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Alphabet to keep hiring engineers while AI advances
Alphabet to keep hiring engineers while AI advances
[SAN FRANCISCO] Alphabet’s chief executive officer Sundar Pichai said his company will keep expanding its engineering ranks at least into 2026, stressing human talent remains key even as Google’s...
Oil advances as Opec+ supply boost vies with geopolitical risk
Oil advances as Opec+ supply boost vies with geopolitical risk
Published Mon, Jun 2, 2025 · 08:02 AM[SINGAPORE] Oil gained as a third straight production increase by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (Opec+) vied...
Europe: Stoxx 600 rounds off fifth week of gains, Cartier-parent Richemont advances
Europe: Stoxx 600 rounds off fifth week of gains, Cartier-parent Richemont advances
[BENGALURU] European shares rounded off their fifth week of gains on Friday (May 16), as trade deals out of the US eased tariff worries and strong corporate results provided...
US: Wall Street advances on trade hopes, data shows investor pessimism
US: Wall Street advances on trade hopes, data shows investor pessimism
[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indices rose on Friday (May 16) for their fifth straight day, buoyed by the US-China tariff truce earlier in the week even as economic...
Canadian firm advances deal talks for Japan’s Seven & i with access to books
Canadian firm advances deal talks for Japan’s Seven & i with access to books
[TOKYO] Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) and Japan’s Seven & i said that they have signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that will give the Canadian company access to the Japanese retailer’s...
Europe: Shares log longest weekly streak of advances in a year
Europe: Shares log longest weekly streak of advances in a year
EUROPE’S main stock index closed lower on Friday (Feb 14), as investors paused following four successive sessions of gains, while luxury stocks advanced after robust earnings from Birkin bag...
Huawei’s New Mate 70 phone shows its chip advances are stalling
Huawei’s New Mate 70 phone shows its chip advances are stalling
HUAWEI Technologies’ latest flagship smartphone is powered by a chip little different from the one that set off alarm bells in Washington a year ago, signalling a slowdown in...
US: S&P 500 breaks 6,000 level as Trump and Fed-fueled rally advances
US: S&P 500 breaks 6,000 level as Trump and Fed-fueled rally advances
THE S&P 500 briefly surpassed the 6,000 mark and closed with its biggest weekly percentage gain in a year, as Donald Trump’s election victory and a possible Republican Party...
Dollar advances after data as eyes turn to jobs report
Dollar advances after data as eyes turn to jobs report
THE dollar index rose on Friday (Oct 25), with the greenback set to lock in a fourth straight week of gains after data this week kept interest rate expectations...
Snap advances bet on augmented reality with new version of Spectacles glasses
Snap advances bet on augmented reality with new version of Spectacles glasses
SNAP announced an upgraded version of its Spectacles augmented-reality (AR) glasses on Tuesday (Sep 17), doubling down on its bet that wearable devices to enhance the view of the...