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Tech firms halve business travel in 2023 but Alphabet, Apple lag: study
GLOBAL tech giants halved their business flight emissions in 2023 compared to 2019, but companies such as Apple and Google’s parent Alphabet are falling behind, risking a return to...
UBS has AI tool that can scan 300,000 firms in 20 seconds
The tool also identifies potential targets of activist campaigns by comparing the management tone of prepared presentations and Q&A situationsUBS Group has developed an artificial intelligence tool to help...
US House passes bill to blacklist some China biotech firms
CHINA hawks in the US House overcame a last-ditch lobbying effort and passed legislation on Monday (Sep 9) night that would blacklist Chinese biotech companies and their US subsidiaries.The...
US House passes bill to blacklist some China biotech firms
CHINA hawks in the US House overcame a last-ditch lobbying effort and passed legislation on Monday (Sep 9) night that would blacklist Chinese biotech companies and their US subsidiaries.The...
Google’s Privacy Sandbox adoption costs burden small ad-tech firms, industry says
SMALLER ad-tech firms are raising competition concerns over Google’s long-brewing cookies alternative, Privacy Sandbox, at a time when the Internet giant’s digital ads business is already under US and...
Yen firms as Wall Street sell-off unsettles investors
THE Japanese yen firmed against the US dollar on Wednesday (Sep 4) as investors scurried to safer assets after a sharp sell-off on Wall Street in the prior session...
Surge in foreign bids for Japanese firms only just beginning, says BofA’s Komori
A SURGE in foreign takeover bids for Japanese firms is likely to accelerate, according to Bank of America’s (BofA) co-head of Japan investment banking, Yuta Komori.
The rise in acquisitions...
Cybercrime and sabotage cost German firms 267 billion euros in past year
CYBERCRIME and other acts of sabotage have cost German companies around 267 billion euros (S$388 billion) in the past year, up 29 per cent on the year before, according...
