Trip.com fined in China antitrust case as price wars continue

Trip.com fined in China antitrust case as price wars continue

The regulatory action may not significantly alter competition in China’s hotel market Published Mon, Jul 27, 2026 · 02:57 PM CHINA’S months-long antitrust probe into Trip.com Group ended with a multi-billion-yuan penalty on the nation’s largest online travel agency, but the action does little to ease the fierce price wars gripping the domestic hotel sector.…

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A practical pathway to AI-led productivity

A practical pathway to AI-led productivity

IMDA’s OIP helps firms identify challenges, evaluate solutions and assess outcomes before deployment [SINGAPORE] Earlier this year, the Singapore Budget 2026 outlined a continued push to embed artificial intelligence across the economy. This included the establishment of a National AI Council, expanded support for AI-related expenditure and solutions, and measures to build practical AI capabilities…

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Porn Star Emily Willis Left Rehab “Frozen” From Brain Damage. Now Family Gets $3 Million Settlement

Porn Star Emily Willis Left Rehab “Frozen” From Brain Damage. Now Family Gets  Million Settlement

Though Willis spent several weeks recovering in the ICU, doctors were “never able to determine what, exactly, caused her to stop breathing,” her family’s attorney James A. Morris said in a court declaration filed earlier this year. According to Morris, Willis now “cannot move her body” and lives with an “anoxic brain injury from which…

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Hong Kong eases listing thresholds to draw more IPOs

Hong Kong eases listing thresholds to draw more IPOs

They are part of a wider push by Hong Kong to strengthen its position as a fundraising hub Published Fri, Jul 24, 2026 · 08:54 PM [HONG KONG] Hong Kong’s stock exchange on Friday (Jul 24) made it easier for companies to go public in the Asian financial hub, lowering thresholds for firms with dual-class…

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OCBC, Asset World Corp ink pact with US$200 million sustainability-linked loan

OCBC, Asset World Corp ink pact with US0 million sustainability-linked loan

Tie-up will support AWC’s ‘growth-led strategy across its hospitality, commercial and lifestyle destination portfolio’ [SINGAPORE] OCBC and Thai integrated lifestyle real estate group Asset World Corp (AWC) have partnered on a US$200 million sustainability-linked loan. The tie-up reflects a “shared belief in Thailand’s long-term economic potential, the future of sustainable tourism and responsible growth across…

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Paramount Seeks Three-Day Hearing As Judge Weighs Preliminary Injunction

Paramount Seeks Three-Day Hearing As Judge Weighs Preliminary Injunction

UPDATED, with state AG and WGA response: Paramount is proposing that a federal judge hold a three-day evidentiary hearing later in August as she weighs whether to issue a preliminary injunction that would halt its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery as legal proceedings play out. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin issued a temporary restraining order…

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