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WEF wrap: Trump, Carney, Musk, Huang, and the end of old playbook

The World Economic Forum’s 56th annual meeting concluded Friday evening in Davos with a sobering realization that the international order that governed global finance and politics since World War II seems dead. What emerged over those five days is a world fragmenting into competing power blocs, with technological disruption arriving faster than anyone expected. The

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EU opens probe into Musk’s X over Grok AI and potential child safety violations

The European Union has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform X over concerns that its Grok artificial intelligence chatbot may have generated deepfake images that “may amount to child sexual abuse material.” The European Commission said the probe will assess whether X complied with its obligations under the bloc’s Digital Services

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Why is Tesla stock dropping ahead of Q4 earnings: should you buy the dip?

Tesla stock (NASDAQ: TSLA) eased lower on Monday as investors braced for a make‑or‑break earnings week that will test whether Elon Musk’s big autonomy promises really deliver. The stock traded down roughly 3%, well below its mid‑December peak near $490, even as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq inched higher ahead of a key Federal Reserve

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Europe bulletin: FTSE flat as miners rally, India-EU trade deal, LVMH succession pressure

Europe opened the week in a wary holding pattern, with the FTSE 100 flat as industrial and travel names slid on fresh tariff threats and Iran sanctions, even as metal miners rallied to record highs. Trade geopolitics stayed front and centre after India and the EU sealed a long-awaited free trade pact to counter protectionist

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Tesla Q4 earnings preview: Wall Street expects weak numbers, but a key wildcard looms

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) reports Q4 2025 earnings on January 28, and Wall Street has already bracing for tough numbers. The consensus estimates expect the revenue to fall 3.6% to $24.5 billion, while profit per share could tumble 40% to $0.44, reflecting a 15.6% drop in vehicle deliveries. The numbers look brutal as Tesla’s auto business

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Tesla loses $15.4B in brand value in 2025, marking third straight annual decline

Tesla’s brand value fell sharply in 2025, extending a decline that has now run for three consecutive years, according to a new report from Brand Finance. The electric vehicle maker lost an estimated $15.4 billion in brand value last year, a drop of about 36%, reflecting weakening consumer sentiment despite the company’s continued prominence in

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Tesla stock moves higher ahead of Q4 earnings: analysts weigh in

Tesla stock (NASDAQ: TSLA) ticked higher in early Wednesday trading as investors positioned ahead of the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings results due after the market closing. The call carries outsized weight because Wall Street consensus has shifted from fixating on vehicle deliveries to scrutinizing progress on artificial intelligence, robotaxi deployment, and a software subscription business.

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Tesla revenue slips for first time as politics, backlash cloud EV outlook

Tesla Inc. posted its first annual revenue decline in 2025, underscoring how political shifts and growing consumer unease with Elon Musk’s activism are complicating the electric-car maker’s growth story just as competition intensifies. The company said fourth-quarter revenue fell 3% from a year earlier to $24.9 billion, broadly in line with analyst expectations, bringing full-year

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Shell and BP seek US licenses for shared Trinidad-Venezuela gas fields

Shell and BP are actively pursuing US licenses to begin extracting natural gas from shared fields in Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, the Caribbean country’s energy minister Roodal Moonilal announced on Wednesday, according to a Reuters report. As Latin America’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas and a major global supplier of ammonia and methanol,

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Amazon to cut 16,000 corporate jobs as AI push deepens, bureaucracy trimmed

Amazon.com Inc. said on Wednesday it plans to cut about 16,000 corporate jobs, marking a second major round of layoffs in three months as the company moves to streamline management layers and accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence across its operations. The latest reductions deepen a restructuring effort that began last year and underscore how

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