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Airbus has not taken full advantage of Boeing’s weakness

Boeing might have hoped that coughing up $1m for Donald Trump’s inauguration fund would ease relations with America’s incoming president. Yet “not happy” was the verdict he delivered on February 20th. His...

The smiling new face of German big business

GERMANS ARE a brooding bunch. After all, their language gave the world “angst”. After five years of trouble some may even be feeling a sense of Niedergeschlagenheit (literally, beaten-downness). Covid-19 was followed...

Zyn is giving investors a buzz—for now

When tucked between lip and gum, a small white pouch of Zyn is intended to give the user a pleasant nicotine hit. Its maker is getting a lift, too. Shares in Philip...

The trouble with MAGA’s chipmaking dreams

DURING a recent summit in Paris, J.D. Vance, America’s vice-president, declared that the world’s most powerful artificial-intelligence (AI) systems would be developed in America with “American-designed and manufactured chips”. That is a...

Nvidia is fighting both Trump and China

One honourable exception to the roster of tech billionaires standing behind Donald Trump at the president’s inauguration on January 20th was Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia. He took a quieter...

Nvidia is fighting off two threats

One honourable exception to the roster of tech billionaires standing behind Donald Trump at the president’s inauguration on January 20th was Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia. He took a quieter...

Nvidia is fighting off two threats. Both involve China

One honourable exception to the roster of tech billionaires standing behind Donald Trump at the president’s inauguration on January 20th was Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia. He took a quieter...

A guide to dodging Trump’s tariffs

In 1881 American customs officials stopped a suspicious shipment of sugar, believing its colour had been altered. Under the prevailing tariff code, the darker the colour, the lower the grade and the...

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