Alibaba announced plans to release a pair of smart glasses powered by its AI models. The Quark AI Glasses are Alibaba’s first foray into the smart glasses product category. Alibaba Alibaba on Monday unveiled a pair of smart glasses powered by its artificial intelligence models, marking the Chinese firm’s first foray into the product category….
Tesla vehicles are lined up at a vehicle storage yard at an industrial port, on the day U.S. President Donald Trump struck a trade deal with Japan that lowers tariffs on auto imports, in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Japan, July 23, 2025. Kim Kyung-hoon | Reuters Japanese automakers may have sidestepped crushing U.S. tariffs, but the…
Fri, Jul 25 20251:45 AM EDT Opening calls Good morning from London. There’s just under an hour and a half to go until stocks begin trading for the first time since the U.S. and European Union agreed to a trade deal. Futures tied to the Stoxx Europe 600 index point to a strong start with…
Commercial banks have bought into a major $150 million financing deal for off-grid solar power in Kenya, in a sign of growing investor confidence in the electrification of sub-Saharan Africa. Sun King, an off-grid solar energy company, raised the Kenyan-shilling equivalent of $156 million by bundling future payments from its solar-power customers into an asset-backed…
Samsung Electronics shares rise nearly 3.5% in early trade Advantest Corp shares plunge over 10% in early trade Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Advantest shares The disposal of treasury stock as restricted stock happens when a company compensates employees with previously repurchased shares. — Amala Balakrishner Asia-Pacific markets start the day mixed Asia-Pacific markets opened…
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) takes questions from reporters at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 23, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday criticized the push to force a vote in the U.S. House on releasing more federal files pertaining to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as “reckless,” while…
When is a beat and raise not a beat and raise? That’s a question that has frustrated us this earnings season. Case in point: How about Honeywell ‘s beat and raise last week? Here’s a conglomerate splitting into three different companies, which also has a quantum computing business that’s probably more advanced than any of…
Smoke rises after an explosion in Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, on July 27, 2025. Amir Cohen | Reuters Israel announced Sunday it was pausing fighting in some areas of the Gaza Strip to facilitate aid delivery after international outrage swelled in recent days over surging deaths by malnutrition and widespread starvation…
Buckle up. It’s a jam-packed week ahead, with a host of influential companies set to report alongside a Federal Reserve meeting — and, if that wasn’t enough, there’s fresh inflation and jobs data, too. On top of all that, we’ll keep a close eye on any trade deal headlines ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline…
QR codes were once a quirky novelty that prompted a fun scan with the phone. Early on, you might have seen a QR code on a museum exhibit and scanned it to learn more about the eating habits of the woolly mammoth or military strategies of Genghis Khan. During the pandemic, QR codes became the default…
