Posts by Liam Redmond
China’s XPeng plans to offer tech solutions to foreign automakers: sources
EV maker said to be courting parties beyond partner Volkswagen as it seeks new revenue streams Published Thu, Sep 17, 2026 · 11:24 PM [BEIJING] Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng plans to offer its technology to foreign automakers beyond partner Volkswagen as it seeks new revenue streams, according to two people familiar with the matter.…
Read MoreGreenback eases from peak as oil prices extend decline; BOJ in focus
Euro rises; pound sterling slips after Bank of England holds rates but warns of possible hikes Published Thu, Sep 17, 2026 · 09:09 PM [LONDON] The US dollar climbed to a seven-week high on Thursday (Sep 17) after the Federal Reserve raised rates and reaffirmed its commitment to curbing inflation, though it later eased as…
Read MoreMets’ Robert Stock on IL with season-ending injury, but it could have been worse
Robert Stock’s season ended Wednesday with the disappointment of his placement on the injured list but relief that his situation doesn’t appear serious after he experienced finger numbness. Earlier this season, the Mets right-hander underwent surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome. Stock said an MRI exam determined poor circulation in his hand and that he’s begun…
Read MorePricing Strategy Gets Harder as Input Costs Climb
Clothing prices in the United States are set to climb this autumn as the people who make and sell clothes push higher energy, factory and freight bills down the chain, according to reporting published Monday that builds on a Bloomberg investigation into the sector. Fighting in Iran, and the shipping chaos it has created around…
Read MoreAI Agents for Business Keep Stalling at Your Books
A Brussels company called Chift closed a 10.5 million euro Series A on Monday. BlackFin Capital Partners wrote the lead cheque, joined by earlier backers Entourage, Shapers, Seeder Fund and Wallonie Entreprendre. What Chift sells is a single doorway into the systems small companies actually run on, from the bookkeeping ledger and the billing tool…
Read MoreGoogle AI Overviews Will Start Paying for Your Content
Google has begun paying select publishers when their work meaningfully feeds an AI answer, according to a Digiday report surfaced Monday. The pilot covers AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini and other Google AI products, payment is tied to the value a given piece contributes, and any publisher can decline to take part. Read that slowly,…
Read MoreWorking Capital Loan Demand Pulls In a $300M Package
Hong Kong fintech Qupital disclosed a $300 million capital package this week. The money arrives in two shapes: Series C equity, which M Capital led, and asset-backed commitments put up by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group alongside Quester Capital. Qupital has not said where the line between those two falls, and that silence is the most…
Read MoreAI Search Optimization Now Shapes Your First Impression
US B2B buyers have quietly rewritten the first step of their research, and survey data published Monday puts a number on it. Among American B2B professionals who use AI at work, 41% open an AI tool first and then confirm what it told them using a regular search engine. Semrush fielded the study across March…
Read MoreVeteran TV helicopter pilot offers grim assessment of deadly NBC LA crash after reviewing audio
Veteran helicopter pilot and former news reporter Zoey Tur is weighing in on the deadly Chatsworth helicopter crash, offering a grim preliminary assessment of what may have gone wrong. Tur, who made history covering breaking news from the skies over Los Angeles, said audio from the crash appeared to capture signs of an engine failure…
Read MoreBusiness Valuation Tools Reach the 30-Person HVAC Shop
A Las Vegas company called Reins launched a standalone product on Monday called Valuation, built to tell contractors who run their own shops what the business is currently worth, and which levers would lift that number. It reads a business through its own books and job data rather than through a generic industry multiple. Most…
Read MoreBusiness Succession Planning: 5 Openings for Young Buyers
JPMorganChase released a report on Monday, putting a hard number on a problem Jamie Dimon has been describing since March: roughly 12 million American businesses will pass to new owners inside the next decade, and the assets riding on those handoffs come to nearly $10 trillion. Chase put the question to 1,000 owners. Seventy percent…
Read MoreDiesel Prices Set a Record and Squeeze Small Budgets
Diesel averaged $6.23 a gallon across the US on Monday, a fresh record, after Saudi Arabia closed its East-West pipeline and Gulf states put off a scheduled discussion about how the Strait of Hormuz will operate. Brent crude touched $108 during the session and US crude reached $103. If you do not operate a truck,…
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