Tesla's new registrations in Germany nearly quadruple in October, KBA says

Chevron does not report a comparable, standalone refining-margin figure, but it reported Friday that its downstream earnings more than quadrupled from a year earlier to $4.9 billion, with the company citing higher margins on refined-product sales. That’s amid tight supplies of refined fuels and pressure on refinery output globally, despite oil firms reporting this week…

Last week, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar mentioned something bizarre in an interview on CBS News. “So many AI researchers have started smoking as a way of signaling to other researchers how much they believe in AI,” he said. Their thinking, he said, goes like this: “I believe so much in AI that it’s going to…

New data showed contrasting signals for the U.S. housing market, as home equity levels hit record highs, showing sustained strength, while noticeable heightened stress affected certain segments of borrowers, according to ICE Mortgage Technology. Processing Content Accrued equity among mortgage holders accelerated to $18 trillion for the first time on record in July, the home…

AP solutions provider Medius announced the launch of Bring Your Own Card functionality in Medius Expense, developed in partnership with spend management platform Astrada. The capability enables businesses to connect existing corporate card portfolios to Medius Expense, allowing transactions to flow automatically into the platform and become expenses without requiring customers to switch banks or…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Marissa Goldstein, a 40-year-old entrepreneur from the Boston area who lives in Ho Chi Minh City. It has been edited for length and clarity. In 2016, my husband and I flew to Vietnam with our 1-year-old twins and two bags. We told everyone we’d be back…