China’s Weak Currency Is Powering Its Exports, Drawing Criticism
China’s renminbi is lagging the currencies of key trading partners, making Chinese goods and services cheap and helping to drive exports.
NYT Business 
China’s Trade Surplus Climbs Past $1 Trillion for First Time
President Trump’s tariffs weren’t enough to hold back the global export flood by China, which pushed past last year’s record in just 11 months.
Binance has been proudly nomadic for years. A new announcement suggests it’s finally chosen a headquarters
Co-CEO Richard Teng said Abu Dhabi is where Binance’s “global platform will be regulated.”
FORTUNE 
America's AI dominance depends on winning the 'power race' against China, energy expert warns
America's AI dominance depends on winning the energy race against China, with natural gas as the key fuel to power massive data centers nationwide, energy expert says.
FOX Business 
Trump says Netflix-Warner Bros. deal ‘could be a problem’
The $72 billion deal would combine the world’s No. 1 streaming player with the No. 4 service HBO Max, which has raised red flags from antitrust regulators.
My husband and I left our jobs to travel full-time in our 30s. Transitioning back into the workforce has been hard.
Toccara Best submitted a request for a year of leave. When it got denied, she quit her job anyway to travel with her husband.
Business Insider 
OpenAI goes from stock market savior to burden as AI risks mount
“There’s a growing sense that Alphabet has all the pieces to emerge as the dominant AI model builder.”
I'm building my AI startup in high school. I don't buy the dropout myth — I'm still going to college.
An 18-year-old founder is building her AI startup during high school — and explains why she doesn't buy the Silicon Valley dropout myth.
What bubble? Asset managers in risk-on mode stick with stocks
More than three-quarters of the allocators were positioning portfolios for a risk-on environment through 2026.
Macron warns EU may hit China with tariffs over trade surplus
Macron said the US approach to China was “inappropriate” and had worsened Europe’s position by diverting Chinese goods toward the EU market.
U.S. trade chief says China has complied with terms of trade deals
Greer said China has gotten approximately “a third” of the way through its soybean purchase commitment for this growing season.
Leaders in Congress outperform rank-and-file lawmakers on stock trades by up to 47% a year, researchers say
"These results suggest that congressional leaders may not only trade on privileged knowledge, but also shape policy outcomes to enrich themselves."
Leaders in Congress outperform rank-and-file lawmakers on stock trades by up to 47% a year, researchers say
"These results suggest that congressional leaders may not only trade on privileged knowledge, but also shape policy outcomes to enrich themselves."
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says AI scaling 'must be pushed to the maximum'
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says AI scaling is key to reaching AGI, a still theoretical version of AI that reasons as well as humans.
An 88-year-old worked 5 days a week at a supermarket. Then strangers raised almost $2 million so he could finally retire.
The internet rallied behind 88-year-old Ed Bambas, who has been working at a supermarket after losing his pension from General Motors.
HP’s chief commercial officer predicts the future will include AI-powered PCs that don’t share data in the cloud
"People want to know that if they input data to a model, the model won’t train on their data,” said HP's Dave McQuarrie.