Toyota’s global output rises by 7% in January

Japan’s Toyota Motor said on Wednesday global vehicle production rose by 7% in January, marking a year-on-year increase for the 13th straight month as the automaker
Tesla aims to ship Roadster cars next year, Musk says

Tesla will aim to ship its Roadster electric sports car next year, the electric vehicle maker’s CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday. “Tonight, we radically increased
Bitcoin eyes $60,000 in biggest monthly rally since late 2020

Bitcoin surged for a fifth day on Wednesday to near $60,000, buoyed by flows into new U.S. spot bitcoin exchange traded products that have driven
Microsoft announces principles to foster innovation, competition in AI

– Microsoft President Brad Smith on Monday announced a set of principles to foster innovation and competition in artificial intelligence in recognition of its role as
Micron starts mass production of its memory chips for use in Nvidia’s AI semiconductors

Micron Technology has started mass production of its high-bandwidth memory semiconductors for use in Nvidia’s latest chip for artificial intelligence, sending its shares up more than
Chipmaker Broadcom sells remote-access unit to KKR in $4 billion deal

Chipmaker Broadcom is selling its unit that allows users to access desktops and applications from any device to private-equity firm KKR in a deal valued at about
Top global energy traders face multi-billion cash quandary

As the world’s top global energy trading houses prepare for their biggest annual industry get-together this week in London they face a growing problem, what
British banker Jacob Rothschild dies aged 87

British financier Jacob Rothschild, a senior member of one of Europe’s best-known banking dynasties, has died at the age of 87, his family announced on
Why we need a green land value tax and how to design it

Land prices, as reflected in house prices relative to incomes, are near all-time records, pricing younger citizens out of home-ownership and affordable rents. This column
The value of WTO commitments along the global supply chain

The WTO has noted that trade scepticism among policymakers and trade policy tensions over supply chains are manifesting themselves in even more fragmented and concentrated

