Entrepreneurship

As AI rally wobbles, stock market’s spotlight turns to earnings
The upcoming week of quarterly reports includes semiconductor companies Lam Research and Texas InstrumentsPublished Sun, Oct 18, 2026 · 10:05 PM[NEW YORK] Stumbles in the market-leading artificial intelligence trade...
Microsoft scraps UK data centre deal with Nscale, Telegraph says
The facility’s site has been contending with a series of delays, the newspaper addsPublished Sun, Oct 18, 2026 · 05:33 PM[LONDON] Microsoft has pulled out of a UK data...
7-Eleven adds hot-food counters at 16 Singapore stores as DFI Retail sharpens growth focus
In Singapore, ready-to-eat products already account for a double-digit percentage of sales and are recording double-digit sales growth[SINGAPORE] Convenience store chain 7-Eleven is introducing hot-food counters at 16 outlets...
AI funding fears puncture rally in Asia’s high-flying picks-and-shovels stocks
Growing concern over whether hyperscalers, neo-cloud operators can keep financing the infrastructure needed to deploy themPublished Sun, Oct 18, 2026 · 09:49 AMA DEEPENING sell-off in US technology stocks...
Foreign holdings of US Treasuries rise from almost 1-year low
Published Sat, Oct 17, 2026 · 03:15 PM[NEW YORK] Foreign holdings of US Treasuries rose in August from the lowest level since October 2025, led by increases in the...
Big US bank stocks log worst weekly losing streak since 2008
Published Sat, Oct 17, 2026 · 02:31 PM[NEW YORK] Big US bank shares recorded their worst weekly losing streak since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis after quarterly earnings didn’t...
Apple says iPhone Duo demand extraordinary after delivery delays
Published Sat, Oct 17, 2026 · 01:16 PM[NEW YORK] Apple said demand for the new iPhone Duo has been “nothing short of extraordinary” after shipping estimates slipped to the...
Chinese stocks turn biggest losers as global AI trade stumbles
Underperformance of tech stocks poses a challenge for authorities keen to use capital markets to fuel firms’ growthPublished Sat, Oct 17, 2026 · 12:11 PM[BEIJING] Chinese firms have emerged...
Deluge shares close 6.7% higher on first day of mainboard listing
[SINGAPORE] Shares of Deluge Corp closed 6.7 per cent higher on their first day of trading on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) mainboard on Friday (Oct 16), after the fire...
Shadow AI Risk: Pluto Security Raises $42M for Vibe-Coded Apps
Your employees are probably building software with AI, and your security team may not know about it. TechCrunch reports that Pluto Security, which just left stealth, has raised $42...
Specialty Chemicals Startup Scimplify Raises $25M: Founder Lessons
A Bengaluru startup that makes chemicals for other companies just landed one of the more interesting rounds of the week. TechCrunch reports that Scimplify raised $25 million, led by...
Business Loan Rates and Dimon’s Warning: A Founder Plan
When the head of the country’s largest bank talks about borrowing risk, founders with debt should listen. In coverage of JPMorgan’s third-quarter results, Jamie Dimon pointed to large deficits,...