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Walmart may just be a pit stop for high-income consumers.

Steve Jobs' former intern is now a tech CEO who sold his company to Google. He attributes much of his success to his time working at NeXT.

Protesters on campuses nationwide have called on universities to divest from Israel due to the war in Gaza. Here's how divestment would actually work.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average passing the 40,000 barrier makes for a nice headline, but market experts do not take much else from the move.

Mistral, a French AI firm founded in 2023, won a 15 million euro, or $16 million, investment from Microsoft earlier this year.

Last year, while combined public auction sales for Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips fell by 19%, private sales rose.

Shares of Swiss luxury group Richemont climbed as much as 6.3% Friday after it reported record full-year sales even as Asia-Pacific spending waned.

Xpeng AeroHT, introduced the Land Aircraft Carrier, a large truck with a detachable flying two-seater passenger electric drone inside.

India has witnessed signs of democratic backsliding that has become apparent during the Modi era, observers and critics say.

Chinese companies are growing more optimistic about a rise in trade exports as firms show no signs of fully decoupling from China, according to Allianz Trade. 

European Central Bank board member Isabel Schnabel warned against back-to-back rate cuts amid continued inflation risks, according to a Nikkei report.

One area that has caught regulators' attention is the rapidly growing derivatives market, particularly futures and options trading.

Ping An last year had supported a shareholder motion to spin off HSBC's Asia business and establish fixed dividends. The motion was eventually defeated.

China reported data Friday that pointed to slower growth on the consumer side while industrial activity remained robust.

India offers a "very favorable" environment for companies to list, said Peak XV Partners.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon this week warned policymakers the U.S. needs to address its growing fiscal deficit.

Appointments are often needed in Europe, but in "New World" regions winemakers employ an open-door approach, allowing visitors to drop in at leisure.

OpenAI and Reddit announced a partnership that will allow the ChatGPT maker to train its artificial intelligence models on Reddit content.

Sales in Under Armour's largest market in North America are falling as inflation-weary consumers pull back on new clothes and shoes.

Walmart, the nation's largest retailer and private employer, is often seen as a bellwether for the U.S. economy and saw sales jump 6% in the quarter.