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China says Nvidia violated antitrust rules, as trade rift deepens

Chinese officials did not give details of how the firm broke competition rules, but said the ruling followed a preliminary investigation.
A smartphone with a displayed NVIDIA logo.Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/Reuters

China’s economic woes deepen, new data shows

Several key data came in below analysts’ expectations in August, while the country’s real estate downturn is intensifying.
Employees sort boxes and parcels at the logistics centre of a express delivery company in Wuhan.Stringer/Reuters

China shuns US soybeans in test for Trump’s trade strategy

China imported about $13 billion of soybeans from the US last year, but has booked no orders so far this year, as it turns to competitor Brazil.
Grain silos tower over the construction site of an ADM soybean processing plant in Spiritwood, North Dakota.Grain silos in Spiritwood, North Dakota. Karl Plume/File Photo/Reuters.

Bloom Energy’s KR Sridhar on why all CEOs need a power strategy

The fuel cell group’s founder says companies need “the DNA of a rabbit” to move at AI speed, because “there’s not much you can do to the culture of a turtle to make it go faster.”
Sridhar in 2010.Robert Galbraith/Reuters

How Paul Hudson runs Sanofi’s AI ‘Fight Club’

The French drugmaker’s CEO says the revolution will not be delegated.
Paul HudsonJemal Countess/Getty Images for Fortune Media

A real glimpse of how AI will actually change global work

Live-translating AirPods foreshadow AI that doesn’t just make things cheaper, but makes entirely new things possible.
AirPods.Manuel Orbegozo/Reuters

South Korean president warns Trump after Hyundai ICE raid

President Lee Jae Myung said the raid had “flummoxed” the Korean business community and that the US’ tough visa requirements could make it difficult to keep investing there.

US inflation rose 2.9% in August

The new data comes as the Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates next.

Shareholder democracy enters its Disney-princess-BuzzFeed-quiz era

The big firms are trying to offload the politically sensitive issue of proxy voting back to regular investors. But do investors want it?

Inflation report adds to economic jitters

Even an uptick is unlikely to deter the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates at its meeting next week.

Oracle shares soar on AI contracts

Oracle’s stock had its best day since 1992, making co-founder Larry Ellison the world’s richest person.

China’s falling consumer prices deepen deflation fears

The country is grappling with mammoth debt, a real-estate market downturn, high levels of youth unemployment, and a broad economic slowdown.

Biden had a vibe-cession. Trump is getting a vibe-spansion.

Companies and consumers are still acting like everything’s fine, even as worrying indicators pile up.

Beyond Pittsburgh: PNC is building the first coast-to-coast US bank in 30 years

PNC’s $4.1 billion deal this week for Denver’s FirstBank is the start of an expected wave of sizable deals consolidating the country’s 4,500 banks.

Musk’s $19 billion spectrum deal turns heat up on telecom companies

The deal, spurred in part by regulatory pressure from FCC chair Brendan Carr, is the latest spectrum land grab.

Analysts warn of stagflation after dismal US jobs report

The report solidified the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates at its next meeting.

e.l.f. Beauty’s CEO on diversity, tariffs, and valuing Hailey Bieber

Tarang Amin runs a “different kind of company” but faces challenges familiar to other executives.

Alice Walton’s prescription for a ‘broken’ US health system

The world’s richest woman is partnering with a ‘whole-health’ focused oncologist to rethink medical education.