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December 12, 2025
Nvidia to invest US$5b in Intel
Nvidia, the world’s leading chipmaker, announced on Thursday that it’s investing US$5 billion in Intel and will collaborate with the struggling semiconductor company. The two companies will team up to…
December 12, 2025
Musk reports Tesla sales jump after months of boycotts
Six months after Elon Musk left the Trump administration, to the great relief of Tesla investors worried about boycotts, the world’s richest man has announced some good news: Sales of Tesla cars are…
December 12, 2025
Tesla offers cheaper versions of two EVs to win back market share
Tesla rolled out new, cheaper versions of two of its electric car models on Tuesday in hopes the offerings will help revive flagging sales, but investors dumped its stock anyway. The new Model Y,…
December 12, 2025
Trinidad secures US permission to negotiate gas deal with Venezuela
The United States has granted Trinidad & Tobago permission to negotiate a gas deal with neighbouring Venezuela without facing any US sanctions, the Caribbean nation’s attorney general has said.…
December 12, 2025
AI chipmaker Nvidia becomes first US$5-trillion company
Nvidia has become the first US$5-trillion company, just three months after the Silicon Valley chipmaker was first to break through the US$4-trillion barrier. Hitting the new benchmark puts more…
December 12, 2025
EFresh weathers Melissa, aiming for new growth
Food distributor Everything Fresh Limited confirmed that its operations are intact post-hurricane, albeit that its plant at Bog Walk in St Catherine has to be operating on generator power. “There has…
December 12, 2025
Haiti transitional government adopts key law to hold general election
Haiti’s transitional presidential council has backed an electoral law in the latest step towards holding a general election for the first time in nearly a decade. The approval late Monday means that…
December 12, 2025
Police pull over a self-driving Waymo for illegal U-turn, but can’t ticket
Police in Northern California were understandably perplexed when they pulled over a Waymo taxi after it made an illegal U-turn, only to find no driver behind the wheel and therefore, no one to ticket.…
December 12, 2025
IMF more upbeat about global growth
The United States and global economies will grow a bit more this year than previously forecast as the Trump administration’s tariffs have so far proved less disruptive than expected, the International…