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This is how Tennessee tries to woo Paramount and other companies away from California
Tennessee propositioned Paramount Skydance, hoping to tempt it to become the next company to leave California.As California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta gathered a coalition of 12 state attorneys general...
US judge won’t block Meta from laying off workers who filed AI discrimination lawsuit
Published Sat, Jul 18, 2026 · 11:31 AMA US judge on Friday (Jul 17) rejected a bid by 26 employees of Meta Platforms to block the tech giant from laying them...
Meta, Anthropic in talks for potential US$10 billion compute lease deal: source
Published Sat, Jul 18, 2026 · 10:23 AMMETA Platforms is in talks to lease computing power to Anthropic in a potential deal worth up to US$10 billion over two years,...
Oil settles up on renewed US-Iran hostilities and threat of Red Sea closure
Published Sat, Jul 18, 2026 · 08:23 AM[NEW YORK] Oil prices climbed more than 4 per cent to their highest in more than a month on Friday (Jul 17) after the...
US stocks: Wall Street ends lower for the day and week as chip selloff broadens
All three major indices closed lower on Friday.Published Sat, Jul 18, 2026 · 07:40 AM[NEW YORK] Wall Street extended its decline on Friday as a pullback on stocks associated with the...
Dollar steady but set for weekly drop on fading US rate hike bets
Published Fri, Jul 17, 2026 · 08:55 PM[SINGAPORE/LONDON] The dollar held steady on Friday (Jul 17) but was poised for a weekly decline as a tame US inflation report...
‘Tangible progress’: SIA defends Air India investment in response to Sias
[SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) said its investment in Air India gives the national carrier access to growth opportunities that cannot be fully realised through a single hub model, where...
Airbus wins major order from Air China to firm regional hold
The deal adds to a series of successful sales campaigns for the European planemakerPublished Fri, Jul 17, 2026 · 07:15 PM[BEIJING] Airbus won an order from Air China for...
Singapore stocks fall on Friday as local banks take a hit; STI down 0.5%
Across the broader market, gainers trail losers 226 to 365, after 1.2 billion securities worth S$2.1 billion change handsPublished Fri, Jul 17, 2026 · 06:10 PM[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended...
Japan’s Nikkei slides into correction zone on tech selloff, Middle East conflict
Published Fri, Jul 17, 2026 · 04:20 PM[TOKYO] Japan’s Nikkei tumbled into correction territory on Friday (Jul 17), as a global rout in chipmakers and an escalation in the...
