Entrepreneurship
Fire protection specialist Deluge Corp files preliminary prospectus for mainboard IPO
[SINGAPORE] Fire protection specialist Deluge Corp on Tuesday (Sep 29) lodged a preliminary prospectus to list on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The offer will comprise a...
Japan veers from rice shortage to glut, dealing blow to farmers
Extreme weather, rising costs and lower product prices add challenge to an already shrinking sector[TOKYO] In 2025, Japan was flooding its rice market with emergency stockpiles in a bid...
‘Catastrophic or existential risks to humanity’: Anthropic warns of AI dangers in IPO filing
Published Tue, Sep 29, 2026 · 09:46 AMANTHROPIC plans to caution potential investors in its IPO that advanced AI could pose “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity,” an extraordinary...
OpenAI shelves release of new AI model that can evade human oversight amid safety concerns
GPT-6.1 Astra is said to show higher levels of deception than its predecessor in internal testingPublished Tue, Sep 29, 2026 · 09:23 AMOPENAI has scrapped the release of GPT-6.1...
China’s bad consumer debt cleanup falters, spooking investors
As many as 100 million people are behind on payments of at least 2.2 trillion yuan (US$327 billion)CHINA’S push to rid banks of a huge pile of soured consumer loans is...
Sydney data centre plan scrapped by developer after community backlash
Published Tue, Sep 29, 2026 · 08:35 AMAUSTRALIAN industrial property developer Goodman Group has withdrawn an application to develop a 24-hour data centre on Sydney’s north shore following public...
China’s crowded car industry moves towards consolidation
Manufacturers must contend with overcapacity, declining domestic sales and possible EU restrictionsPublished Tue, Sep 29, 2026 · 07:15 AM[BEIJING] Two leading electric carmakers in China said on Monday (Sep...
US Fed watchdog flags apparent data breaches by retiring staff member
Published Tue, Sep 29, 2026 · 07:07 AMTHE US Federal Reserve’s in-house watchdog said on Monday (Sep 28) that a former staff member was found multiple times trying to...
European shares muted as oil and bond pressures offset UK homebuilder rally
Published Tue, Sep 29, 2026 · 06:13 AMEUROPEAN shares were little changed on Monday (Sep 28) as a rally in British homebuilders was offset by higher oil prices and...
Manufacturing Procurement Software Lands $17M for Axya
Manufacturers still run purchasing on spreadsheets and email chains more often than most founders would guess, and a Montreal startup just raised money to change that. Axya locked in...
