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The battle of billionaires in space between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk has entered a new arena: satellite internet. Amazon, the company that Mr. Bezos started as an online bookseller three decades ago, is now a merchandising behemoth, the owner of the James Bond franchise, a seller of electronic gadgets like Echo smart speakers and…

The 25 percent tariff Canada began collecting on cars and trucks imported from the United States early Wednesday is not just the country’s latest act of retaliation against tariffs imposed by President Trump on Canadian exports. The estimated 8 billion Canadian dollars a year, about $5.7 billion, that those levies are expected to generate will…

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on April 9, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The stock market mounted one of its biggest rallies in history after President Donald Trump announced a pause in some of his “reciprocal” tariffs on the globe, causing a market that’s been under extreme pressure for…

A year ago, I wrote a piece here about how people were really using gen AI. That article seemed to hit a note: It was popular, featured in viral posts, and the beautiful accompanying infographic has been shared far and wide. The use cases split almost equally between personal and business needs, with roughly half spanning…

Market turmoil extended into Wednesday, as stocks across Europe and Asia dropped as significantly higher import taxes on goods entering the United States went into effect. The tumult also hit government bond markets, sending yields higher, as investors moved away from traditional haven assets during times of economic turmoil. The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasuries…