NEW YORK — Shoppers showed their willingness to spend in September even after a better-than-expected splurge in August. Retail sales increased 0.8% last month, after delivering a revised 1.3% gain in August, according to the Commerce Department’s report Thursday. Economists were anticipating a 0.3% increase for the month, according to FactSet. Still, excluding business at
NEW YORK — Elon Musk sent dozens of self-driving Cybercabs without steering wheels or brake pedals onto the streets of Austin, Texas, on Thursday, betting that Americans will overcome their fears of rides with “no control” and hop inside. The rollout of the gold-colored Teslas, which give passengers no way to take control in an
TOKYO — Asian stocks were mixed, while South Korea’s Kospi stock index fell 6% on Wednesday, as doubts over massive investments in artificial intelligence once again led investors to dump chipmaker stocks. American futures hardly changed. The latest decline in Seoul was led by a drop in shares of chipmaker SK Hynix after its operating
