OpenAI releases GPT-5, free to users
OpenAI creator Sam Altman and other leaders in artificial intelligence testify before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill in May in…
Skydance, Paramount merger closes – UPI.com
Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Skydance Media and Paramount Global have completed their merger, creating a new media conglomerate and ending months of turmoil over the…
Trump lauds the economy on his 200th day in office
Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Trump lauded the nation's economy while celebrating his administration's accomplishments on the 200th day of his second term in the White…
Tougher transshipment penalties on US imports not immediate: Report | Business and Economy News
Tougher United States trade penalties on goods originating in one country being re-shipped from another are not expected to immediately follow new US tariffs, three…
Trump calls on CEO of tech firm Intel to resign over China investments | Business and Economy News
United States President Donald Trump has fired off a social media message calling on the head of the US technology firm Intel to resign from…
President Donald Trump calls for Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign
1 of 3 | The company logo marks the entrance to the Intel campus in Santa Clara, California on April 13, 2010.The chip maker is…
Italy greenlights plan to build world’s longest suspension bridge | Business and Economy News
Italy has approved a $15.5bn suspension bridge which will connect the mainland to the island of Sicily.Italy has given final approval to a long-delayed plan…
Trump’s sweeping new tariffs take effect
Aug. 7 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs on dozens of nations went into effect early Thursday following months of delays and threats…
Apple, Trump announce $100B investment in U.S. for supply chain
Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook and President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a $100 billion investment plan to shift the tech company's…
Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk warns of layoffs as competition grows | Business and Economy News
Novo Nordisk’s outgoing CEO, Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, has warned that layoffs at the Danish pharmaceutical giant could be unavoidable as competition heats up against its blockbuster…
Syria signs $14bn infrastructure deals, will revamp Damascus airport | Business and Economy News
Syria’s fledgling government has sought investment to reconstruct the country after its devastating yearslong civil war.Syria has signed a series of investment deals with international…
ESPN to buy NFL Network, other media assets
Aug. 6 (UPI) -- ESPN announced Wednesday that it has made a non-binding agreement with the National Football League to acquire the NFL Network and…
White House says Apple to invest billions in US manufacturing | Business and Economy News
The White House is expected to announce the new deal as early as Wednesday.Apple will pledge $100bn for manufacturing in the United States that will…
Is Trump winning the trade war and at what cost to the economy? | Business and Economy
Donald Trump’s tariff policy is taking shape and the president is already touting benefits to the US economy.Donald Trump aims to rebalance the global trading…
Elon Musk says improved Tesla full self-driving technology is coming soon
Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday that the U.S. automaker is working on an improved full-self driving, or FSD, model that…
Disney’s streaming business keeps growing, despite theatrical losses
Continued growth in streaming subscriptions and strong domestic tourism to its theme parks propelled Walt Disney Co.’s fiscal third quarter earnings, even as its theatrical…
Trump says four candidates in running for Fed chair, rules out Bessent | Business and Economy News
US president says the Treasury secretary wishes to stay in his current role.United States President Donald Trump has ruled out Secretary of the Treasury Scott…
Trump: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent doesn’t want to be Federal Reserve chair
Aug. 5 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is no longer on the list to replace Federal Reserve Chair…
Milei vetoes pension, disability spending increases as Argentina feels cuts | Business and Economy News
Despite his austerity measures, the president’s party is expected to do well in the crucial October mid-term elections.Argentina’s libertarian president, Javier Milei, has vetoed bills…
Why have relations between Trump and Modi nosedived so quickly? | Business and Economy
The United States slaps 25 percent tariffs on a nation long viewed as an ally.The United States has imposed a punitive 25 percent tariff on…