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US: Wall St opens muted with corporate earnings, trade talks in focus
US: Wall St opens muted with corporate earnings, trade talks in focus
Published Tue, Jul 22, 2025 · 09:44 PM[NEW YORK] Wall Street opened flat on Tuesday (Jul 22) as investors weighed signs of potential trade deals between the US and...
Oracle in talks for US0 million Skydance-Paramount cloud deal
Oracle in talks for US$100 million Skydance-Paramount cloud deal
[NEW YORK] Oracle is in discussions with Skydance Media for a major software deal once the media company’s acquisition of Paramount Global is complete.The new arrangement is expected to...
Hong Kong’s US billion pile of soured debt spurs talks to form ‘bad bank’
Hong Kong’s US$25 billion pile of soured debt spurs talks to form ‘bad bank’
[HONG KONG] The pile of non-performing loans (NPLs) at Hong Kong lenders has grown so large that some in the industry have discussed the creation of a “bad bank”...
Schneider in talks to buy Temasek’s stake in Indian JV: sources
Schneider in talks to buy Temasek’s stake in Indian JV: sources
A potential transaction could value the whole venture at roughly US$5 billion including debtPublished Wed, Jul 16, 2025 · 06:51 PM[NEW DELHI] Schneider Electric is considering buying out the...
Canada Surprisingly Scraps Digital Services Tax Targeting US Tech Firms After Caving in to Trump’s Pressure and Resumes Trade Talks
Canada has surprisingly and unexpectedly scrapped its plan to enforce a new digital services tax targeting American tech companies like Google and Amazon—just days after President Trump slammed the...
Asia: Most stocks rise as investors eye US trade talks
Asia: Most stocks rise as investors eye US trade talks
[HONG KONG] Asian equities mostly rose on Monday following a record-breaking day on Wall Street as investors kept tabs on countries’ efforts to strike trade deals with the United...
Bank of Korea halts digital currency project, pausing talks with banks
Bank of Korea halts digital currency project, pausing talks with banks
Published Mon, Jun 30, 2025 · 10:50 AM[SEOUL] South Korea’s central bank halted its digital currency testing project, telling participating banks it will temporarily pause discussions related to the...
Trump Terminates Talks with Canada Over Tax on US Tech Companies and Threatens It to Get Ready for the Consequences Within Seven Days
Trump announced that he is halting trade negotiations with Canada due to its decision to move forward with a tax targeting tech companies and added that Canada would face...
Shell says it isn’t in talks to take over oil rival BP
Shell says it isn’t in talks to take over oil rival BP
Speculation has been growing that the embattled company would become a takeover targetPublished Thu, Jun 26, 2025 · 08:03 AM[LONDON] Shell denied a Wall Street Journal report that it...
Apple executives have held internal talks about buying AI startup Perplexity
Apple executives have held internal talks about buying AI startup Perplexity
[SAN FRANCISCO] Apple executives have held internal discussions about potentially bidding for artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity AI, seeking to address the need for more AI talent and technology.Adrian...