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Artificial intelligence is transforming how people gather information and make decisions — including on matters of money. In fact, generative AI, which can supplant a human’s analytical skills, is taking on the role of a financial advisor for a significant number of adults, recent reports show.Two-thirds, or 66%, of Americans who have utilized a GenAI tool like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini said they’ve used it for financial advice, according to a September report by Intuit Credit Karma. For Gen Z and millennials, the share is much higher: 82% use it for everything from simple budgeting to more complicated tax planning and…

Tourists have fun at the Silk Road Ski Resort in the suburban area of Urumqi, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 3, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaocheng)* Xinjiang is emerging as a popular world-class destination thanks to China’s policies that facilitate visas, payments and accommodation for inbound tourists.* Visitors flock to the region, drawn by its stunning natural landscapes, including snow-capped peaks and golden deserts, as well as its rich cultural heritage found in ancient streets and vibrant bazaars.* The region aims to push annual tourist arrivals to exceed 400 million by 2030, which will mean bringing the total revenue in…

The destroyed car of Miranshah Assistant Commissioner Noor Wali Khan is seen in Bannu. Security officials carry the coffin of the martyred AC. Photos: Express MIRANSHAH: Noor Wali Khan, the assistant commissioner of North Waziristan’s Miranshah tehsil, and three others including two policemen were martyred on Tuesday in a brazen attack in Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) According to officials, Noor Wali Khan was travelling with his security squad from Miranshah to the Peshawar High Court Bannu Bench. When his convoy reached near the village of Mamash Khel in Bannu at around 10am, terrorists lying in ambush opened heavy fire…

Key PointsDual sourcing and a localized supply helped Nissan get around the U.S. tariffs on foreign auto imports, Nissan CFO Jeremie Papin, told CNBC.It is working with partners to explore ways to offset the effects tariffs further amid extra capacity at its U.S. plants, Jeremie Papin said.Export controls on critical chips also remains a threat, but is not “the nightmare scenario that it could have been,” Papin told “Europe Early Edition.” Nissan has leaned on “dual sourcing” and local supply chains for components as it adjusted to U.S. tariffs, its chief financial officer told CNBC. The Trump administration introduced 25% tariffs on foreign auto imports in April, causing…

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Wednesday denied that the Trump administration’s tariff policies were to blame after a new report showed a surprise drop in private payrolls in November.Instead, Lutnick argued on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” that the government shutdown temporarily slowed small-business activity. He added that the federal efforts to enact mass deportations of undocumented immigrants also suppressed jobs numbers.”No, no, it’s not tariffs,” Lutnick said when asked whether President Donald Trump’s import duties explained Wednesday morning’s report from ADP, which revealed an unexpected 32,000-worker drop in the labor market.That decline, a sharp turnabout from October, was led…

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 3, 2025. At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Macron arrived here on Wednesday for a state visit to China through Friday. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a state visit to China through Friday.It is Macron’s fourth state visit to China and a reciprocal visit to Xi’s historic state visit to France last year that marked the 60th anniversary of China-France diplomatic relations.During the visit this week, Xi will…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday gave instructions to take up the issue of reduction in some of the income taxes with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after his income tax panel proposed a Rs975 billion relief package for corporate and salaried classes. The recommendations include reducing the tax burden on the salaried class by 25%, abolishing the income tax surcharge and withdrawing the wealth tax imposed in the shape of capital value tax on foreign assets. Out of the Rs975 billion proposed package, the immediate relief cost is estimated at over Rs600 billion, according to the tax reform…

Waymo partners with Uber to bring robotaxi service to Atlanta and Austin.Uber Technologies Inc.Waymo on Wednesday said humans will begin test driving the Alphabet-owned company’s robotaxi vehicles in Baltimore, Pittsburgh and St. Louis. The three cities represent the latest additions to Waymo’s quickly growing list of cities where the Google sister company is either operating its robotaxis, planning to launch service or starting to test its vehicles. That list now stands at 26 markets. Waymo will begin manual drives in the trio of new cities this week with hopes to eventually begin serving fully-autonomous rides there, spokesperson Ethan Teicher told…

Pakistan men’s T20I squad will travel to Sri Lanka next month to feature in a three-match T20I series as part of their preparations for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Tuesday. All three matches will be played at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium (RDICS) in Dambulla on January 7, 9 and 11. The tour will provide the side with valuable match practice ahead of next year’s global event being staged from February 7 to March 8, where Pakistan are placed in Group ‘A’and will play all their fixtures in Colombo. The…

A Fortec adaptive reuse project in Barrington, Illinois.Courtesy: FortecA version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.Rising demand from parents for early education is causing a boom in a small but fast-growing subsector of commercial real estate. The sector is so undersupplied that it’s increasingly attractive to both developers and investors. The U.S. child-care market is currently valued…