Tecno, PalmPay seek Hong Kong listings
The two Chinese tech firms with major African businesses are turning to Hong Kong to raise hundreds of millions of…
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White House prepares to host crypto and prediction market execs
Attendees will include executives from Coinbase, a16z, Ripple, and Chainlink, plus Kalshi and Paradigm, as well as…
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Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl on AI, streaming power, and why music royalties are the safest asset on Wall Street
The Warner Music Group CEO joins Mixed Signals to explain what a record label actually does in a world where anyone can…
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Talarico touts endorsement from man who accused Paxton of stealing his pen
Joe Joplin left his $1,000 pen in a dish near a courthouse metal detector, after which a security camera captured Texas…
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Phillips 66, Marathon held now-scuttled merger talks
The talks underscore the exuberance in today’s dealmaking environment.
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Gulf stuck in war-and-peace limbo
The “region cannot remain in a state of neither war nor peace indefinitely,” Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to UAE…
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Leadership changes signal Iran expects a long war
The recent round of appointments in Tehran’s corridors of power show the regime is settling in for a protracted…
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US to intensify economic and military pressure on Iran
The US Treasury secretary said he would unveil restrictions “that have never been seen,” while Washington’s defense…
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US accuses allies of helping China to skirt tariffs
The US heightened trade pressure on its allies and lashed out at China, raising tensions ahead of a summit of the two…
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Ebola outbreak spreads to new province in DR Congo
More than 2,000 people have been killed so far, almost three times the number that had died at this point during the…
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OpenAI annual revenue set to top $40 billion
The figures, reported by Bloomberg, mark one of the quickest growth stories in history, as the company prepares for…
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Reed Hastings on life after Netflix and the coming ‘creative destruction’
The streaming pioneer says we’re underestimating how AI will change competition.
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‘It’s an unbundling’: ADP’s Maria Black on how AI is changing the workforce
The payroll processor sees technology disrupting low-value tasks but making human judgment more valuable.
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Democrats eye Republican-held Florida district
Democrats are hoping a potential blue wave will make a Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s district competitive.
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Pirro’s special grand jury raises eyebrows among Trump allies
Some officials see the special grand jury move as an obvious ploy to “save her job at all costs,” as one administration…
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Tech companies mum on Trump executive privilege memo
Top tech companies are staying quiet so far about a new Justice Department memo that signals an executive privilege…
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Reform UK leader Farage faces parody candidate in by-election
Farage will likely win, but at some cost to his reputation.
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China's AI ecosystem gears up to challenge US
ByteDance is reportedly developing an AI model rivaling Anthropic’s most advanced Mythos system, and DeepSeek is…
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Chipmaker CXMT becomes China’s most valuable company
The changeover occurred after Tencent reported it had doubled its quarterly AI spending.
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US develops cheaper drones in arms shift
The US has lost upwards of 25% of its Reaper drones since the start of the Iran war.
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Houthis claim strikes on Saudi refinery
The strikes could impact the kingdom’s efforts to maintain shipping volumes amid ongoing disruptions in the Strait of…
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Trump administration accuses China of dodging tariffs
“It’s big money, but there’s also a very human cost here,” said Peter Navarro, senior counsel for trade and…
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‘At a standstill’: Türkiye’s F-35 buy faces headwinds
A Russian air defense system is still standing in the way of a deal that President Donald Trump announced last month.
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What the LA Lakers ‘firesale’ says about sports investing
The fact that Mark Walter found the cash he needs in a professional sports team, and not in his pile of loans and…
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Africa’s Amazon turns to World Bank for shock absorber
Jumia is betting that fresh capital from the IFC and existing investors will help it navigate geopolitical and…
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'600 pages of deep pleasure'
Philip Hensher’s ‘A History of the Novel in Britain’ revisits famous and forgotten works in equal measure.
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How Britain’s No. 10 intervened in the AstraZeneca-Bristol merger
The scuttled pharma deal triggered UK government worries.
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Falcon frenzy descends on Riyadh
Falconry is an important part of Saudi sporting heritage — along with camel racing and horse racing — but its economic…
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Flock tightens guardrails aimed at stopping cops from abusing its license plate cameras
CEO Garrett Langley pushed back against a “misconception that we are some evil entity that has these diabolical plans.”
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US-backed peace plan under scrutiny as Israel launches strike on Gaza
Overall, more than 1,250 people have been killed in the territory since October, when Washington unveiled a plan to end…
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Diplomatic spats spread in East Asia as energy stress fuels tensions
North Korea fired a missile into the sea for the second time in a week over imminent US-South Korean military drills…
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US clean energy investment surges 22% in second quarter
The results, published by the Clean Investment Monitor, were largely driven by residential battery storage…
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US power demand to hit new highs on data center buildout
The federal projections come after two years of record electricity demand peaks.
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Oil prices sink despite Iran war stalemate
The industry’s outlook for global demand weakened, and the US showed signs of rebuilding its stocks.
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Strikes on Black Sea ports threaten global grain supplies
The attacks come as both look to reassert dominance over the Black Sea, a key conduit for barley, corn, and wheat.
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Europe's economy shrivels as heatwave grips the continent
Romania is disconnecting its sole functioning nuclear reactor from the grid, a fifth of France’s nuclear capacity is…
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