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Electric vehiclesAutomaker diversifies beyond Japan-first approach, targeting global marketToyota’s bZ3X, released in early March, is among its current EV offerings in China. (Photo by Shizuka Tanabe)Nikkei staff writersAugust 28, 2026 06:20 JSTNAGOYA, Japan — Toyota Motor plans to build a next-generation electric sport utility vehicle in China beginning in fall next year, as global EV competition centers on the world’s biggest car market.

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The United States is entering the most expensive phase of retirement. Some of America’s oldest are eligible for more than $100,000 a year in combined Social Security benefits, while remaining as one of the wealthiest generations in the country. The national debt is rising—just passing $40 trillion this month—and Social Security is set to enter insolvency by 2032, meaning it may already be too late for the generations left behind. The Congressional Budget Office projected in 2023 federal spending on Social Security and medicare will account for 81% of the increase in mandatory spending between 2023 and 2033. In 2026…

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Over the past five years, one of the defining features of private markets activity has been the rapid growth of the secondaries market. According to data from Jefferies, global secondaries volumes reached $118 billion in the first half of 2026, surpassing the prior H1 record of $103 billion set last year and putting the market on track to exceed 2025’s full-year record of $240 billion.

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Nvidia shares rose nearly 9% Thursday after the chip giant’s revenue guidance reassured investors that artificial intelligence demand will remain strong.The surge added about $440 billion to the chip giant’s market cap.Investor bullishness suggests Nvidia could buck the trend of its stock dropping the day after reporting earnings in all of the previous four quarters, despite meeting or beating estimates.Several chip stocks also rallied following Nvidia’s release, with Broadcom and Intel rising. Shares of neocloud Nebius also rallied while CoreWeave traded flat.Nvidia CFO Colette Kress said on Wednesday that the company expects revenue growth of 70% for fiscal 2028, which…

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Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks during a news conference at Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington, July 29, 2026.Win Mcnamee | Getty ImagesThe Federal Reserve’s cryptic chairman is set to deliver his much-awaited keynote address Friday in Jackson Hole, with markets trying to anticipate what, if anything, he will have to say on key matters affecting the economy and monetary policy.Kevin Warsh will speak during the Fed’s annual symposium in Wyoming, an event this year that is titled “Financial Innovation: Implications for Payments and Policy.”Prior Fed chairs have used the speech as an opportunity to discuss broad policy frameworks and…

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Yes I will be doing a Conversation with her.  She is best known to Western audiences for her interview with Christopher Nolan, but she has numerous other achievements: Yiyang Zhuge is a political theorist, political columnist, and a translator of German and Greek philosophical texts. She is an instructor at Brandeis University, and a PhD Candidate at Boston College.  Yiyang is a major translator of Hannah Arendt into Chinese. She has translated The Human Condition, Life of the Mind, Men in Dark Times, collected poetry, Die verborgene Tradition, and Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewess. She has given numerous lectures and published numerous public-facing articles on Arendt.  Yiyang published the first…

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Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. August 27, 2026 Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico For release at 11:00 a.m. EDT The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions listed below: Consent prohibition order against Gadiel Rosario-Alvarado Former employee of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico Misappropriation of customer funds Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here. For media inquiries,…

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