Entrepreneurship
AI Email Security Gets $4.1M as Threats Outsmart Filters
Email is still where most attacks on small companies begin. This week, AI email security startup StrongestLayer said it raised $4.1 million in new funding, bringing its total seed...
Physical AI Startup Gritt Launches With $32.4M
A new kind of construction crew just raised real money. Physical AI startup Gritt launched from stealth this week with $32.4 million in combined pre-seed and Series A funding,...
Fed Rate Hike Odds Climb Ahead of the July Meeting
A Federal Reserve rate cut looked like the base case a month ago. Now a fed rate hike is back in the conversation, with CME FedWatch data putting the...
AI Agents for Business Are Giving Founders Their Week Back
When I scaled my first company, every problem looked like a hiring problem. Fresh data on AI agents for business challenges that reflex, because knowledge workers who run production...
Citi traders are betting Fed will keep rates on hold this week
Published Mon, Jul 27, 2026 · 11:14 PM[WASHINGTON] Citigroup’s traders are betting the Federal Reserve will leave rates unchanged this week, even as the swap markets assign a more...
Teen Summer Jobs Fall to the Lowest Level Since 1948
Hiring a teenager for the summer used to be one of the easiest wins a small business had. A new report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas shows that window...
Dollar retreats as oil slides on Middle East pause; focus on central banks
The dollar dropped against other major currencies after the US paused its bombing in IranPublished Mon, Jul 27, 2026 · 08:34 PM[LONDON] The dollar dropped against other major currencies...
UI Boustead Reit posts NPI of S$29.2 million, 4.3% below IPO forecast
[SINGAPORE] UI Boustead Reit reported net property income (NPI) of S$29.2 million for the period Mar 12 to Jun 30, in its first financial results since listing on Singapore...
Singapore stocks rise on Monday; STI up 0.6%
Published Mon, Jul 27, 2026 · 06:33 PM[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended higher on Monday (Jul 27).The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gained 0.6 per cent or 31.90 points to...
Malaysia’s resource anxiety tests Asia’s fastest data centre build-out
New projects in Johor must show how they will source electricity, with renewable energy increasingly a prerequisite for approvalPublished Mon, Jul 27, 2026 · 04:29 PM[HONG KONG/JOHOR] After leapfrogging...
Trip.com fine in China antitrust case unlikely to materially change hotel pricing dynamics: analysts
The regulatory action may not significantly alter competition in China’s hotel marketPublished Mon, Jul 27, 2026 · 02:57 PMCHINA’S months-long antitrust probe into Trip.com Group ended with a multi-billion-yuan...
