Access to affordable credit helps me pay my employees, but I don't really need it.

Infliction is killing me!

But who cares? Big retailers are making record profits!

That's why we support the Durban Marshall Credit Card Bill!

See? Banks and credit unions help small businesses make payroll.

This bill would cut the vital resources they need.

While increasing megastore profits, they deserve it. Don't they?

Tell Congress, stop the Durban Marshall money grab for corporate megastores.

Paid for it by the Electronic Payments Coalition.

Here's your morning TNB Tech Minute for Tuesday, March 10th. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

Advanced Machine Intelligence, the startup co-founded by Jan Lacoon, one of the godfathers of AI,

raised over $1 billion in a seed funding round to develop new AI systems. Bezos Expeditions,

Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hero Capital and HV Capital co-led the investment in AMI Labs.

According to the company, Envidia, Samsung Electronics, Toyota Ventures, and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt are also among AMI's backers.

Neo reported its first ever net profit in the fourth quarter of 2025, driven by record sales and strong margins.

The company is considered one of the top three emerging EV brands in China.

Neo's fourth quarter vehicle deliveries jumped 72%, reaching a record of just under 125,000 units. The Shanghai-based company said net profit was about

$17.7 million for the three months ended December, compared with a net loss a year earlier.

Revenue rose 76%. Neo plans to launch EVs in Australia and New Zealand in the second half of 2026 and is entering the Thai market in March.

And Uber is expanding a feature that allows female users to request rides from women drivers, making the option available nationwide.

Uber launched the feature in five pilot cities last August and expanded it to 60 cities

by the end of the year. The expansion comes as Uber continues to face scrutiny over passenger safety.

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