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Apple iPhone 18 Pro sales rise 12% in China launch week - Counterpoint
Ford CEO: It’s not too late for U.S. to fend off Chinese EV rivals
Nikkei 225 tests resistance at 66,960 with weak ADX: Live levels
SK Hynix consolidates in Ichimoku cloud at ₩1.8M: Live
Asia stocks Q3 roundup: Singapore leads gains, S.Korea lags
‘South Park’ Season 29 Episode 2 Start Time, Preview And How To Watch
Season 29 of Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s "South Park," aka "South America," returns this week with its second episode after pulling in big numbers in its season premiere.
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China PMIs beat expectations in September as factory and services activity expand
China factory activity grows at fastest pace in 5 months in Sept: RatingDog PMI
Tesla enters $30B credit agreements to fund expansion
Japan's industrial output drops 1.7% M/M in August; retail sales rise 2.7% Y/Y
Australia's August inflation rises to 4.0%, slightly below expectations
Ellison said to pick HBO's Casey Bloys to head Paramount-Warner streaming
Trump Signs Executive Order Renaming AI To ‘Super Intelligence’—Here’s What It Changes
Dismissing growing concerns about AI safety, Trump has argued that “Artificial Intelligence” was a "very ineloquent" name for the technology and makes it sound "fake."
Why Defense Resilience Increasingly Depends On Industrial Capacity
Why Defense Resilience Increasingly Depends On Industrial Capacity
RFK Jr. Says AI Can ‘Free Us From Medical Tyranny’ And Is ‘Better Informed’ Than Doctors
Kennedy said AI could give Americans a way to get a "better informed" second opinion and verify advice shared by public health officials and experts.
Margot Robbie’s ‘Neighbours’ Episodes Get Microdrama Treatment
Robbie played Donna Freedman on the series from 2008 to 2011, before going on to be a globally recognized film star.
California Passes Law Banning Tee Time Brokers At Municipal Golf Courses
Governor Gavin Newsom signs bill into law aimed at stopping tee time brokers from reselling tee times in California.
Positive Breakout: These 8 stocks cross above their 200 DMAs
In the Nifty500 pack, eight stocks' closing prices crossed above their 200-day moving averages (DMA) on September 29, 2026, according to StockEdge's technical scan data. The 200-day moving average (DMA) is used by trader…
Robinhood to allow 24-hour weekend trading of US stocks as industry shifts to wider access
Robinhood is set to revolutionize trading by offering 24/7 access to select US stocks during weekends, fostering a more flexible investment environment for its users. This move aligns with a growing trend towards longer …
Sensex falls over 20% in dollar terms in 2026 as weak sentiment, rupee drag returns
The benchmark Sensex and Nifty have both experienced significant declines in dollar terms this year. Foreign investors have been less interested in Indian equities due to various global factors. The rupee's depreciation …
KPIT Tech plunges 24% in 3 months as auto demand weakens
KPIT Technologies faces a substantial 24% decline in stock value, predominantly due to obstacles in the automotive sector. The company's net profit has notably decreased, attributed to project delays and financial cutbac…
SP Group to raise $125 million via tap issue, Rs 3,250 crore in rupee bonds
In a significant financial move, Shapoorji Pallonji Group plans to generate $125 million through a tap issue of current dollar bonds, targeting an impressive ₹3,250 crore via unrated rupee-denominated bonds for refinanci…
Investment banks earn Rs 2,274 crore from 81 mainboard IPOs
During the initial nine months of 2026, investment banks generated fees totaling ₹2,274 crore by managing 81 mainboard IPOs. This figure showcases a notable uptick in both earnings and amounts raised versus last year. Th…
Robinhood just rolled out trading agents to millions—and investing may never be the same
The new agents will be available to millions of Robinhood users, who can choose between OpenAI and Anthropic models.
Judge orders Mamdani administration to cancel pied-à-terre tax notices and start over
The ruling leaves New York City’s tax on luxury second homes in place but wipes out the thousands of warnings the city mailed this summer.
Geico turned a talking gecko into an advertising icon. Now its CMO wants that fame to sell more than car insurance
Geico’s CMO wants to overhaul the insurer’s marketing for an era when AI could change how consumers buy insurance.
Proteinmaxxing shows a ‘meaningful shift’ in how Gen Z takes supplements versus baby boomers, new survey shows
Young shoppers are putting protein into more parts of their diet, from powders and bars to cereal and soda.
What Retail Legend Ron Johnson Learned from Apple’s Success and JCPenney’s Failure
How do you know when to trust your previous experience in a transformation environment, and how do you know when to listen, observe, and adapt? Ron Johnson helped create the Apple Store and transform Target into a design…
AI may prove disinflationary because agents can negotiate contracts and deals to make your life cheaper, says top economist
Personalized AI agents “could ultimately be an important competitive, and disinflationary, force across the economy,” Jeremy Siegel wrote.
Billionaire David Rubenstein tells young workers to learn how to read and write in the AI era: ‘Learn how to speak effectively and persuasively’
The Carlyle cofounder says the core skills of reading and writing have made people “successful over the last several thousand years,” and will never change.
