A Model S is not an iPhone, a fact less obvious back in 2022. Then, electric-vehicle pioneer Tesla accounted for every dollar of profit generated from battery-powered rides. In that sense, it was similar to Apple, whose trailblazing smartphones became a recurring financial gift. The automaker’s CEO, however, has been steering the $1.4 trillion company into artificial intelligence, self-driving and beyond, fantastical initiatives that look more prescient now.

Participants include Hitachi, Ltd, Ricoh Co and JTEKT Corp, which is affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp

Spot gold was up 0.4 percent at $4,463.63 per ounce

Exports in December stood at $44 billion, up 12.6 percent from November

Thailand’s economy is also expected to expand only modestly.

The upcoming meetings will be crucial to the administration's hopes to boost crude oil production and exports from Venezuela

Venezuela holds the world's largest oil reserves

The deal contains two "pillars," the second of which sets a minimum global tax rate of 15 percent

Spot gold rose 2.2 percent to $4,424.17 per ounce, a one-week high

Investors held their nerve on Monday, with stocks in Asia surging and oil prices down

Brent Crude was down 0.21 percent at $60.62 per barrel

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that American companies were prepared to return to Venezuela

The US doubled import tariffs on Indian goods to 50 percent last year

2025 will mark the first time that global trade flows surpass US$35 trillion

Washington has not made such a direct intervention in Latin America since the invasion of Panama in 1989

Venezuela would also have to reform its laws to allow for larger investment by foreign oil companies

Spot gold was steady at $4,313.29 per ounce

Trump said HieFo was "controlled by a citizen of the People's Republic of China"

BYD said that it sold 2.26 million EVs last year

The number of price increases for 2026 is up from the same point last year