Entrepreneurship

Lutnick warns some South Korean, Taiwanese firms may face 100% chip tariffs unless they invest in US
[NEW YORK] US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said South Korean memory chipmakers and Taiwanese companies that are not investing in the US may face up to 100 per cent...
Stop Worshiping ROAS, Start Building Brands
I’m Erik Huberman, and I have a simple opinion that ruffles feathers: our industry’s obsession with ROAS is hurting marketing. ROAS looks clean on a dashboard. It makes us...
White House weighs executive action to cap credit card rates
THE White House is weighing an executive action to enact President Donald Trump’s call for a cap on credit card interest rates, in addition to other measures seeking to ease US...
US stocks: Wall Street ends little changed before long weekend
[NEW YORK] US stocks ended nearly flat on Friday in a choppy session ahead of the long weekend, and all three major indexes posted losses for the week as fourth-quarter earnings...
Great Marketing Is Broken—and I’m Fixing Access
Marketing shouldn’t be a luxury item. Yet for too many brands, that’s how it’s priced, packaged, and delivered. My view is simple: great marketing is unfairly out of reach,...
JPMorgan eclipses Dimensional as world’s biggest active ETF firm
The bank’s asset management arm currently controls nearly US$257 billion in active ETFs worldwide[NEW YORK] JPMorgan Asset Management has a new superlative: The firm now hails as the world’s...
Mitsubishi to buy Texas, Louisiana shale gas assets for US$7.5 billion
This will give it a substantial natural gas operation near the US Gulf Coast and the energy export facilities developed there[TOKYO] Japanese trading house Mitsubishi will buy the US...
Intel extends comeback as investors bet on foundry growth
The stock is up 31% to start 2026, the third-best performance in the S&P 500 Index[NEW YORK] Intel’s dramatic rally to start the year shows investors are increasingly optimistic...
Rio Tinto-Glencore merger may need asset sales to win over China
China’s antitrust regulator is likely to be concerned about a combined entity’s concentration in copper production and marketing[BEIJING/MELBOURNE] The proposed tie-up between Rio Tinto and Glencore could require asset...
China warns of ‘penalties’ against carmakers for price war
Other than slashing prices, some automakers have offered incentives such as interest-free loans to entice buyers[HONG KONG] Chinese regulators warned of “severe penalties” against automakers after they started a...
Ford in talks to use BYD batteries for overseas factories
[DETROIT] Ford Motor is in talks with China’s BYD about potentially supplying batteries for hybrid vehicles to the American automaker’s overseas factories, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.BYD,...
Changi Airport doubles supplemental China flights to 600 ahead of CNY travel surge
[SINGAPORE] Six airlines at Changi Airport will be offering over 600 supplementary flights to as many as 15 Chinese cities to cater to an anticipated increase in travel demand...