A grand display for Xi reveals the limits of Trump’s summitry

WASHINGTON — Expectations were low entering President Trump’s meetings with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, this week, after officials on both sides tempered hopes for a breakthrough. Yet the summit’s stark lack of substance surprised even the closest China watchers. It was a visual affair designed to project a new phase of managed competition between a prevailing superpower…

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Ecommerce Benchmarking Expands as EMARKETER Acquires RetailX

EMARKETER announced today that it has acquired the research arm of RetailX, folding in the UK500 ranking of Britain’s top ecommerce retailers and the CustomerX Index, a pan-European benchmark expanding into the US later this year. RetailX’s research team and tools now sit inside EMARKETER’s broader retail intelligence platform. If competitive benchmarking has ever felt…

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Go-To-Market Strategy Gets New Tools From G2’s Rollout

G2 rolled out a new suite of go-to-market tools this week aimed at helping software companies reach buyers earlier in the research process. The announcement leans on findings from G2’s own 2026 Buyer Behavior Report: out of every 100 B2B software buyers, 82 now start their research inside an AI chatbot long before a salesperson…

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Why high bond yields look like the new normal

Investors’ retreat from long-dated government debt is due to concerns including mounting fiscal deficits Published Fri, Sep 25, 2026 · 10:34 PM GOVERNMENT borrowing costs have been climbing around the world, as investors demand more compensation to entice them to hold longer-maturity debt. The rise in US bond yields even prompted US Treasury Secretary Scott…

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