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Hacker Group Claims Asahi Group Ransomware Attack
A hacker group has claimed responsibility for last week’s cyberattack on Japanese beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings Ltd., saying it has stolen employee information and internal documents.

By The Financial District
21 minutes ago1 min read


Automakers to Take $30-B Tariff Hit to Profits: Moody’s
Tariff deals between the White House and foreign governments are trickling in, but the net effect of President Donald Trump’s various trade wars is hammering the bottom lines of major automakers.

By The Financial District
9 hours ago1 min read


IMF Chief Warns of Economic Uncertainty, Tells Countries to "Buckle Up"
The global economy is holding up better than expected despite major shocks such as President Donald Trump’s tariffs, but the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that resilience may not last.

By The Financial District
9 hours ago1 min read


Law Firm Representing Big-Name Politicians Hit With Major Hack From China
A prominent Washington, D.C., law firm that has represented powerhouse politicians was hit with an apparent cyberattack from China.

By The Financial District
9 hours ago1 min read


Trade, Legal Experts: There’s an 80% Chance High Court Will Dump Trump’s Tariffs
The Supreme Court (SC) will likely agree with lower courts that ruled President Donald Trump cannot use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose broad tariffs.

By The Financial District
9 hours ago2 min read


House GOP Ready to Dump Trump Over Epstein Files, Lawmaker Claims
Republican lawmakers in the House are ready to abandon Donald Trump because of fallout from files related to convicted child abuser Jeffrey Epstein.

By The Financial District
10 hours ago1 min read


Japan’s Largest Business Lobby Hails Election of First Female Ruling Party Head
Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of Japan’s biggest business lobby, has welcomed the election of Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female ruling party leader.

By The Financial District
10 hours ago1 min read


Musk's X Settles Ex-Twitter Execs’ $128-M Severance Pay Lawsuit
Elon Musk and X Corp. have reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by four former top Twitter executives — including former CEO Parag Agrawal — who claimed they were denied $128 million in promised severance pay after Musk acquired the social media company and fired them.

By The Financial District
11 hours ago1 min read


CBS Buys The Free Press Website, Names Founder Bari Weiss CBS News Editor-in-Chief
Paramount said that it has bought the commentary website The Free Press and installed its founder, Bari Weiss, as the editor-in-chief of CBS News.

By The Financial District
11 hours ago1 min read


Japan's Komeito Party Leader Hints at Coalition Exit Over New LDP Chief
Tetsuo Saito, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) junior coalition partner Komeito, has hinted at a possible exit from the coalition after right-wing politician Sanae Takaichi won the LDP presidential election.

By The Financial District
11 hours ago1 min read


Chemistry Professor Finds Toxic PFAS in Canadian Neighborhood’s Drinking Water
A chemistry professor has discovered toxic chemicals contaminating drinking water in several Newfoundland homes.

By The Financial District
11 hours ago1 min read


Trump’s Vow to Intensify Drilling for Oil Falls Flat
When President Donald Trump began his second term, he vowed in his inaugural address that America would “drill, baby, drill,” promising an oil boom and lower prices at the pump.

By The Financial District
12 hours ago1 min read


Rite Aid Closes All U.S. Pharmacies After 63 Years
Rite Aid is closing all its locations, according to a post on the U.S. pharmacy chain’s website.

By The Financial District
12 hours ago1 min read


PEZA-Approved Investments Hit ₱154.7 Billion at End-September, Led by Surge in Japanese Pledges
The Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) achieved ₱154.70 billion worth of total approved investments from January to September 2025, reflecting a 33.50 percent jump from ₱115.89 billion in the same period last year.

By The Financial District
12 hours ago3 min read


Fears of Battery Fires Stoke Opposition to Energy Storage Projects
Across the U.S., large lithium-ion battery arrays are increasingly being connected to electrical grids to store power for use during peak demand.

By The Financial District
13 hours ago1 min read


Globe Brings Stronger Connections to Support Growth in Lipa and Neighboring Towns
Lipa City is one of the country’s most dynamic economies — home to more than 10,000 registered businesses and a thriving mix of agro-industrial enterprises, financial institutions, and a growing BPO sector.

By The Financial District
13 hours ago2 min read


National Grid Corporation of the Philippines Also Has Much Like DPWH’s Ghost Projects
They poured concrete without rebar and called it a wall. We paid for flood control and got cement that cracked at the first storm.

By Lito U. Gagni
14 hours ago3 min read


Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to Three Scientists for Work on Human Immune System
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi have won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.

By The Financial District
2 days ago1 min read


Trump Revives Sales of Coal from Public Lands, but Buyers Are Few
U.S. officials are set to hold the government’s largest coal sales in more than a decade, offering 600 million tons from publicly owned reserves adjacent to strip mines in Montana and Wyoming.

By The Financial District
2 days ago1 min read


Beating the Heat: Nano Coat’s Energy-Saving Solution
When a shifting market began to squeeze the family lumber business, Edmund Lee did not cling to the old playbook.

By Gerry Urbina
2 days ago4 min read


Musk Allowed China to Invest in SpaceX, a Top U.S. Military Contractor
Newly revealed testimony shows that Elon Musk’s SpaceX accepted funding directly from Chinese investors despite its deep ties to the U.S. military.

By The Financial District
2 days ago1 min read


Greystar, Other Landlords Pay $141 Million to End Rent-Setting Lawsuit
Real estate giant Greystar and 25 other property management companies have agreed to collectively pay more than $141 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing landlords of inflating housing costs through rent-setting algorithms provided by the software company RealPage.

By The Financial District
2 days ago1 min read


Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize, earning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness."

By The Financial District
2 days ago2 min read


Philodrill Bares Three Oil Exploration Prospects
Philodrill Corp. has announced that it has signed three new Petroleum Service Contracts (PSCs) out of the eight awarded by the Philippine government.

By The Financial District
3 days ago1 min read
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