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There’s an old business maxim dating to the California gold rush: it’s easier to make money selling picks and shovels to aspiring miners than to strike it rich finding gold. Artificial…
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Singtel’s Optus served A$100 million fine by Australia’s Federal Court for “appalling” actions against disadvantaged consumers
The telco sold phones and contracts to over 400 such consumers, including those with mental disabilities and learning difficulties, or who were in financial hardship Australian…
White House says broken escalator at the U.N. may have been 'sabotage'
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the broken escalator at the U.N. that forced President Trump and first lady Melania Trump to walk up it may have been the result of…
Financial firms to feel outsized impact from Trump’s H-1B overhaul
The Trump administration’s overhaul of the H-1B system could have an outsized impact on the finance industry, which could face hiring challenges following the imposition of the new…
California county decides it's time to remove pets from voter rolls
Orange County in California ordered its voter registrar on Tuesday to scour voting lists and remove any names of pets that somehow made it onto the rolls. Source link
As Fed and regional rates fall, Asia’s banks remain attractive yield plays: analysts
Loan growth and risk levels will impact capital availability for dividends in Asean Even as the US Federal Reserve and central banks across Asia begin to cut policy rates, analysts from…
More Evidence Needed for Trump Administration’s Tylenol Warning
Americans could be forgiven for waiting to see more data before emptying out their medicine cabinets. Source link
Charlie Kirk’s Movement Will Not Die with Him
We must use this moment to fight for lasting change, especially by changing the culture of higher education. Source link
Trump DOJ Courting Chaos in Effort to Install New Virginia U.S. Attorney
This is worth watching. Source link
Megadoc Scrutinizes Coppola’s Art-and-Politics Folly
A close-up report on Millennial ambition and failure. Source link
Disruptions drag on at Berlin airport after cyberattack
Berlin airport is battling to restore its check-in and baggage handling systems after a cyberattack at the weekend, with further delays and cancellations possible on Wednesday (Sep 24),…
Gary Shteyngart’s Tragicomedy of the Penis in “The Guy Who Got Cut Wrong”
Watch “The Guy Who Got Cut Wrong.” Gary Shteyngart was just seven years old when his family emigrated from the Soviet Union and settled in Queens. He remembers the transition as one of…
Singapore stocks slip as US Fed chair Powell says equities ‘highly valued’; STI drops 0.3%
In the wider market, gainers edge out losers 285 to 270, after 1.6 billion shares worth S$1.4 billion change hands The Straits Times Index (STI) fell 0.3 per cent or 12.27 points to close…
Japan's Nikkei closes at record as AI rally helps overcome early losses
Japan’s Nikkei share average closed at a record high on Wednesday (Sep 24), fighting back from early losses on optimism buoyed by investments in artificial intelligence. The Nikkei 225…
Asia’s real-time payments surge, but gaps persist: StanChart
A common challenge is reconciling payment data, where mandatory fields needed in one country’s transactions differ from those in another Asia is leading the world in real-time and digital…
Alibaba launches Qwen3-Max AI model with more than one trillion parameters
The company has announced plans to invest 380 billion yuan in artificial intelligence-related infrastructure over the next three years Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced on…
Petronas reaffirms gas supply commitments after Malaysian court win
Shell Malaysia says that Shell MDS respects and will comply with the ruling of the Court of Appeal on the matter Malaysian state energy firm Petronas said on Wednesday (Sep 24) that it…
In return to ABC show, Kimmel denies he was making fun of Kirk assassination
Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night television show Tuesday night after nearly a week-long suspension with a monologue filled with jokes and a smattering of choked-back, teary…
China’s Comac said to slash delivery targets for its C919 jet
The Chinese aircraft maker is seeing bottlenecks in virtually all key parts of its supply chain, hampering its ability to produce jets at a steady pace, the sources say Comac, China’s…
Adelita Grijalva wins special congressional election to succeed her father in southern Arizona
Southern Arizona voters on Tuesday chose Adelita Grijalva to succeed her father, the late U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, a progressive Democrat who represented the state for more than two…
Asia: Markets waver after Wall Street retreats from record
EQUITIES wavered on Wednesday following a down day on Wall Street, where worries about high valuations were compounded by mixed messaging from the Federal Reserve on its plans for interest…
US hedge fund Verdad plans to launch new Japan small-cap fund
A gauge of smaller stocks has outperformed the broader Topix this year with a gain of 19%, compared to 14% for the index Boston-based hedge fund Verdad Advisers is planning to launch a new…
Zijin Gold delays US$3.2 billion IPO as typhoon pummels Hong Kong
Zijin Gold International delayed its US$3.2 billion listing after Super Typhoon Ragasa slammed Hong Kong, bringing the city to a standstill and disrupting the company’s ability to take…
In just one year, Google turns AI setbacks into dominance
CAUGHT off guard by ChatGPT and mocked for early blunders with its own generative artificial intelligence efforts, Google has pulled off a dramatic turnaround in just one year, becoming a…