China’s plan to make yuan a global currency enters faster phase
Beijing is focused on developing the infrastructure needed to expand the yuan’s use in global financing and investmentPublished Fri,...
China’s plan to make yuan a global currency enters faster phase
Beijing is focused on developing the infrastructure needed to expand the yuan’s use in global financing and investmentPublished Fri,...
Entertainment
Fintech platform iCapital plans more Singapore hires even as AI takes on 75% of coding work
[SINGAPORE] Global fintech platform iCapital plans to hire more product and engineering talent in Singapore, even as it steps up its use of artificial intelligence to improve efficiency and...
China’s plan to make yuan a global currency enters faster phase
Beijing is focused on developing the infrastructure needed to expand the yuan’s use in global financing and investmentPublished Fri, Oct 16, 2026 · 07:44 AMCHINA’S campaign to promote the...
U.S. Is Falling Behind In Space Warfare, Top General Warns
The head of U.S. Space Command fears that America's orbital arsenal is falling behind Russia and China.Gen. Stephen Whiting told Axios he feared a gap in space and that...
KFC picks Coca-Cola as US soda supplier, ditches longtime partner PepsiCo
The partnership began when PepsiCo acquired KFC in a bid to expand into food and snacksPublished Fri, Oct 16, 2026 · 06:31 AM[BENGALURU] Fast-food chain KFC on Thursday (Oct...
Entrepreneurship
China’s drone exports to Russia use a new route through Thailand
Entrepreneurship
United Hampshire US Reit declares 12.1% higher H2 DPU of US$0.023
Fashion
Fintech platform iCapital plans more Singapore hires even as AI takes on 75% of coding work
[SINGAPORE] Global fintech platform iCapital plans to hire more product and engineering talent in Singapore, even as it steps up its use of artificial intelligence to improve efficiency and...
China’s plan to make yuan a global currency enters faster phase
Beijing is focused on developing the infrastructure needed to expand the yuan’s use in global financing and investmentPublished Fri, Oct 16, 2026 · 07:44 AMCHINA’S campaign to promote the...
KFC picks Coca-Cola as US soda supplier, ditches longtime partner PepsiCo
The partnership began when PepsiCo acquired KFC in a bid to expand into food and snacksPublished Fri, Oct 16, 2026 · 06:31 AM[BENGALURU] Fast-food chain KFC on Thursday (Oct...
European shares hit more than two-week high as sturdy earnings lift sentiment
Published Fri, Oct 16, 2026 · 05:52 AM[BENGALURU] European shares hit their highest in more than two weeks on Thursday (Oct 15), helped by solid earnings and a surge...
Gossip
Behind the Wheel of James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5
The Aston Martin DB5, star of Goldfinger and seven more Bond films, began life as a luxurious grand tourer. Photo by National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty Images RM Sotheby’s has...
The 15 Heritage Watches With History Worth Wearing
Vintage-watch shopping offers one of luxury’s stranger bargains. Pay extra for history, then ask whether the luminous paint is radioactive and the movement contains parts from three donors. A...
Experience the Best of Maine in Fall, From Oyster Boats to Pumpkin Regattas
Summer sees Maine through a lens of lobster rolls on paper plates and cottages with docks, although autumn has always frankly carried the better material. By late September, salt...
Two Collections, Two Canons: What Andrew and Paul Mellon Built, One Generation Apart
Andrew Mellon built one of America’s great Old Master collections. Paul Mellon inherited the institution and spent a lifetime proving that great collecting requires an independent eye. Bettmann Archive...
Health
U.S. Is Falling Behind In Space Warfare, Top General Warns
The head of U.S. Space Command fears that America's orbital arsenal is falling behind Russia and China.Gen. Stephen Whiting told Axios he feared a gap in space and that...
Most Americans Say They Don’t Earn Enough. More Than Half Report Insufficient Emergency Savings.
Six in 10 Americans say they do not earn enough to live the kind of life they want, while nearly four in 10 middle-income adults report struggling to afford...
Producer Price Inflation Was Much Hotter Than Expected. Stocks Still Climbed.
Stocks climbed on Thursday even though the Producer Price Index soared beyond economists' expectations.The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite edged up 0.08%, while the S&P 500 gained 0.33%, The Dow Jones...
Nearly 9 In 10 CEOs Expect To Hire More Workers Despite AI. But The Jobs They Need Are Changing.
Nearly nine in 10 U.S. chief executives expect to increase their workforce over the next three years despite growing concerns about artificial intelligence replacing workers, according to a new...
FTC Subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic as AI Safety Incidents Trigger Consumer Protection Investigation
The Federal Trade Commission has subpoenaed OpenAI and Anthropic as part of a widening investigation into potential consumer protection violations, marking a significant escalation in the Trump administration's scrutiny...
Innovation
We’re Scrubbing in to Share Grey’s Anatomy Stars’ Real-Life Romances
Ellen Pompeo & Chris IveryLooks like it was record producer Chris Ivery who asked series lead Ellen Pompeo to pick me, choose me, love me after they crossed paths at...
