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Elon Musk becomes first person worth US$700 billion following pay package ruling
TESLA CEO Elon Musk’s net worth surged to US$749 billion late Friday (Dec 19) ‍after ​the Delaware Supreme Court reinstated Tesla ‍stock options worth US$139 billion that were voided...
TikTok creators welcome deal to keep app in the U.S.
Only a few years ago, Keith Lee was a professional MMA fighter, doing food delivery and making social media videos to ease his social anxiety.On Thursday night, however, Lee...
CEO of 7-Eleven US retires as company undergoes broader revamp
US CONVENIENCE store chain 7-Eleven said its chief executive will retire at the end of this month, as Japanese parent Seven & i Holdings seeks a turnaround of the...
Musk wins US court appeal of US$56 billion Tesla pay package
A DELEWARE appeals court cleared the way Friday for tech CEO Elon Musk to receive a long-contested US$56 billion Tesla pay package, reversing an earlier judgment in the long-running...
US stocks: Nasdaq rallies again while yen falls despite BOJ rate hike
RESURGENT artificial intelligence shares lifted the Nasdaq on Friday for a second straight session while the yen retreated despite a Bank of Japan interest rate hike.The tech-forward Nasdaq piled...
Oil posts second weekly decline as glut concerns dominate
OIL declined for a second week as concerns over a growing glut outweighed geopolitical risks to supply. West Texas Intermediate gained 0.9 per cent to settle above US$56 a barrel...
Why is Trump’s media company getting involved with nuclear power?
President Trump’s media company is merging with a nuclear fusion energy firm in a $6-billion deal aimed at generating more power amid growing demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence data...
They graduated from Stanford. Due to AI, they can’t find a job
A Stanford software engineering degree used to be a golden ticket. Artificial intelligence has devalued it to bronze, recent graduates say. The elite students are shocked by the lack...
The Chinese-made DJI drones used by US police face a MAGA-fuelled reckoning
If DJI fails to get FCC clearance by Christmas, it could join Huawei and ZTE on the agency’s list[WASHINGTON] President Donald Trump’s administration faces a Tuesday (Dec 23) deadline...
Trump praises Fed Governor Waller as ‘great’ after interview for Fed Chair
[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he interviewed Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller a day earlier as a candidate to succeed Jerome Powell as Fed chair, praising him as...
Wall Street opens higher as inflation eases; forecast boosts Micron
[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Thursday (Dec 18) after softer-than-expected inflation data boosted expectations for more interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, while chipmaker...
Why fintech firm Bilt is funding its own original series ‘Roomies’
At the Angelika Film Center in New York earlier this month, 115 people gathered around the theater’s big screen. But it wasn’t to watch a Hollywood film. They came...