India wants to become the top manufacturing alternative to China. But first it needs to beat Vietnam

India wants to become the top manufacturing alternative to China. But first it needs to beat Vietnam

Workers at the Lava mobile phone manufacturing facility in Noida, India.  Hindustan Times | Hindustan Times | Getty Images India wants to be the top manufacturer in Asia as companies shift away from China, but first it needs to lower taxes and improve supply chain efficiency if it wants to dethrone Vietnam. The U.S. has … Read more

Fed must cut rates more aggressively due to jobs: Canaccord Tony Dwyer

Fed must cut rates more aggressively due to jobs: Canaccord Tony Dwyer

The Federal Reserve may have new incentives in the second quarter to cut rates deeper this year. Canaccord Genuity’s Tony Dwyer thinks a deteriorating jobs market and easing inflation will ultimately push the Fed to act. “I’m not saying that they have to go back to zero, but they have to be more aggressive,” the … Read more

Tesla’s Quality Control Is So Bad Customers Are Taking Delivery Inspections Into Their Own Hands

Tesla’s Quality Control Is So Bad Customers Are Taking Delivery Inspections Into Their Own Hands

Tesla’s build quality problems are well known; from panel gaps to crummy interiors to glass roofs that just fly off for no reason, it’s safe to say customers should be on the lookout when they purchase a brand-new Tesla. The Cybertruck has been just as bad as previous models, despite its over $100,000 price tag. … Read more

Tesla stock drops 29% in first quarter as global dominance wanes

Tesla stock drops 29% in first quarter as global dominance wanes

A Tesla car is driven past a store of the electric vehicle (EV) maker in Beijing, China January 4, 2024.  Florence Lo | Reuters It was a brutal first quarter for Tesla investors. Shares of the electric vehicle maker plunged 29% in the first three months of the year, the worst quarter for the stock … Read more

Xiaomi releases electric car $4K cheaper than Tesla’s Model 3

Xiaomi releases electric car K cheaper than Tesla’s Model 3

Chinese consumer electronics company Xiaomi revealed Thurs., Dec. 28, 2023, its long-awaited electric car, but declined to share its price or specific release date. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng BEIJING — Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi said Thursday it will sell its first car for far less than Tesla’s Model 3, as price wars heat up in … Read more

China-made vehicles will make up a quarter of Europe’s EV sales this year

China-made vehicles will make up a quarter of Europe’s EV sales this year

A BYD Co. Atto 3 electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) on day two of the Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images China-made electric vehicles will make up more than a quarter of the EV sales in Europe this year, with the country’s share … Read more

Mumbai overtakes Beijing to become Asia’s billionaire capital for first time

Mumbai overtakes Beijing to become Asia’s billionaire capital for first time

With 92 billionaires, Mumbai ranks third behind New York and London, but ahead of Beijing, and Shanghai. Tuul & Bruno Morandi | The Image Bank | Getty Images Move over, Beijing. Mumbai is now the Asian capital with the most number of billionaires, according to Hurun Research Institute’s global rich list.  This is the first … Read more

Amazon spends $2.7B on startup Anthropic in largest venture investment

Amazon spends .7B on startup Anthropic in largest venture investment

Amazon is making its largest outside investment in its three-decade history as it looks to gain an edge in the artificial intelligence race.  The tech giant said it will spend another $2.75 billion backing Anthropic, a San Francisco-based startup that’s widely viewed as a frontrunner in generative artificial intelligence. Its foundation model and chatbot Claude … Read more

Adam Neumann WeWork bid faces questions over financing, business plan

Adam Neumann WeWork bid faces questions over financing, business plan

Israeli-American businessman Adam Neumann speaks during The Israeli American Council (IAC) 8th Annual National Summit on January 19, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Shahar Azran | Getty Images Adam Neumann has sent a preliminary offer to buy WeWork out of bankruptcy for more than $500 million, five years after he was ousted by the office-sharing company … Read more

How BYD grew from a battery maker to EV juggernaut, overtaking Tesla

How BYD grew from a battery maker to EV juggernaut, overtaking Tesla

In the U.S., Tesla may be at the forefront of the electric vehicle revolution, but abroad, the carmaker has some serious competition. In China, the world’s largest EV market, Tesla has been losing ground to domestic automakers who are increasingly building better cars at unbeatable prices, and chief among them is Warren Buffet-backed BYD. In … Read more