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US-China tensionsAmerican president faces stiff domestic opposition to lowering import barriersU.S. President Donald Trump has denied rumors that he was willing to approve the sale of Chinese cars in the American market ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Source photos by Reuters)AZUSA KAWAKAMISeptember 14, 2026 06:51 JSTNEW YORK — U.S. President Trump has again suggested that his administration would not stop Chinese companies from building cars on American soil, even as voices in the U.S. auto industry and Washington warn against letting them in.

When a mid-sized enterprise needs to close a contract, it often turns to DocuSign (NASDAQ:DOCU). The company dominates the e-signature landscape, but it is currently racing to rebrand itself as a broader platform for agreement management. With its stock trading at roughly $65.08 per share, the company has seen a bumpy 12 months, with the stock price falling 17% while broader markets climbed. The core question for shareholders is whether this veteran provider can successfully trade its niche status for a more central role in the age of AI. Our proprietary Hidden Gems scoring system assigns DocuSign an overall Superscore…

President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence, saying he worried about ceding America’s edge over China in a global competition and that winning would help would address the risks from the advancing technology. While acknowledging the need for some regulation, Trump provided no specifics about potential rules and attributed warnings about the technology moving too quickly and with little oversight to “negative forces” he did not identify, though industry pioneers have raised such concerns. “We can put guardrails, we can do this and that, but I think you have a lot of negative…

Private funds managers view AI due diligence as an increasingly critical part of the valuation process. However, they are struggling to secure the information they need due to the intricacies of the technology and the speed at which it is developing. “A huge part of the conversation and discussion around value creation is orientated around AI opportunity,” said Nigel Walder, a partner at Bain Capital, speaking on a panel at the UK Private Capital 2026 Summit in London on Thursday.

The TSMC logo is displayed on a building in Hsinchu, Taiwan April 15, 2025. Ann Wang | ReutersTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported record monthly revenue for August on Thursday, as demand for chips used in artificial intelligence applications remained strong.The world’s largest contract chipmaker posted revenue of $514.8 billion New Taiwan dollars ($16.35 billion) for last month, up 53.3% from a year earlier and 10.1% from July.TSMC shares closed 0.61% lower on Thursday ahead of the revenue release. The company’s monthly revenue has now risen for four straight months.During its second-quarter earnings call in July, TSMC said AI-related demand continued…

Dario Amodei, chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Ruhani Kaur | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Sunday that the “toughest dilemma” about his proposal to slow the advancement of artificial intelligence is what happens if adversarial nations, namely China, choose not to do the same. “The more long-term thing would be working together to put a speed limit on the rate of of AI progress,” Amodei told CBS News’ “Sunday Morning.” “I think that’s going to be very difficult because the incentives to pull…

Diversity is our strength is a common motto. Indeed it is one of GMU’s core values but what is the scientific evidence for this thesis? A new scoping review: Recent years have witnessed many strong claims that ‘diversity’ leads to more original and impactful science, which is a science-focused form of what we call “The Diversity Hypothesis.” However, what evidence supports the claim that diversity enhances scientific output or impact? This pre-registered rapid scoping review seeks to collate and evaluate the scientific evidence for the Diversity Hypothesis… …Based on over 100 scientific articles, we find that only between 15% and…

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    Writing, editing, and promoting How Not to Invest sucked up a lot of time over the past 2 years. One of the items that fell off my calendar was the weekend car posts. Other than an update on the 911 EV June 2025, I have not had time to get to much about wheels. I hope to make up for that in the coming year. About the 1988 911 Cabrio: I originally purchased this to convert it into an EV; it turned out to be a matching-numbers M491 — too valuable to reformat. The car was in okay…