China has bought at least 8 million tons of US soybeans this year, according to people familiar with the matter, putting the world’s top importer on track to meet a pledge it made two months ago as part of an apparent trade truce with Washington.

Venture funding for fintech firms rose in 2025 for the first time in four years, with prediction markets emerging as the sector’s biggest winners, riding a wave of enthusiasm around online gambling.

Former executives of fashion retailer Express Inc. were hit with a $500 million lawsuit by a bankruptcy estate for allegedly sabotaging a lucrative 2022 acquisition offer from brand management firm Bluestar Alliance to protect their own jobs.

Cooking television show America’s Test Kitchen has agreed to purchase recipe site Food52, which said it was forced to file bankruptcy after its lender unexpectedly swept cash from its bank accounts.

Respondents to a Federal Reserve survey anticipated that the central bank’s reserve management purchases will total more than $200 billion over 12 months as part of efforts to quell pressures in money markets.

Tire recycler Castle Tire Disposal LLC is suing the company that purchased it over claims that its purchaser, Liberty Tire Services of Ohio LLC, breached the parties’ earnout agreement.