Economy

Chinese President Xi Jinping and hands with then U.S Vice President Joe Biden inside the Great Hall of the People on December 4, 2013 in Beijing, China.Lintao Zhang | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesLeaders of the Group of Seven agreed there’s a need to de-risk, not decouple from China, and acknowledged challenges posed by… […]

Construction workers build the “Signature Bridge,” replacing and improving a busy highway intersection at I-95 and I-395 on March 17, 2021 in Miami, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesAre the travails of the bond market, like Macbeth expounds, a “tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing?”As we grapple with the whole… […]

A 2019 pre-owned Nissan Leaf SV on the lot in 2022 during the chip shortage that depleted stock of new auto inventory.Boston Globe | Boston Globe | Getty ImagesAffordable EVs have been on sale in the U.S. well over a decade and the data analytics company Experian says about 2.2 million were on the road… […]

There’s a common misconception that introverts have to mimic stereotypically extroverted personalities to succeed: Be outspoken, always raise your hand and command a room.But the most successful introverts actually get ahead by avoiding those situations entirely, and building environments where they can contribute in more comfortable ways, says Jevonya Allen, a self-described introvert and author… […]

Photo illustration showing the Samsung Group company logo displayed on a smartphone screen. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Samsung Electronics on Friday reported that its operating profit dropped sharply from the previous three months as it ramps up R&D spending, while flagging a slowdown in its chips business. The South Korean company posted […]

Michelle Johnston Holthaus, Intel’s co-CEO and then executive vice president and general manager of the company’s Client Computing Group, holds a Intel Core Ultra processor as she speaks during the Intel AI Everywhere event in New York on Dec. 14, 2023. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Intel issued disappointing quarterly guidance on […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook (C) poses for selfies with customers during Apple’s iPhone 16 launch in New York on September 20, 2024. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Apple defied the doom and gloom that had been building for weeks. […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the China Development Forum (CDF) 2024, in Beijing, China March 24, 2024. Jing Xu | Reuters When Apple reported its December quarter earnings on Thursday, it revealed that China sales had dropped 11.1% on an annual basis. It was the worst quarter by growth rate since the December quarter […]

U.S. President Joe Biden holds a press conference at the conclusion of the G7 Summit, in Hiroshima, Japan, May 21, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersAs a possible debt default looms just 11 days away, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., will meet in person at the White House on Monday to resume negotiations… […]

When Barbara Corcoran first saw the New York City penthouse apartment she lives in now, she knew she had to have it. It was 1992, and Corcoran had already founded her real estate company, The Corcoran Group, but to keep her business afloat, she had a part-time job delivering packages. One day, she delivered an […]