough political and financial dividends to make a meaningful difference in increasingly anti-free-trade times. This still looks more like a hedge for both sides, rather than acceptance that America’s protectionist lurch…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (619+ words) THE MARKET still expects the government to issue a jumbo bond within the year, even as the National Treasurer said they are reconsidering a planned offer this month amid volatile conditions, as it needs to plug its funding requirements. Union…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (489+ words) An artificial intelligence researcher has resigned from Anthropic PBC and called on other staffers to rethink their work, citing his concern that the company and its top competitor OpenAI are acting irresponsibly in their all-out pursuit of a technology that…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (533+ words) VENICE — Many people were too frightened to speak publicly about Elon Musk, director Alex Gibney said on Tuesday, as he unveiled his marathon documentary about the billionaire entrepreneur at the Venice Film Festival. The nearly four-hour movie charts Mr. Musk’s…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (902+ words) WASHINGTON — The United States banned a broad swath of Canadian alcoholic beverages, motorcycles and dairy products from import on Tuesday, sharply escalating an already acrimonious trade spat. The import bans, which go into effect on Sept. 29 and were published on…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (406+ words) PHILIPPINE STOCKS climbed further on Wednesday as bargain hunting and foreign buying continued to lift the market, although gains were limited as investors stayed cautious amid uncertainties. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose by 0.17% or 10.54 points to close at…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (441+ words) TAIPEI — Any conflict across the Taiwan Strait would have a bigger impact on the global economy than World War II, and the upcoming US-China summit is an opportunity to avoid miscalculations, the top US diplomat in Taipei said on Wednesday....

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (414+ words) SEOUL — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed cooperation on security and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz during a summit in Paris on Tuesday, but the talks did not concern troop deployment,…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (597+ words) CAIRO — Iran threatened the United States with “economic warfare” on Tuesday and said it had fired an advanced missile at US warships, underscoring the risks of further escalation in the war only days after both sides traded blows again. The…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (402+ words) OTTAWA — Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on US goods took effect just after midnight on Tuesday as Prime Minister Mark Carney increased economic pressure on his country’s biggest trading partner after negotiations collapsed last month, intensifying an 18-month-old trade war. The counter-tariffs…...