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Bad News Dogs Trump As He Joins Funeral Of Pope Francis
President Donald Trump faced a wave of bad news even as he attended the funeral of Pope Francis.

By The Financial District
Apr 291 min read


Starbucks Union Rejects Company's Offer Of 2% Annual Pay Raise
Union delegates representing Starbucks baristas voted to reject the company's latest contract proposal that guaranteed annual pay raises of at least 2%.

By The Financial District
Apr 291 min read


DeepMind UK Staff Plan To Unionize Over Deals With Israel
Staff at Google DeepMind in Britain are planning to unionize to challenge the company's sale of artificial intelligence (AI) technology to defense groups linked to the Israeli government.

By The Financial District
Apr 291 min read


S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq Futures Slip Ahead Of Big Tech Earnings Week
Stock futures edged lower ahead of a critical week of earnings reports and economic data that will offer fresh insight into the U.S. economy’s response to President Trump’s tariffs.

By The Financial District
Apr 281 min read


Pirelli To End Chinese Investor's Control Over Governance
Pirelli’s board is expected to approve a shareholder agreement that formally establishes that its largest investor, China's state-owned Sinochem, does not exercise control over the tire maker.

By The Financial District
Apr 281 min read


ADM Stops Domestic Trading In China, Cuts Jobs In Shanghai
Global grain merchant Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) has begun shutting down its domestic trading operations in China and laying off staff in its largest business segment as part of a global cost-cutting initiative.

By The Financial District
Apr 281 min read


PSE Index Declines On Profit-Taking
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index ended lower Monday as profit-taking dragged blue-chip stocks down after an early rally, closing at 6,249.50 points, down 19.25 points or 0.31 percent.

By The Financial District
Apr 282 min read


U.S. Government Freezes $2.2-B In Harvard Grants Over Activism Clash
The U.S. federal government is freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University.

By The Financial District
Apr 281 min read


Taiwan To Simulate Impact Of U.S. Tariffs On Semiconductors
Taiwan will simulate the potential impact of U.S. tariffs on its semiconductor industry and seek discussions with Washington.

By The Financial District
Apr 281 min read


Nvidia Commits $500-B To AI Infrastructure Projects In The U.S.
Nvidia has announced it will invest up to $500 billion in AI infrastructure projects in the U.S. over the next four years, as the tech industry pushes to strengthen domestic manufacturing.

By The Financial District
Apr 281 min read


Trump Should Keep China Addicted To Cheap Exports Via Low Tariffs: Economist
President Donald Trump’s approach to U.S.–China trade has been to impose prohibitively high tariffs.

By The Financial District
Apr 282 min read


Savants Say Earth Still Has 1 Billion Years To Exist Before The Sun Gobbles It
The thought of Earth’s final day may seem distant—even unreal—but we know it will inevitably happen.

By The Financial District
Apr 282 min read


Are NGCP Rates Padded?
Concerns are mounting over the transmission charges imposed by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).

By Lito U. Gagni
Apr 282 min read


Movie, TV Filming In Greater Los Angeles Down 22% In Q1
Movie and television filming in the Greater Los Angeles area declined by 22% in the first quarter, reflecting a global production downturn and California's ongoing loss of entertainment business to other regions.

By The Financial District
Apr 281 min read


Invest In Bitcoin, Not China, Mathematician Tells Market Players
Amid the escalating tariff war, mathematician and The Big Bitcoin Book author Fred Krueger advised investors on X (formerly Twitter) to move their savings into Bitcoin instead of China.

By The Financial District
Apr 281 min read


Chinese Firms Flood TikTok With Videos Urging Americans To Buy Direct
Chinese factories are flooding TikTok with videos urging Americans to buy directly from them to undercut Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

By The Financial District
Apr 282 min read


China Asks U.S.: Follow International Law On Deep-Sea Metals Stockpile Plan
No country should bypass international law to authorize seabed resource exploration, China’s foreign ministry said, following reports of U.S. plans to stockpile deep-sea metals to counter China’s dominance in the sector.

By The Financial District
Apr 281 min read


Belgian Insurer Ageas Acquires UK’s Esure From Bain Capital For €1.5-B
Belgium’s Ageas has agreed to acquire UK insurer Esure from private equity firm Bain Capital for around £1.3 billion (€1.5 billion).

By The Financial District
Apr 281 min read


Global Coral Bleaching Has Now Hit 84% Of Ocean’s Reefs
Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.

By The Financial District
Apr 281 min read


EU Foreign Ministers Say Putin Is Mocking Trump, Call For New Sanctions
The latest Russian attacks on Sumy and Kryvyi Rih show Vladimir Putin has no intention of engaging in peace talks.

By The Financial District
Apr 271 min read


Americans Sour On Trump’s Handling Of The Economy, Poll Finds
Americans elected President Donald Trump in hopes that he would fight inflation and boost the U.S. economy, but as he approaches his 100th day in office, they are giving the Republican poor marks for his handling of both.

By The Financial District
Apr 272 min read


Intel Will Reportedly Cut 20% Of Staff
Intel is reportedly preparing to lay off 20% of its workforce—more than 20,000 employees—as new CEO Lip-Bu Tan aims to “streamline management and rebuild an engineering-driven culture."

By The Financial District
Apr 271 min read


PepsiCo Lowers Full-Year Earnings Forecast On Tariff Costs
PepsiCo has cut its full-year earnings outlook, citing the financial burden of tariffs and weaker consumer demand...

By The Financial District
Apr 271 min read


PSE Index Ends Week in an Upswing
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSE) closed the week strong, gaining 110.27 points or 1.79% to finish at 6,268.75, buoyed by net foreign buying and a late-week rally.

By The Financial District
Apr 252 min read
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