Posts by Liam Redmond
AI Agents Gain New Ways to Handle Business Payments Through XDC
Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving beyond answering questions and generating content. Increasingly, businesses are exploring how AI can automate operational tasks, from approving invoices to coordinating supply chains and managing routine financial workflows. One of the biggest hurdles remains enabling AI systems to interact securely with real-world payment infrastructure. XDC Tech is taking a step…
Read MoreSmall Business Loan Rates Face a Record Federal Debt Test
The U.S. Treasury reported this week that the national debt has passed $40 trillion for the first time, a milestone that arrived months ahead of most forecasts. The country crossed $39 trillion back in March, so the most recent trillion took about five months to accumulate. Most founders read a headline like that and move…
Read MoreTwice-divorced Chaka Khan, 73, issues surprise dating update
Chaka Khan said she’s “partnered out” after two divorces. The Queen of Funk, 73, gave a dating life update in a new interview with the UK’s “The Observer,” where she was asked about the inspiration behind the lyric “I’ve been waiting all my life for this moment” that she sings on her upcoming album, “Chakzilla.” “I…
Read MoreHow Great Biotech CEOs Solve the Complex Problems Behind Their Innovation
CEOs in any industry face certain challenges around innovating. In biotechnology, these problems can lead to projects being stalled, original plans being scrapped, and even nothing to show for it in the end. But CEOs who are on the forefront of biotech innovation, know that they need to understand the different roadblocks that come up…
Read MoreAI Marketing Jobs Vanish as Agents Take the Junior Work
A Forbes analysis published August 20 counted roughly 10,000 marketing roles that no longer exist, and it credits AI agents with taking the work. The same piece cites Forrester, which expects 15% of agency jobs to disappear during 2026, with holding companies including WPP and Omnicom already cutting staff. That figure lands differently when you…
Read MorePorsche inks US$1.5 billion AI deal with India’s Tata Consultancy
Published Mon, Aug 24, 2026 · 10:24 PM [STUTTGART] Porsche partnered with Tata Consultancy Services for deploying artificial intelligence in a 1.25 billion euros (US$1.5 billion) deal, while agreeing to sell its consulting unit to the Indian software services company. The five-year partnership aims to enable AI across Porsche’s engineering, manufacturing, operations and customer experience…
Read MoreOne of Israel’s most dangerous mob bosses shot dead by assassin at point-bank range
A notorious Israeli mob boss was gunned down at a gas station — with shocking video showing his assassin creeping up to shoot him at point-blank range from behind. Yanis Yushvaev, the head of the Caucasian Mafia and one of Israel’s most dangerous criminals, was gunned down in Caesarea on Sunday — 10 years after…
Read MoreUOB v Lippo Marina Collection: Court quadruples damages awarded to bank to S$76.1 million
[SINGAPORE] The Appellate Division of the High Court has more than quadrupled damages awarded to UOB in its case against developer Lippo Marina Collection to S$76.1 million from S$17.7 million. This was after the lender partially succeeded in its appeal concerning fraudulently inflated prices of condominium units that led to it disbursing higher housing loans.…
Read MoreWall Street opens lower as high-stakes Iran, inflation tests loom
Published Mon, Aug 24, 2026 · 09:42 PM [NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Monday (Aug 24) as investors weighed the US pledge of an “economic D-Day” against Iran while awaiting AI giant Nvidia’s quarterly results and a closely watched inflation report later this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 15.1…
Read MoreKim Zolciak breaks cover after 15-year-old son KJ’s sexual assault arrest
Warning: The content of this story contains graphic details. Kim Zolciak was spotted for the first time since news broke of her 15-year-old son Kroy “KJ” Jagger Biermann Jr.’s sexual assault arrest. The “Real Housewives of Atlanta” alum drove her Range Rover through Alpharetta, Georgia, on Sunday, two days after the teen’s detainment made headlines.…
Read MoreTrump Secretly Called Pakistan Army Chief Before Iran Trip With One Key Request, Sources Say
Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump last week before he left for Tehran, and the U.S. President had requested Pakistan to exercise its influence to persuade Iran to return to the negotiating table, a Pakistani source told Reuters. The call was the latest of a string of such…
Read MoreUS dollar hovers near multi-month lows as debt nerves unnerve investors
Published Mon, Aug 24, 2026 · 08:28 PM [LONDON] The US dollar hovered near multi-month lows on Monday (Aug 24) in a market unsettled by the US Treasury’s promise to buy back more long-dated bonds, while traders awaited details of sanctions on Iran and for policy speeches this week in the US and Japan. Trade…
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