China tightened curbs on cryptocurrencies and tokenized real-world assets, barring domestic entities from issuing digital tokens overseas and banning the offshore issuance of yuan-linked stablecoins without approval.

The government didn’t pay for it — and it’s not planning to sell.

Apple Inc. is preparing to allow voice-controlled artificial intelligence apps from other companies in CarPlay, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that will let users query AI chatbots through its vehicle interface for the first time.

During his more than 15 years as a professional sports gambler, Rufus Peabody has built up an elaborate system of software tools and surrogate bettors that allow him to spot favorable odds offered by bookmakers of every variety and quickly put down millions of dollars on golf, football, basketball and other sports.

The European Central Bank told EU leaders to take “urgent collective action” to strengthen the economy, outlining five key measures to consider ahead of an upcoming summit.

Crypto-hoarding treasury companies, which helped turbocharge a digital-asset rally in last year’s first nine months, are now at risk of sparking market contagion as selling pressure mounts.

President Donald Trump eliminated the extra 25% tariff he had imposed on Indian goods over the country’s purchases of Russian oil, the first step to cement the terms of a trade deal the two nations announced earlier this week.

President Donald Trump enabled his administration to apply tariffs on goods from countries doing business with Iran, but stopped short of immediately imposing any new duties.

African nations face a continued risk of losing revenue to developed countries that apply the global minimum tax despite redesigned rules that feature a carve-out for US multinational companies, a group of the continent’s countries argued.

The Treasury Department and the IRS should modify and simplify a documentation requirement that is part of guidance on how companies will move to a new approach to counting their share of subsidiaries’ foreign income, an accounting group said.

President Donald Trump signed a directive on Friday further increasing the amount of beef imported into the US from Argentina, his latest move to address Americans’ concerns about affordability.

A large swath of countries pushed back Friday against a proposal that the United Nations play a role in encouraging the exchange of tax information between nations over concerns the move would impose obligations on governments.

A Burger King franchise owner faces allegations that it violated Wisconsin’s child labor laws more than 1,600 times, including requirements for work permits and hour restrictions.

Connecticut law requires Amazon.com Inc. and other employers to pay workers for time spent going through security screenings, and there’s no exception for short bits of worker time, the state’s highest court said.

The Trump administration’s sweeping changes to how federal workers are classified likely will harm the IRS’s ability to hire, and renew concerns that the agency could succumb to political pressures.

Cambridge Health Alliance signed a $595,000 class settlement with former workers who accused the Massachusetts-based teaching hospital of failing to rein in excessive fees in their retirement plan.

The Labor Department set the minimum wage for some federal contractors to $13.65 per hour, after President Donald Trump canceled a Biden-era executive order that had set it at $15 per hour.

Congressional appropriators gave the IRS a lifeline to shift money around to stave off funding cliffs, but some are saying it might not be enough.

Bernie Sanders and Ron DeSantis don’t agree on much, but the data-center boom is a rare exception. Vermont’s Democratic Socialist senator and Florida’s right-wing governor want to slam the brakes on the hundreds of resource-intensive new facilities springing up across the country to power the artificial intelligence industry. And both point to profits, not the public good, as the real factor motivating the boom.

Elite engineers’ soaring compensation packages are complicating R&D tax credit claims under IRC §41, requiring companies to enhance their audit readiness with more rigorous documentation of qualified research activities.

A proposal to eliminate Hawaii income tax cuts enacted in 2024 could undermine past efforts to provide tax relief for lower-income households.

The United Arab Emirates has taken a decisive step toward strengthening tax certainty under its corporate tax regime with the release of long-awaited guidance on advance pricing agreements.

Molly Unterseher joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in its tax-exempt organizations and philanthropy practice in Philadelphia and New York, the firm announced Thursday.

Andrew Smolik, Michael Flood, Seth Aigner, Virginia Duong and Gordon Klein joined Norton Rose Fulbright as partners, the firm announced Feb. 2. Smolik and Flood joined the St. Louis office, while Aigner, Duong and Klein arrived in Chicago.