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Recession 2026 Fears Rise, Yet Small Firms Beat Plan
Small business owners are feeling two things at once, according to Fora Financial’s 2026 Mid-Year Pulse survey. Three in four say the year…
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Another bot from a top AI company escapes and hacks multiple firms
Another leading artificial intelligence company unveiled details of its cutting-edge bot apparently going rogue. On Thursday, Anthropic…
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MiniMax shares surge 25% as optimism over Chinese AI firms grows
MiniMax Group shares surged in Hong Kong, buoyed by growing investor confidence in the technology offered by China’s generative artificial…
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Chinese firms dominated global humanoid robot shipments in 2025
The industry’s global sales more than quintupled from 2024, according to Omdia’s figures HUMANOID robot makers in China accounted for the…
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Wall St opens lower; defence firms up as Trump calls for budget boost
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday (Jan 8), as investors turned cautious ahead of Friday’s crucial nonfarm payrolls…
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The Private Equity Firms That Gobble Up Hospitals and Spit Them Out
If anyone had asked him, which they hadn’t, Jones would have told them that this man needed to go to a different hospital, one that was…
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Hong Kong accounting firms plan hiring spree and embrace AI to attract talent
Hong Kong-based accounting firms plan to continue expanding their workforce in 2026, hoping to attract newly minted accountants, even as…
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German mid-sized firms gloomy on outlook, survey finds
Former First Mayor of Hamburg Christoph Ahlhaus sits on the podium at a discussion event with fellow officials. Chairman of the German…
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U.S. bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online
The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor…
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Family trust rules penalise firms for admin errors: CPA Australia
Family trusts, widely used in Australian business and succession planning, are facing calls for updated regulations, with CPA Australia…
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Asian firms divided on Chinese AI as geopolitics bite
When Kien Ta pitched an AI solution to a Japanese healthcare firm, he suggested they use Qwen. Ta, the vice president of Vietnam-based…
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Singapore receives interest from Malaysian firms to export renewable energy through second interconnector
For the city-state to achieve its net-zero carbon emissions target by 2050, the Asean Power Grid’s success is crucial Singapore’s energy…
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Gold eases as dollar firms, focus on US inflation data
Investors have nearly fully priced in a 25-basis-point rate cut at the US Federal Reserve’s meeting next week Gold prices edged lower on…
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Dublin office woes hit private equity firms from Blackstone to Brookfield
The city’s vacancy rate has doubled in the last six years, exceeding the 10% reached in Paris and 8% in London and Lisbon A PARTIALLY…
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Chinese firms face shifting global IPO landscape
Nasdaq proposes raising minimum public float and fundraising requirements; is enforcing faster suspension and delisting procedures for…
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US hits firms moving Iranian oil and major China crude terminal
The latest designations by the Treasury Department mark the latest effort by Washington to target the Beijing-Tehran energy trade The US…
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Two China firms launch autonomous shuttle services in Singapore
Two Chinese companies said on Saturday (Sep 20) that they will partner local firms to launch autonomous vehicle shuttle services in…
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Peak number of private equity firms seen running zombie risk
A RECORD number of private equity firms will turn into so-called zombie funds this year, as they struggle to reel in new investor cash,…
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India tweaks IPO rules to allow easier listing for big firms
India’s securities market regulator on Friday (Sep 12) made it easier for very large private companies to go public in one of the world’s…
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UAE bars Israeli defense firms from Dubai expo following strike in Qatar
UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed sharply condemned Israel’s strike, calling it a “treacherous” and “cowardly” act that violated…
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China’s green tech firms pour billions into overseas factories
Industry giants, including Contemporary Amperex Technology, BYD and Trina Solar, have announced billions on overseas factories in more…
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Singapore committed to helping firms navigate energy trade, technology and transition: Low Yen Ling
As the global energy sector faces both trading uncertainty amid geopolitical tensions and transformation in a low-carbon future, Singapore…
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Nasdaq proposes tighter listing rules for thinly traded stocks, China-based firms
Exchange operator Nasdaq proposed on Wednesday (Sep 3) stricter listing standards, including a higher minimum public float for certain new…
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Global beauty firms look to carve up Indian market as ‘last bastion’ of growth
From Japan’s Shiseido to France’s L’Oreal, global cosmetics giants are doubling down on India, betting on the world’s most populous nation…