Q4 Earnings Split: AI Boom vs Consumer Bust

Picture this: on one side, Chinese tech behemoths surfing an AI tsunami to beat expectations. On the other, American soup makers spilling red ink as shoppers tighten belts. Welcome to Q4 2025 earnings – a tale of two economies, where silicon smarts outpace canned goods.

Tencent Holdings just dropped its numbers, and they landed right in line with what analysts penciled in. Net income jumped 17% year-over-year, a tidy lift powered by the artificial intelligence frenzy that's rewiring everything...