Public Choice and Politics Without Romance (with Mike Munger)
Before you give the government new powers, try the Munger Test: cross out "government" and insert the name of the politician you trust least. Then see if you still like the idea. In his 52nd EconTalk appearance, Mike Mun…
Middlegarchs are the new Oligarchs
Wanna know who is really in the top 1%? And how they use their influence? It may not be who you think. Look beyond Silicon Valley. Look beyond Wall Street. Look beyond the “oligarchs”. There's a much larger class of weal…
How AI Is Changing Communication: Weighing Efficiency with Efficacy
AI is rapidly changing how top leaders communicate with employees, customers, boards, and each other. In episode 2 of a special four-part series on how AI is changing leadership, we explore how executives can use AI to i…
Is our national debt finally too much? (update)
(Note: A version of this episode originally ran in 2024.) $40,000,000,000,000. Four commas. Thirteen zeroes. It’s an eye-popping, almost infinite-sounding pile of money. And every time the debt passes a big round number,…
What New CEOs Get Wrong About the Job
Becoming CEO can look like the culmination of a career. But the skills that help someone rise to the top job aren't necessarily the ones that make them successful once they get there. Nitin Nohria, former dean of Harvard…
The Death of Reading (with James Marriott)
Are we living in the new Dark Ages? Despite vast technological advances, our societies are increasingly looking like those that preceded the advent of literacy. So argues journalist James Marriott, who sees in our abando…
The Domino’s Pizza Tracker Theory of Everything
Did a pizza restaurant’s humble status page change how we wait forever? When you order a Lyft or Uber, you get texts every few minutes about your car approaching and arriving. When you have a package coming, you get a n…
How AI Is Changing Talent, Not Just Tasks: Rethinking Where Human Judgment Matters Most
The decisions leaders must make about AI today go far beyond what platforms to invest in: AI is changing organizational culture and leadership for good. In episode 1 of a special four-part series on how AI is changing le…
How investing is getting riskier (Two Indicators)
Margin borrowing and sports gambling “investments” are both on the rise! Today on the show, two stories from Planet Money’s daily podcast The Indicator about the ways investing is changing, and getting riskier. According…
What It Takes to Make Progress When the Future Feels Out of Control
When the future feels increasingly out of our control, how can leaders and organizations make progress? University of Pennsylvania psychologist Martin Seligman, a pioneer in the study of optimism, resilience, and human f…
Incentives Are for Losers (with Adam Mastroianni)
Incentives matter, sure. But what should you do when following the incentives means quietly participating in something wrong? Psychologist Adam Mastroianni argues that obeying bad incentives--shading a headline for click…
The loan at the heart of a new foreclosure crisis
There is a new type of loan that is sweeping through the country right now. It’s advertised as a super quick and super easy way to get a mortgage to buy a home. In recent years, Wall Street has been funneling billions of…
Cost-cutting, quiet guilt and the inflation generation
In this economy it is boom times and doom times all at once. The statistics aren’t really capturing it. K-shaped only goes so far as a metaphor. So … we asked you to help. And you delivered! One one hand, the stock mark…
A Leading Restaurateur on What It Takes to Scale a Winning Culture
When a company is small, maintaining a strong culture can feel relatively easy. But as organizations grow, layers of management, geographic distance, and pressure for efficiency can make it much harder to preserve what m…
Meritocracy, Exams, and the Knowledge That Matters (with Daisy Christodoulou)
What does a failed 19th-century Chinese civil exam and one of the deadliest wars in history have to do with how we hire, educate, and test people today? In this EconTalk conversation, Russ Roberts and education expert Da…
Hamas and the Future of Gaza (with Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib)
He lost his childhood homes, dozens of family members, and most of his hearing in his left ear to Israeli bombs, yet Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib insists that Palestinians must also take responsibility for Gaza's destruction and…
Are We Alone? Cosmic Loneliness and the Longing to Believe (with Adam Kirsch)
Has the earth been visited by extraterrestrials? Are we alone? Despite no formal evidence for conscious life outside of earth, the belief that we are not alone has become more common among both scientists and everyday pe…
#2307 Eric Ries: Why Anthropic Won and How To Build Incurruptible companies
Eric Ries, who helped so many entrepreneurs build phenomenally successful businesses based on his Lean Startup philosophy, is back with a new book called Incorruptible. The book explains why some companies succeed over t…
#2306 Polsia: AI Agent + Zero Employees = $10M Run Rate
The zero-human company with the $10 million run rate has a lot of skeptics online. I collected all the skeptics’ challenges and asked the founder about each one. This is my explosive second interview with Ben Cera, found…
#2305 I earned $500k when AI replaced my managers
Chandler Bolt realized that much of what his sales managers did at Selfpublishing.com can be done better by good AI. Within a month, he built a first version with spiked sales. Now he’s replacing all his managers. This i…
#2304 “I make $4.5 million implementing AI”
I first heard about this guy on the Joe Rogan show. He built a hot business on a simple concept: Companies hire him to embed AI usage and thinking in their businesses. Now he’s creating his own agent software (a customiz…
#2303 Convos: Instant OpenClaw on your phone
On X, Shane Mac showed how he created an OpenClaw agent and asked it to copy an app. In this interview, he showed how his app Convos, does it. This interview is more visual than our usual ones, so you should head over to…
#2302 Superpowering Claude with 10,000 apps
Zapier just announced a new way for founders to integrate all their favorite apps with their favorite AI model. Wade Foster, their co-founder, came on to show what we can build with it. Wade Foster is the co-founder and…