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Tax loophole fears cloud UK marketplace VAT reform

UK retailers warn that proposed marketplace VAT exemptions could weaken tax enforcement and reduce funding for business rates relief. The post Tax loophole fears cloud UK marketplace VAT reform appeared first on Retail Insight Network.

OpenAI Aims to Lock In $30 Billion Funding Round by Next Week

OpenAI is close to finalizing a funding round in which it could raise as much as $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion pre-money valuation, CNBC reported Thursday (Oct. 22), citing unnamed sources. OpenAI told investors Thursday that it aims to s

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FTC Data Shows Investment Scams Fuel Fivefold Surge in Seniors’ Fraud Losses

Fraud losses reported by older adults increased fivefold between 2020 and 2025, leaping from $600 million to $3 billion, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Monday (Oct. 19). The FTC shared this data in a press release outlining finding

Anima helps clinics cut call waits by 75% with GPT-6 and GPT-Live

Anima expands what care teams can do with OpenAI models, giving them more capacity to respond to patients.

Members intensify discussions on WTO reform based on substantive proposals

At a transparency session on 23 October, WTO members welcomed progress in the WTO reform process and acknowledged a clear shift toward more substantive and focused discussions. Ahead of the meeting, facilitators for the discussions on WTO r

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OpenAI and Poland’s NASK partner to advance AI safety and security

OpenAI and Poland’s NASK are partnering on AI safety, security, and technical research to strengthen safeguards and support a more resilient digital ecosystem.

商务部电子商务司负责人介绍2026年1-9月我国电子商务发展情况

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Customs Notice 26-23: United States Surtax Order ( 2026 )

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Uber Deploys OpenAI Agents to All 30,000 Employees

Uber has made OpenAI’s ChatGPT Work available to all its 30,000 employees around the world after initially piloting it with 1,000 employees, OpenAI said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release. ChatGPT Work is an agent designed to take on com

Credit Card Delinquencies Creep Up to 2.6% Among Major Issuers

Credit card delinquencies crept up in September, while net charge-offs declined, according to the latest edition of Seeking Alpha’s Credit Pulse, released Thursday (Oct. 22). This report tracks monthly delinquency and charge-off rates at se

Banks Add AI Agents, Keep Their 40-Year-Old Cores

Banks keep their core systems because replacing them is costly and disruptive. Keeping them carries its own price. Employees work across fragmented applications, repeat manual steps and rely on expensive integrations. Fifty-two percent of f

Nvidia and Reflection Make Open Models Enterprise-Ready

Chinese labs have led the open-weight artificial intelligence (AI) race for most of the year. This week, the U.S. stacked up its own entries, with Nvidia and Reflection releasing models built for enterprise work. DeepSeek and MiniMax respon

Natural Grocers Recalls Natural Grocers Brand Organic 2 Pound Mung Beans Due to Potential Presence of Foreign Material

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Wyndham Deploys AI Agents to Boost Hotel Bookings and Cut Franchisee Costs

Hotel franchising company Wyndham Hotels & Resorts offers artificial intelligence (AI) tools across the guest experience and has found that they improve franchisees’ top lines, reduce operating costs and enhance the guest experience, the co

Turning Database Grading into RL Rewards: Post-Training Agents with ThinkingBox

American Airlines Says Loyalty Program Drives Revenues and Margins

American Airlines’ loyalty program, AAdvantage, differentiates the company from its rivals and provides a competitive advantage, executives said Thursday (Oct. 22) during a third-quarter earnings call. “We said we’d lead in loyalty, and we

Ryder fleet facing possible growth need as EPA ‘27 nears

With the EPA ‘27 engine rules impacting nitrogen oxide (NoX) emissions in heavy duty vehicles getting closer every day, the new rules will have a major impact on anybody who buys new vehicles…like Ryder. Ryder’s (NYSE: R) third quarter earn

Bitcoin-Backed Loans Add Debt to Leveraged Crypto Trading

Bitcoin holders borrowing to finance leveraged trading retain their original investment and take on another source of exposure. Their coins continue to fluctuate, the financed position produces its own gains or losses, and the dollar loan r

Daimler Truck sues former fleet manager over alleged $3.8M embezzlement

Daimler Truck North America is seeking $6.6 million in damages after accusing a former employee and his wife of misappropriating nearly $3.8 million. The post Daimler Truck sues former fleet manager over alleged $3.8M embezzlement appeared

In Wyoming, Are Two Homestead Exemptions Enough?

No one enjoys paying taxes, but the property tax serves an important purpose, and Wyoming has already implemented significant property tax relief. Proposition 1 would undercut local finances to a degree that would likely force reliance on w

Procter & Gamble Sees Resilient Consumer Demand Despite Higher Commodity Costs

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) company Procter & Gamble expects the costs of raw materials, energy and transportation to be higher throughout its fiscal year 2027, the firm said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release outlining its results for