The Economist

THE ECONOMIST: Complete with its own charismatic CEO and a cult following, Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has set its sights on world domination.

THE ECONOMIST: As America and China swap shots in the trade battle served up by Donald Trump, tech boss Jensen Huang is proving to be a canny diplomat.

THE ECONOMIST: The competition for the world’s best AI talent is frenzied. But hiring hotshots makes sense only if you believe that talent is portable.

THE ECONOMIST: The past few years has also seen the rapid expansion of more complicated products like ETFs

EXPLAINED: Israeli warplanes struck Syria’s capital, Damascus, on Wednesday, targeting the presidential palace, the defence ministry and the army command following an outbreak of violence.

THE ECONOMIST: Economists talk of unprecedented disorder — and markets barely notice.

THE ECONOMIST: As AI changes how people browse, it is altering the economic bargain at the heart of the internet

THE ECONOMIST: Keen to invest in their own domestic manufacturing, other countries are a potentially lucrative source of business for the AI chip-maker.

THE ECONOMIST: Flush with cash and fired up by the AI boom, many venture capitalists are looking to hold on to the most promising startups for longer, hoping to ride their valuations into the stratosphere.

THE ECONOMIST: The US is treading water as the economic impact of Donald Trump’s trade tariffs have been delayed but not averted.

THE ECONOMIST: Readily available measures help predict the future but so many investors ignore them altogether.

THE ECONOMIST: The US is clearly concerned China will try to evade tariffs by serving the American market via the countries Trump has contacted.

THE ECONOMIST: As the boundary between retail and social media blurs, celebrities are reshaping the world of consumer goods.

THE ECONOMIST: Why America’s economic slowdown, is not as fast as expected ... for now.

THE ECONOMIST: Donald Trump has earned the nickname TACO — Trump Always Chickens Out — among some on Wall Street. Yet his counterparts are playing a similar game.