Russian President Vladimir Putin took questions on the war and the economy during his annual televised phone-in event. Contributor/Getty Images Most Russians expect the war with Ukraine to end in 2026...
Tourists planning to spend Christmas in Hong Kong have fuelled a surge in guest house bookings since October, driving occupancy and room rates to their strongest levels in five years. But those arrivi...
Social Security tax rules will change in 2026. Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Social Security tax rules will change in 2026 at the state and federal level. West Virginia will stop taxing Social Security be...
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav turned "HBO Max" into "Max. Now he's saying goodbye to the new name and hello to the old one. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery spur...
Big banks arenât debating crypto anymore â theyâre building it. From tokenized cash to ETFs, Wall Street is quietly going onchain....
This year, ETFs opened several new doors to crypto on Wall Street, as the SEC forged a fresh approach to the products....
Ripple had a busy 2025, highlighted by acquisitions, the end of a years-long court battle, and a burst to new heights for XRP....
Tech leaders like Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk led a workforce efficiency crusade in 2025. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic The "efficiency" m...
Angi, the parent company of Angie's List, is laying of around 350 people as it seeks to save money with AI. Donald King/AP Angi, the company formerly known as Angie's List , is cutting 350 jobs, it sa...
Justin Howells, Target's group vice president for Pacific Northwest stores. Matt Hage/AP Content Services for Target Target is getting a new CEO in the New Year — one who started with the compan...
BYD container ship. NurPhoto/Getty Images Tesla just lost its status as the world's largest seller of battery EVs to a Chinese rival. BYD took Tesla's crown after Elon Musk's automaker reported its se...
Wix purchased its downtown Manhattan office space in December 2019 Wix.com Wix announced an office return for staff in Israel, Poland, and Lithuania, starting February 1. US employees will continue to...
President Trump has set his sights on Venezuela's vast oil reserves, the largest in the world. If consolidated under Washingtonâs influence, about one third of global oil reserves could end up under U...
Blackstone is acquiring Hamilton Island, a vacation destination near the Great Barrier Reef. Steve Christo - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Blackstone is acquiring Hamilton Island, a resort destinatio...
Brian Moynihan, Chairman and CEO of Bank of America Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Donald Trump's trade push is de-escalating after months of tariff turmoil, BofA CEO Brian Moynihan said. Tari...
A RAM (random access memory) chip, commonly used in PCs. HUIZENG HU/Getty Images As AI companies snap up memory chips , smartphone and PC makers face higher costs and tighter supply. IDC projected a 2...
The global crypto market cap pushed another 2% to $3.22T as majors continue to grind up; BTC +1% at $93,780; ETH +2% at $3,240, SOL +3% at $139; XRP led up 12% to $2.37 RENDER (+18%), SUI (+18%) and L...
Recent surveys suggest older Americans plan to unretire in 2026 or fear they may have to down the line. Kittipong Udomsom/Getty Images More older Americans are returning to work due to financial insec...
Tesla's sales fell in the fourth quarter of 2025 , as rising competition and the expiration of the federal EV tax credit continued to sap the company's global ambitions. The numbers were a lot worse t...
A girl reaches up to burst a large bubble on the Palace Plaza in Stuttgart, Germany, 19 October 2017. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images) Marijan Murat/...