Month: February 2025
Modi wants Tesla to build cars in India. Making the plan work may not be easy
Tesla CEO Elon Musk postponed a scheduled trip to India this week where he was to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing “heavy Tesla obligations.” Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images India has been striving to become a global manufacturing hub, having successfully invited major companies such as Apple to set up as well as […]
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Crisis-stricken Stellantis sees revenue growth in 2025 after 70% drop in full-year profit
Stellantis worker at work inside of the new Hybrid and PHEV Vehicles Stellantis Group eDCT Assembly Plant on April 10, 2024 in Turin, Italy. Stefano Guidi | Getty Images News | Getty Images Crisis-stricken auto giant Stellantis on Wednesday said it sees return to revenue growth this year after a steep drop in 2024 earnings. The mutlinational conglomerate, which […]
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‘The knowledge economy is on the way out.’ These are the skills workers will need in the age of AI, says LinkedIn
Artificial intelligence is a turning point forcing us to rethink not just what work is, but what it means to be human at work, according to a LinkedIn specialist. Drazen_ | E+ | Getty Images Artificial intelligence is disrupting global industries and workforces, but it may also set in motion an entirely new economy. Although […]
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World’s largest brewer AB InBev posts fourth-quarter revenue beat even as volumes slide
Budweiser beer in an IGA grocery store in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. Bloomberg | Getty Images The world’s largest brewer AB InBev on Wednesday posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter sales despite an annual decline in volumes. The drinks maker, whose brands include Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois, reported an 3.4% increase in fourth-quarter […]
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Singapore alternative meat startups target resurgence after sector setbacks
This photograph on April 21, 2021 shows staff members preparing plant-based food samples during the launch of ADM’s Plant-based Innovation Lab in Singapore. – From faux-chicken satay to imitation beef rendang, a high-tech Singapore laboratory is replicating popular Asian dishes with plant-based meat alternatives to feed the region’s growing appetite for sustainable food. (Photo by […]
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The record-breaking run of ‘Ne Zha 2’ may seem like a surprise. It shouldn’t be
Chinese animation blockbuster Nezha 2 was released in late January alongside several other films for the local Spring Festival holiday period. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — For someone who’s lived in China since before the pandemic, the success of the animated film “Ne Zha 2” marks more of an industry […]
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Boeing No. 2 executive’s role narrowed to focus on fixing commercial plane unit
Boeing’s Stephanie Pope gives a press conference at the Paris Le Bourget Airport, on June 20, 2023. Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt | AFP | Getty Images Boeing commercial airplanes head Stephanie Pope will focus on the recovery of the company’s crucial and challenged plane-making unit under a reorganization that ends her role as the company’s chief operating officer but […]
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House Republicans advance Trump’s tax cut plan
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on the potential budget resolution vote and other issues, after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives late on […]
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U.S. lawmakers warn that China could use Musk to influence Trump
Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House’s Oval Office. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives’ select committee on China warned on Tuesday that Beijing may try to exert leverage with Elon Musk in a bid to win favorable U.S. policies, and that Washington must counter any […]
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Wednesday’s big stock stories: What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session
Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching as the S & P 500 posted its fourth consecutive losing day, and what’s on […]
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