Entrepreneurship

OpenAI acknowledges ‘wiki incident’ and need for more transparency around unintended AI behaviour
OpenAI officials learned of the German incident weeks ago but kept it under wrapsPublished Sun, Sep 6, 2026 · 09:41 AM[WASHINGTON] OpenAI said on Saturday (Sep 5) that its...
European shares log weekly losses on inflation worries; Volkswagen jumps
Next week, the market focus will shift to the European Central Bank’s policy meetingPublished Sat, Sep 5, 2026 · 07:56 AMEUROPEAN shares ended the week lower on Friday (Sep...
LTL Freight: 5 Ways Merchants Cut Heavy Shipping Costs
ShipStation has pulled less-than-truckload shipping into its main platform, so small and mid-sized sellers can quote, book and track LTL freight in the same place they already handle boxes....
Why Startups Fail: Record Funding, Record Shutdowns
SimpleClosure, a firm that handles company wind downs, has published its shutdown data for the first half of 2026, and the picture is more useful than the headline suggests....
Merchant of Record Push Opens Emerging Markets Faster
Payments company dLocal has launched dMoRe, a merchant of record service aimed at companies that want to sell into fast-growing consumer markets without opening an office there. The announcement...
Build vs Buy Flips as AI Lets Companies Ship In House
Roughly a third of organizations have turned down at least one software purchase and written the thing themselves with agentic coding tools, according to McKinsey’s latest global survey of...
YouTube Affiliate Marketing Now Includes Amazon Tags
YouTube has brought Amazon into its Shopping affiliate program for creators in the United States, and the change lands right in the middle of every small brand’s influencer budget....
Wall St subdued after jobs report fuels rate-hike bets
Published Fri, Sep 4, 2026 · 09:46 PM[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes were muted at the open on Friday (Sep 4) after a stronger-than-expected jobs reading prompted investors...
Investors should be wary of possible ‘Nanning’-type investment schemes: Sias
[SINGAPORE] The Securities Investors Association (Singapore), or Sias, wishes to caution members of the investing public against participating in investment arrangements commonly referred to as the “Nanning Scheme”, or...
India’s key money market gets unusually quiet at start of trade
Published Fri, Sep 4, 2026 · 05:47 PM[MUMBAI] A record cash surplus in India’s banking system is driving away borrowers. The nation’s unsecured overnight money market, where banks borrow and...
Asean ‘compelling’ for businesses looking for long-term growth amid tensions: Tan See Leng
[SINGAPORE] Businesses are increasingly having to consider a variety of factors, including tariffs and other trade restrictions, when making decisions, and the calculations have become more complicated, said Minister...
StanChart sees China-Asean growth accelerating as ‘China Plus Many’ strategy takes hold
Bank sees growing use of the renminbi for payments, financing and liquidity management as Chinese companies expand across the region[SINGAPORE] Standard Chartered (StanChart) expects growth in its China-Asean business...