Entrepreneurship

Singtel leads August buybacks with S$55.6 million purchase of nearly 13 million shares
In first eight months of the year, telco’s S$948 million buybacks account for half the market total[SINGAPORE] Singtel led primary-listed companies on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in buyback spending...
Microsoft reveals Azure cloud sales in financial reporting shift
Published Thu, Sep 3, 2026 · 06:40 AM[SAN FRANCISCO] Microsoft on Wednesday (Sep 2) reported sales from its Azure cloud computing unit on a quarterly basis for the first time, providing...
CEO Succession Planning: What Apple’s Handoff Shows
John Ternus becomes chief executive of Apple today, completing a transition the company announced back on April 20. Tim Cook moves to executive chair, and Art Levinson, previously chair...
Vendor Lock In Bites as OpenAI Cuts Off Cursor
OpenAI said it will end Cursor’s direct access to its models on November 12, roughly two weeks after SpaceX completed its $60 billion purchase of Cursor’s parent company, Anysphere,...
AI for Small Business Draws a $240M Bet on Owner
Owner raised $240 million in a Series D led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives on August 28, a round that values the company at $2.3 billion. Meritech, Redpoint, Headline and...
Venture Capital Funds: 5 Signals in a16z’s $1.1B Bet
Andreessen Horowitz announced the Machine Age Fund on August 28, a $1.1 billion vehicle aimed at founders building chips, memory, networking, systems software, power and the machines that push...
Non Dilutive Funding: Lambda’s $926M Debt Lesson
Lambda, Inc. closed a $926 million senior secured term loan B facility on August 27, capital earmarked for GPU hardware that a customer has already committed to using. The...
Radiant World facing UK lawsuit from Jefferies-run fund
It is the first legal filing in UK courts over fallout from concerns the company provided falsified documentsPublished Wed, Sep 2, 2026 · 09:47 PMCOMMODITIES trader Radiant World and...
UK fines Citibank London US$6 million over Russia sanctions breaches
Published Wed, Sep 2, 2026 · 07:45 PM[LONDON] Britain on Wednesday (Sep 2) fined Citibank £4.7 million (US$6.35 million) under its Russia sanctions regime, stating that the US bank’s...
Luxury stocks set for ‘better performance ahead’ but recovery likely progressive rather than linear: analysts
LVMH among names rated ‘buy’ by BofA; one of the sector’s cheapest stocks, it trades at a 25% discount to peersPublished Wed, Sep 2, 2026 · 03:36 PM[LONDON] Owning...
Hunting for yield? DBS analysts bet on S-Reits over bank dividends
The yield gap between them is widening, but rising bond yields and interest rates bear watching[SINGAPORE] Investors hunting for dividend income may want to look beyond Singapore banks and...
Shein shares slide over 3% after lacklustre Hong Kong trading debut
Higher import duties in key markets, growing regulatory risks hampering Shein’s growth prospectsPublished Wed, Sep 2, 2026 · 11:25 AM[HONG KONG] Shares of Shein slipped more than 3 per...