ABE NEWS | September 12, 2026 For years, Washington’s message to China’s auto industry has been remarkably clear: Chinese cars are not welcome in the United States. Tariffs have made imported Chinese electric vehicles prohibitively expensive. National-security rules targeting Chinese software and hardware have created another formidable barrier. Republicans and Democrats have increasingly treated China’s…
ABE NEWS | September 2, 2026 Europe’s confrontation with Russia is entering increasingly dangerous territory — and this time the centre of the story is not Ukraine. It is Germany. German authorities have formally accused Russia of orchestrating an attempted explosive-drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport, one of Europe’s important cargo hubs and a logistics centre…
ABE NEWS | September 5, 2026 Two trillion dollars. That is the extraordinary valuation Anthropic could potentially seek as the artificial-intelligence company behind Claude moves closer to one of the most consequential stock-market debuts in history. Anthropic is now expected to begin marketing its initial public offering around mid-October, according to people familiar with…
ABE NEWS | August 29, 2026 India is preparing for what could become the biggest initial public offering in its history. Jio Platforms, the digital empire controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, has received approval from India’s securities regulator for an IPO expected to raise approximately $3.8 billion. The proposed offering would put…
Anthropic Is Betting $518 Billion on AI. Now the AI Boom Has to Prove Itself. ABE NEWS | SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 Artificial intelligence has spent the last several years convincing the world that it could become one of the defining technologies of the century. Now the industry is facing a different question. How much money…
ABE NEWS | SEPTEMBER 18, 2026 When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington next week, some of the most consequential people accompanying him may not be diplomats. Washington and Beijing are finalizing plans for a potential delegation of major Chinese business leaders to join Xi during his state visit, according to Reuters. Companies under…
ABE ORIGINAL | SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2026 There is something deeply strange happening in Hollywood. Writers are teaching artificial intelligence how to write screenplays. Directors are helping machines understand filmmaking decisions. Producers are showing AI how to plan shoots, organize productions and solve problems that professionals normally spend years learning to handle. And some…
ABE NEWS | August 30, 2026 Canada is positioning itself at the centre of an ambitious attempt to transform how Western countries finance defence, as Prime Minister Mark Carney throws Ottawa’s weight behind a proposed international bank seeking to mobilize roughly €100 billion — about US$116 billion — for defence, security and military-industrial investment….
ABE NEWS | MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2026 Canada just got another inflation warning. The country’s annual inflation rate climbed to 3.0% in July, reaching the top of the Bank of Canada’s 1%–3% inflation-control range. But before blaming rent. Or groceries. Or wages. Look at one number: 25.7%. That’s how much gasoline prices increased compared…
The world gave investors plenty of reasons to worry this week. Oil remained expensive. The Strait of Hormuz remained severely disrupted. Washington and Tehran remained far apart. Long-term U.S. borrowing costs flashed warning signs. Consumers showed signs of becoming more cautious. And businesses continued trying to figure out what an increasingly unpredictable global economy…