Whatever It Takes, You’ll Want to See Where Drake, Nina Dobrev and More Degrassi Stars Are Now
Degrassi has officially entered the next generation. Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, Degrassi: The Next Generation premiered on CTV Oct. 14, 2001. For 14 seasons, viewers followed the lives...
Collin Gosselin Shares Message to Estranged Siblings After Years Apart
“What I want people to keep in mind is that many times in these productions, a lot of things are happening behind the scenes and not being shown,” he...
Jean Smart Serves as Officiant for Hacks Costar Mark Indelicato’s Wedding
Jean Smart has a new title to add to her résumé: Wedding officiant. The Emmy-winning actress played a major role in the wedding of her Hacks costar Mark Indelicato and David...
News
SIA passenger traffic up 2.8% in September; cargo demand jumps on AI, chip shipments
The group carries 3.5 million passengers during the month, while cargo loads rise 9.4% year on year[SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group’s passenger traffic rose 2.8 per cent year on...
Anthropic works to bring frontier AI models ‘on soil’ in Singapore, signs government pact
The Claude developer is building its team here, but there are no plans for a research operation – for now[SINGAPORE] Anthropic is working to bring its most advanced artificial...
Goldman’s equity traders post big haul as credit, rates miss
Fixed-income and commodities traders bring in US$3.47 billion, much lower than expectedPublished Tue, Oct 13, 2026 · 09:34 PMGOLDMAN Sachs’ equities traders blew past expectations in the third quarter,...
‘Wasting money, spending tokens’: Companies still in search of AI use cases with worthwhile ROI, says Broadcom’s Hock Tan
Both he and Intel CEO Tan Lip-Bu suggest that capital could be AI’s next biggest bottleneck[SINGAPORE] Most companies are still trying to arrive at use cases for artificial intelligence...
Politics
Croatia vacation hot spot may ban alcohol sales during key hours in sweeping new crackdown
The nightlife in Croatia’s second-largest city could soon look quite a bit different for visitors on vacation getaways. The city of Split is proposing a ban on the sale of...
2 teens charged in connection with TikTok stunt gone wrong that left 16-year-old trapped inside shaft of NYC bridge
Two teens have been charged in connection with a foolish TikTok stunt that caused a 16-year-old boy to plummet 50 feet and become trapped inside a shaft on the...
CBS Sports making big March Madness coverage change for 2026
Nate Burleson will add NCAA Tournament host to his ever-growing résumé at CBS. The network announced Thursday morning that Burleson will host men’s March Madness coverage for CBS Sports...
New Tahoe ski death as student found on black diamond trail – after eight killed in nearby avalanche
A missing skier has been found dead at a Lake Tahoe resort — just days after eight were killed by an avalanche in the backcountry nearby. Colin Kang’s body...
Special Edition
‘Friends’ Returning To Channel 4 In UK But Staying On HBO Max
It’s the one where Channel 4 swooped back in. The UK free-to-air broadcaster has landed rights to the iconic American comedy series and will air all 10 seasons from...
Electrify Hires Al Brown & Boss Patrick Walker For Creator Push
EXCLUSIVE: Al Brown and Patrick Walker, two of the best-known digital execs working in Europe, have joined creator house Electrify. Former Vice programming chief Brown has been named EVP...
Skydance International: The Paramount & Warner Execs Leading The Group
When the Skydance C-suite started being unveiled last week featuring Davis Ellison’s key lieutenants, the international piece of the puzzle was largely left unsolved. The list of senior executives...
Disney+ Hires Philip Pratt In Germany To Run Originals
Philip Pratt, the former Amazon Germany originals boss who oversaw the likes of Maxton Hall, has moved over to Disney+. Pratt has taken on the VP, Original Production post...
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Kanye West “Ripping Into” Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner Was Edited Out of KUWTK, Producer Says
Nevertheless, Kim—mom to North, 13, Saint, 10, Chicago, 8 and Psalm, 7, with Ye—had realized that her marriage to the “Runaway” rapper was over. “He should have a wife that supports his every...
DWTS’ Jenna Johnson, Harry Shum Jr. React to Carrie Ann Inaba’s “Lift” Critique
DWTS' Harry Shum Jr. Defends Dance Experience After He, Jenna Johnson Land Highest ScoreCarrie Ann Inaba and Jenna Johnson one, two stepped into a tense exchange. After the Dancing With the Stars judge schooled the...
Selma Blair Arraigned on 2 Felony Charges After Airplane Incident Arrest
More details are coming to light about Selma Blair's arrest in New York. After the actress allegedly attacked the crew while onboard a Delta Airlines flight Oct. 11, she...
Chuck Lorre Reveals Charlie Sheen’s “Frightening” Final Days on Two and a Half Men
Charlie Sheen wasn’t winning when his time on Two and a Half Men came to an abrupt end. In fact, in the lead up to his firing from the...
