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TransportationIn country dominated by trucking, JR Freight looks to introduce scheduled serviceJR Freight aims to make rail cargo transport a viable alternative to trucking in Thailand. (Photo obtained by Nikkei)KEIGO IWAMOTOSeptember 9, 2026 06:36 JSTBANGKOK — In Thailand, where trucking accounts for most of the cargo transport, the freight unit of Japan Railways Group is betting that shipping by rail will find a foothold.

For a limited time, you can get upwards of $1,000 in value toward future travel when you open a new Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card. The card has a boosted, two-part welcome bonus starting Sept. 8: Receive a one-time $300 Capital One Travel Stays Credit Earn 75,000 bonus miles after spending $4,000 within the first three months of account opening The Capital One Venture is already one of our top travel credit cards for its simple 2x rewards on every purchase. With this welcome bonus, the Venture is even more valuable for new cardholders. Capital One Venture Rewards Credit…

Steve H. Hanke is a Senior Contributing Columnist at Fortune and a Professor of Applied Economics at The Johns Hopkins University. From 1995 to 1996, he was an economic advisor to President Rafael Caldera and is presently Special Adviser on Economic, Monetary, and Energy Affairs in the office of Congressman Antonio Ecarri at the National Assembly of Venezuela. His latest book, co-edited with Francisco Zalles, is La Dolarización en Ecuador: El Triunfo del Orden Espontáneo (2026). Emilio Ocampo is an Argentine economist and historian and professor at Universidad del CEMA (UCEMA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is the co-author of…

Everyone in private equity is waiting for the same thing. Bain’s 2026 Global Private Equity Report puts the number at roughly 32,000 unsold portfolio companies, worth an estimated $3.8 trillion, sitting in a backlog that’s supposed to clear once rates ease, IPO windows reopen and corporate buyers come back in size.

Palo Alto Networks on Tuesday night ended its fiscal 2026 on a high note and signaled that the good times will continue in the new year. The numbers and conference call commentary reinforce the essential role of cybersecurity in the artificial intelligence era. Revenue in the company’s fiscal fourth quarter increased 34% year over year to $3.41 billion, exceeding the Wall Street consensus estimate of $3.35 billion, according to LSEG. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) in the May-to-July period totaled $1.02 in the quarter, ahead of the 98-cent LSEG consensus estimate. On an annual basis, adjusted EPS rose 7%. Shares were…

Jon Rahm of Legion XIII gets ready to putt on the 12th green during day four of LIV Golf Indianapolis at The Club at Chatham Hills on Aug. 23, 2026 in Westfield, Indiana.Michael Miller | ISI Photos | Getty ImagesLIV Golf has filed for bankruptcy protection as the upstart golf league faces a Saudi funding cliff and searches for new investment. The golf venture — initially backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, or PIF — said on Tuesday it has entered into a restructuring support agreement with BC Partner Advisors LP, the credit arm of private equity firm BC…

Some Terry Tao. More Terry Tao. Some ChatGPT. Some are calling this “a Deep Blue moment” for AI. All via T., a mathematician. Update from OpenAI: “Our internal model group arrived at the Navier–Stokes solution in 88 hours, using around 10,000 coordinating AI agents.”  And this.  And from Noam Brown: “Yes, this result cost millions of dollars. But remember that when @OpenAI announced o3 it cost ~$500,000 to score 87.5% on ARC-AGI 1. Today, Astra scores higher for ~$20. In 2025 it took us and GDM an enormous amount of compute to achieve IMO gold. For the 2026 IMO, anyone with a…

Investors shrug off Trump trade threat over interest rates Washington Examiner

Stocks might soon need to adapt to the Federal Reserve’s first rate hike since 2023.