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Meta is developing a consumer AI agent codenamed 'Hatch' based on its internal OpenClaw system, slated for testing by June 2025 as Zuckerberg pushes for products that justify the company's $40 billion annual AI spending. for launch later this year, potentially transforming the platform's $100 billion-plus commerce ecosystem.
India's largest drugmaker is acquiring US-listed Organon for $14 per share, creating a $12.4 billion combined entity that positions Sun Pharma as a top-25 global pharmaceutical…
Samsung became Korea's first trillion-dollar company on February 26, briefly ranking 12th globally before shedding $110 billion in market value within days of the milestone.
Coinbase terminated software engineer Austin Starks for developing NexusTrade, an AI trading platform, despite Starks claiming full disclosure during his hiring process and no…
Bank Indonesia slashed foreign currency purchase limits to $50,000 per month from $100,000 as the rupiah traded near 17,000 per dollar, its weakest level on record.
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Page 7Alphabet upsized its euro bond offering to €6.5 billion overnight, part of a €22 billion dual-currency debt raise that dwarfs most sovereign issues.
Energy prices spiking 70% across Asia matter less than the $7.57 billion fleeing regional bonds in March alone. The downward by 0.6% from 2025 levels, with cumulative losses through 2027 projected at 2%.
The arithmetic is brutal: Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft will collectively burn through $650 billion in 2026, mostly on AI infrastructure that generates no immediate revenue.
Anthropic's Claude.ai crashed for 78 minutes yesterday, hitting users with 403 authentication errors and API failures during peak usage.
Avalyn Pharma priced its IPO at the top of range and upsized to $300 million, making it one of 2026's largest biotech debuts. The inhaled lung disease specialist with reformulated versions of approved drugs Esbriet and Ofev,…
The UAE just shattered OPEC's coordination model with 48 hours' notice. After nearly six decades of membership, the Emirates , citing production flexibility and national interests as Brent trades at $111 per barrel.
Beijing just proved it will tear apart finished deals when strategic assets are at stake. China's National Development and Reform Commission ordered Meta to unwind its $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, despite the…
Abu Dhabi is directing customers to load crude outside the Strait of Hormuz for the first time in the current crisis, acknowledging that bypass routes are maxing out.
Supply shortages are turning London's office market into a landlord's paradise. CoStar data shows leasing in London's Southern Fringe reached its highest level since 2016, when Apple pre-let nearly 500,000 square feet at Battersea…
UBS is alienating the very parliamentarians who agree with its position on capital requirements, according to private warnings from Swiss lawmakers.
India's used-car market is about to test public investors' appetite for inventory-heavy business models. Spinny has engaged investment banks for a Mumbai listing, joining peers CARS24 and CarDekho in pursuing IPOs that could…
Viktor Orbán's political dynasty just collapsed in spectacular fashion. The Hungarian strongman conceded defeat less than three hours after polls closed, as challenger Péter Magyar's Tisza party secured a crushing two-thirds…
Donald Trump just picked a fight with 1.4 billion Catholics. After Pope Leo XIV condemned his threats to "destroy an entire civilization" if Iran doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Trump lashed out at the first American pontiff…
Japan's 10-year government bond yield just spiked to 2.49% , the highest since 1997 , while the 40-year hit 4% for the first time ever as Trump's naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz sends oil to $90 per barrel.
Australia's retirement crisis just got measurably worse. Nearly 38% of superannuation members now fear they cannot retire , up from 28% in 2024 , while housing costs have overtaken daily expenses as people's biggest financial…
Keir Starmer's pledge to boost living standards just collided with Middle Eastern reality. The Iran conflict will leave typical UK households £500 worse off this year as food inflation rockets to 9-10% by year-end , triple the…
Brent crude plunged 13% to around $95 per barrel following Trump's Iran ceasefire announcement, marking the steepest oil drop since the 1991 Gulf War.
Brent crude plunged to $92 from record highs above $144, marking the largest single-day drop since 1991's Gulf War, after President Trump agreed to a two-week ceasefire that reopens the Strait of Hormuz.
Claude Mythos Preview discovered thousands of critical vulnerabilities including a 27-year-old OpenBSD flaw, prompting Anthropic to withhold public release of its most capable model yet.
US soybean oil futures plunged 5% as Iran ceasefire hopes crushed crude prices and reduced biodiesel demand expectations. The agricultural commodity had rallied to multi-year highs tracking oil's surge above $115, but as Brent…
Military law experts classify Trump's Tuesday ultimatum to destroy Iran's bridges and power plants as potential war crimes, warning of collective punishment and targeting protected civilian infrastructure.
FTSE Russell postponed its March review of Indonesia's secondary emerging market status while monitoring capital market reforms, after MSCI warned of a potential downgrade in January.
South Korea's Kospi jumped over 6.8% with Samsung and SK Hynix each rising more than 10% as Trump's ceasefire announcement lifted the extreme energy vulnerability weighing on Asian markets.
Philippine inflation surged to approximately 3.8% in March, the fastest pace in 20 months, as oil prices climbed 40% month-on-month and the peso hit record lows near 61 to the dollar.
India's economy faces its biggest external shock in years as the Iran conflict exposes dangerous energy dependencies, with 85% of crude imports and over half from the Middle East now at risk.
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