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Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI, escalating billionaire’s tech feud
Elon Musk on Monday ramped up his legal feud with OpenAI as his companies filed a new lawsuit against OpenAI and Apple accusing both of anticompetitive behavior in the...
Intel warns US stake could hurt international sales, future grants
[WASHINGTON] Intel said on Monday (Aug 25) that the US government’s 9.9 per cent stake in the chipmaker could pose risks to its business, from potentially harming international sales...
Fashion models reckon with AI models and digital clones after controversial ad appears in Vogue
Fashion model Hannah James faced a dilemma as she weighed whether to digitally clone herself.On one hand, the 25-year-old worries digital replicas of models could render her job obsolete....
Asia’s US$306 billion of global bond sales are about to go higher
[TOKYO] More Asian borrowers are considering bond offerings, extending a stretch of sales that has already jumped to the most since 2021 at US$306 billion-equivalent across US dollars and...
BlackRock paused fundraising for latest Asia private credit fund
Published Mon, Aug 25, 2025 · 11:29 AM[HONG KONG] BlackRock paused fundraising earlier this year for its latest Asian private credit strategy amid its merger with HPS Investment Partners,...
Bank of Japan’s Ueda expects tightening job market to push up wages
[JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming] Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Kazuo Ueda said that wage hikes are spreading beyond large firms and likely to keep accelerating due to a tightening job...
Spotify flags price rises as it introduces new services: FT
Published Sun, Aug 24, 2025 · 07:54 PM[BENGALURU] Spotify will raise prices as it invests in new features and targets one billion users, the Financial Times reported on Sunday...
Hospitality lags while industrial S-Reits defy tariff concerns in H1 results
[SINGAPORE] While the hospitality sector “disappointed” in the latest half-year results for Singapore real estate investment trusts (S-Reits), the industrial sector turned in a better-than-expected performance despite concerns over...
Wave of director acquisitions as local rally takes a breather
[SINGAPORE] Over the five trading sessions from Aug 15 to 21, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional outflow of S$53 million after the heavier S$465...
Databricks to buy Sequoia-backed Tecton in AI agent push
[TORONTO] Databricks will acquire machine learning startup Tecton to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) agent offerings, the latest in a string of deals aimed at offering full-scale AI building...
