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On Monday, Spanish bank BBVA has increased its sustainable lending target to 700 billion euros ($732.7 billion) over the next five years.

Previously, the lender had set a goal of 300 billion euros for 2018-2025. Last year, BBVA established a new global finance unit focused on clean technologies and innovation to accelerate its sustainability efforts.

“Business opportunity in the second part of the decade will be driven by solid investment in infrastructure and by the maturity of certain new clean technologies, which will make them profitable,” said Javier Rodriguez Soler, BBVA’s global head of sustainability and corporate and investment banking.

As public pressure mounts for action on climate change, countries and corporations are committing to reducing emissions. Banks, in turn, are increasing lending for clean energy initiatives while limiting financing for polluting industries.

However, environmental advocates fear banks could be influenced by political shifts, particularly under new U.S. President Donald Trump, and could row back on their sustainability pledges.

Last week HSBC (HSBA.L) pushed back its net-zero emissions target by two decades to 2050, citing the slow pace of economic transition. BBVA, which also aims to achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century, continues to finance coal but has pledged to end such financing by 2030 in developed nations and by 2040 in other regions.

During America’s inflation crisis, shoppers have rushed to Walmart for groceries and clothing. They are looking for the best deals on all the essentials. But Walmart said that 2025 will be trickier as consumers are becoming frustrated with inflation and concerned about Donald’s tariffs.

Walmart said that its sales and profits would be low this year, sending its stock tumbling around 6%. In its statement, the company said its sales would go up to 4% and the profit would go around 5%. But this is short of investor expectations.

Walmart is the largest retailer in the US and a bellwether for consumer spending. Its project clearly demonstrates that the retail industry will face a tough year in 2025.

Customers earning more than $100,000 a year seeking to save on groceries have accelerated the growth of Walmart in recent years. The company built a robust online operation to compete with the giant e-commerce platform like Amazon. It allows customers to buy online and pick up in-store at those of its locations and Walmart+, a same-day delivery membership program.

Walmart said it will focus on navigating tariffs and overcoming other challenges.

US President Donald Trump recently enacted a 10% across-board tariff on goods from China and 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports. For now, the tariffs are paused on Mexico and Canada until March.

Walmart expects a stable macroeconomic environment but also acknowledges that there are several uncertainties in consumer behavior and global economic and geopolitical conditions.

Walmart is better at handling tariffs than most other companies because it can easily apply its size and scales to reduce costs with suppliers. Smaller companies do not have this leverage and may have to increase the product cost for consumers. The company expects normal inflation this year of 1% to 2%, despite the hike in egg prices.

US President Donald Trump said he would be imposing tariffs on automobiles, semiconductors, and pharmaceutical imports of around 25%, applicable from April. This would be a significant move that represents a dramatic widening of the president’s trade war.

Earlier, Trump announced 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum from March.  The new levies on automobiles will come with significant effects. Almost 8 million passenger cars and light trucks were brought into the US last year, which is around half of US vehicle sales. European brands, including Volkswagen AG and Asian companies like Hyundai Moto Co. would be among the most affected.

There is no clarity on whether the measures would target specific nations or apply to all vehicles imported to the US. It is still not clear whether cars manufactured under a free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico would be spared from industry-specific duties, should they take effect.

Donald Trump’s threat to impose reciprocal tariffs is creating anxiety in the Indian export sector, from the agriculture sector to the automobile. Experts believe that it would cause a potential loss of around $7 billion a year.

Government employees are still waiting for more details on how the tariffs will be calculated. Although they are preparing a proposal for trade details with the US to reduce tariffs and improve the two-way trade.

With this new decision, chemical, metal products, jewelry, automobiles, food products, and pharmaceuticals are the major sectors at risk.

India’s merchandise exports to the US were around $74 billion last year, including gems, pearls, and jewelry worth $8.5 billion, petrochemicals worth $4 billion, and jewelry worth $8.5 billion.

At an aggregate level, India charged a weighted average tariff of around 11% in the year 2023. It is 8.2 percent points more than the U.S. tariffs on Indian exports.

To ease these trade tensions, India has reduced the tariffs on some items, including cutting tariffs on high-end motorcycles from 50% to 30% and on Bourbon whiskey from 150% to 100%. Further, the country has promised to review other tariffs, focus on energy and imports, and buy more defense equipment the the US.

On Tuesday, Humane announced that HP had acquired most of its assets for $116 million. The hardware startup company is immediately discontinuing the sales of its $499 AI pins. Humane notified its customers that their devices would stop functioning before the end of February 2025.

After February 28th these AI Pins will no longer be able to connect to Humane’s servers, and those devices will not be capable of calling, messaging, AI queries, or cloud access. So, the startup is advising its pin owners to transfer their data to an external device immediately. The organization also plans to dissolve its customer support team by 28th February, and those who bought an AI Pin in the last 90 days are eligible for a refund, but anyone who bought the device before that is not eligible.

This update brings a sudden end to the short-lived buzzy hardware startup. The organization made a wave in April 2024 by launching its AI Pin, which was supposed to be a mobile phone replacement. However, the actual product disappointed early consumers and reviewers. At some point, Humane’s returns for AI Pin started outpacing its sales. In October last year, the company dropped the AI Pins’ price by $200.

According to a blog post about the acquisition, HP is also acquiring Humane’s engineers and product managers. The team will become part of a newly established division within HP called HP IQ, described as an “AI innovation lab” dedicated to developing an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s products and services for the future of work.

In addition to talent, HP will acquire some of Humane’s technology, including its CosmOS AI operating system. Recently, Humane teased CosmOS in an ad, showcasing its potential use across various devices, including car entertainment systems, smart speakers, TVs, and Android phones. This technology could play a key role in integrating AI into HP’s personal computers and printers.

On Monday, a Delta Air Lines jet flipped on its roof while at Toronato’s Person Airport. Fortunately, all 80 people on board survived. Some hurt, but they had relatively minor injuries.

When the flight from Minneapolis carrying 76 passengers and four crew members tried to land on a dry runway at around 2:15 pm, snow was being blown by winds gusting to 40 mph.

A video shared on social media only showed the aftermath with the Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR overturned, the fuselage seemingly intact and firefighters dousing, left of the fire as passengers climbed out and walked onto the tarmac.

According to the Meteorological Service of Canada, the airport has blowing snow and winds of 32 mph. The temperature was around 16.5 degrees Fahrenheit.

According to the audio recording from the tower at Toronto Pearson International Airport, the flight was cleared to land around 2:10 local time. The tower sent a warning to the pilots about an airflow bump in the glide path as the plane landed on land.

The CEO of aviation safety consulting firm Safety Operation Systems, John Cox, said it is very rare to see something like this.

It sounded to him like a controller trying to be helpful. However, the wind is going to give the flight a bumpy ride coming down, and it can be up and down through the glide path.

The transport minister of Canada, Anita Anand, issued a statement saying she was closely following up on the serious incident at the Toronto airport Delta Airlines fight 4819 from Minneapolis.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated after the crash and confirmed that people were evacuated and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada will be charging the investigation.

The 16-year-old CRJ900, made by Bombardier and powered by the GE Aerospace engine, has a seating capacity of 90 people.

Previous cases of planes flipping over on landing include McDonnell-Douglas’s MD-11 model. In the year 2009, a FedEx freighter turned over on landing at Tokyo’s Narita airport, killing both pilots. In 1999, a China Airlines flight inverted in Hong Kong, causing three of 315 people to die. In 1997, another freighter of FedEx flipped over at Newark but there was no fatalities.