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Containers at a shipping terminal in Yokohama, Japan on Oct. 18, 2021. Japan’s trade deficit surged in September as imports overwhelmed export growth.Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJapanese exports climbed 16.8% year on year in January, sharply beating market expectations and growing at their fastest rate since November 2022 as shipments to Asia and Western Europe surged, government data on Wednesday showed.Growth was higher than December’s 5.1%, and beat Reuters-polled economists’ estimates of 12%. Value of exports to China, Japan’s largest trading partner, jumped 32%, after rising 5.6% in December at a time when the two countries are locked…

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during a press conference at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on February 9, 2026. Franck Robicho | Anadolu | Getty ImagesThe International Monetary Fund urged Japan to keep raising interest rates and avoid loosening fiscal policy further, warning that trimming the consumption tax would erode its capacity to respond to future economic shocks.The recommendation came as dovish Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s landslide election win heightens market attention to whether she will push back against further rate hikes by the central bank. It also follows Takaichi’s…

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In the fourth quarter, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. dropped its shareholding of Amazon.com Inc. by almost 75%. The company also increased its stake in the New York Times Co., which was Buffett’s final new venture as CEO of the conglomerate.According to a regulatory statement on Tuesday, Berkshire, located in Omaha, Nebraska, purchased 5.1 million shares of the media publishing company in the three months ending in December, making a holding worth $351.7 million at year’s end. Also Read: Trade Setup for February 18: Nifty eyes 26,000 as bulls defend 25,600 support In 2019, Berkshire made its initial investment in…

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Since the start of the ongoing financial year in April 2025, founder Bhavish Aggarwal and the maker of S1 Pro have changed their stance on the capacity of the company’s gigafactory, the number of sales it needs each month to break even, revenue guidance, and the strength of its distribution network. The inconsistent outlook and forecasts coincide with plunging sales of its electric scooters, highlighting its inability to shake off concerns that began with concerns about the quality of after-sales services. That has eroded investor trust, wiping out more than half of the company’s market value in the past year.…

Mumbai: As the outlook for Indian IT stocks turns hazy amid concerns that AI could disrupt the sector’s business model, brokerages, including Nomura and UBS, assess what lies ahead for the sector. Nomura Uncertainty overdone: The brokerage said the disruption concerns oversimplify the role of IT services companies. “It is easier said than done that a SaaS product and IT vendors can be replaced by vibecoded apps, given that the enterprise IT buyers optimise for reducing risks of failures and not costs and innovations necessarily,” said Nomura’s analysts. “Tech adoption for newer and unproven technologies remains slow given concerns about…

Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez warned the Cuban regime not to “continue defying” the Trump administration because it “won’t last long” if they get on its “bad side.””The Cuban regime must have realized that Trump is quite patient and generous when you’re on his good side. Now, if you continue defying President Trump and Secretary Marco Rubio, I guarantee you won’t last long if you’re on his bad side. Trump will annihilate you in a matter of seconds,” Gimenez said in a social media publication.🚨El régimen en #Cuba debe haberse dado cuenta que Trump es bastante paciente y generoso a las…

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed the Trump administration over a social media publication showing Republicans’ dwindling chances of keeping control of Congress after this year’s midterms.The post in question shows figures from Polymarket, which claim that Democrats’ chances of flipping the Lower House stand at 83%, while odds of them retaking the Senate are now over 40%.Greene reacted to the figures, criticizing the administration’s political strategy. “You can’t campaign throwing America First red meat to the masses, who are broke and been force fed psyop after psyop and the government has enslaved in $40 trillion in debt then turn…

Tesla Europe announced plans to add xAI’s Grok, an AI chatbot, to its vehicle infotainment systems in the UK and eight other markets across Europe.It remains to be seen if the addition of this technology will revitalize Europeans’ interest in buying Teslas.Elon Musk’s automaker saw EV sales in Europe decline by 27%, according to data from ACEA (the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association). The decline for Tesla came as Europeans’ continued strong adoption of battery electric vehicles. BEVs, the only kind that Tesla makes, represented 17.4% of the market across Europe in 2025 according to ACEA. China’s BYD gained marketshare across…