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Couche-Tard abandons 6.8 trillion yen bid to buy 7-Eleven owner
[TOKYO] Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard has abandoned its 6.8 trillion yen (S$59 billion) bid to buy Seven & i Holdings, saying the Japanese operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores had refused...
US firms passing some cost hikes to consumers: Fed survey
[WASHINGTON] Many US firms passed along “at least a portion of cost increases” to consumers in recent weeks, as businesses faced higher prices linked to President Donald Trump’s tariffs,...
Google to unveil new Pixel hardware on August 20 with AI in focus
The company’s market share in the US smartphone segment is tiny compared with Apple and SamsungPublished Thu, Jul 17, 2025 · 06:46 AM[PHILADELPHIA] Alphabet’s Google will debut new Pixel-branded...
Europe: Chip stocks drag shares lower after ASML’s warning
EUROPEAN shares fell on Wednesday, with chip stocks hit hard after ASML flagged a hit to its revenue growth, while reports of US President Donald Trump considering firing Federal Reserve...
mm2 Asia seeks to delay S$54 million bond repayment by six years
[SINGAPORE] Embattled entertainment group mm2 Asia has proposed to amend a S$54 million-bond deal that was set for redemption in December.In a non-binding memorandum of understanding with its bondholder,...
FLCT to divest commercial building in Australia for A$192.1 million, exiting Melbourne CBD office market
[SINGAPORE] Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust (FLCT) will divest an office building in Melbourne’s Central Business District (CDB) for A$192.1 million (S$161.4 million), as it seeks to exit the Australian...
Cathay Cineplexes gets fresh demands to pay up S$3.3 million debt for Century Square, Causeway Point outlets
[SINGAPORE] Embattled cinema chain Cathay Cineplexes has received more repayment demands – this time, a sum exceeding S$3.3 million in rental arrears and for other items, owed to the...
Nvidia is the first $4-trillion company. Here are three things to know
SAN FRANCISCO — Nvidia is already the world’s most valuable company, being one of the biggest beneficiaries of the global artificial intelligence boom. This week, the Santa Clara-based chip maker got...
Misinformation is already a problem during natural disasters. AI chatbots aren’t helping
When deadly flash floods hit central Texas last week, people on social media site X turned to artificial intelligence chatbot Grok for answers about whom to blame.Grok confidently pointed...
Contributor: The human brain doesn’t learn, think or recall like an AI. Embrace the difference
Recently, Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, whose company builds the chips powering today’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems, remarked: “The thing that’s really, really quite amazing is the way you...
