The Business Economics

HR Outsourcing for Small Businesses: Costs, Benefits and How to Choose a Provider in 2026 thumbnail
The Business Economics

HR Outsourcing for Small Businesses: Costs, Benefits and How to Choose a Provider in 2026

By Tim Adler on Small Business UK – Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Businesses with fewer than 50 employees...

EU publishes its AI content labelling playbook ahead of the AI Act’s August deadline thumbnail
The Business Economics

EU publishes its AI content labelling playbook ahead of the AI Act’s August deadline

The European Union has published its AI content labelling playbook, a voluntary Code of Practice meant to help companies meet transparency rules that become law...

Insurers pivot AI strategy toward core risk underwriting thumbnail
The Business Economics

Insurers pivot AI strategy toward core risk underwriting

AI investments by insurers are now expected to generate tangible business value beyond mere efficiency. According to findings in the 2026 Evident AI...

Google Cloud generative AI automates council planning operations thumbnail
The Business Economics

Google Cloud generative AI automates council planning operations

Government ministries are deploying Google Cloud generative AI across municipal agencies to automate council planning operations. Public sector administration handles vast volumes of...

Microsoft sells OpenAI models in China. OpenAI and Anthropic won’t. thumbnail
The Business Economics

Microsoft sells OpenAI models in China. OpenAI and Anthropic won’t.

Microsoft has quietly become the main supplier of OpenAI models in China, selling the technology to the country’s largest internet companies even as...

HSBC expands AI banking partnership with Google Cloud thumbnail
The Business Economics

HSBC expands AI banking partnership with Google Cloud

HSBC has entered a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud to develop and deploy artificial intelligence tools across its global operations. Announced at Google...

Current price of oil as of June 17, 2026 thumbnail
The Business Economics

Current price of oil as of June 17, 2026

At 9 a.m. Eastern Time today, the price of oil sits at $80.78 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark (we’ll explain what...

Exclusive: A 21-year-old Stanford grad just raised $11 million to put a hormone lab on your wrist thumbnail
The Business Economics

Exclusive: A 21-year-old Stanford grad just raised $11 million to put a hormone lab on your wrist

Jenny Duan closed her seed round the same week she picked up her diploma. Duan, 21, graduated from Stanford University last weekend with...

Exclusive: Karta raises $15 million to bring WhatsApp-run U.S. credit cards to global travelers thumbnail
The Business Economics

Exclusive: Karta raises $15 million to bring WhatsApp-run U.S. credit cards to global travelers

When American Express began scaling back a niche credit card for non‑U.S. clients who keep money in American banks and brokerages, it left...

Michael Burry is ‘tempted’ to short Elon Musk’s SpaceX, but says it’s not enticing enough for ‘fundamentally a small space company’ thumbnail
The Business Economics

Michael Burry is ‘tempted’ to short Elon Musk’s SpaceX, but says it’s not enticing enough for ‘fundamentally a small space company’

Famed investor Michael Burry—of “The Big Short” fame—considered antagonizing the richest man on the planet over the IPO of his latest company. Burry...