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Alibaba, Tencent dropped by DC lobbyists to comply with US curbs
Moves to drop Chinese clients highlight the rising importance of the Pentagon’s blacklist as a tool in US-China rivalry[WASHINGTON] Washington’s most powerful lobbying firms are rushing to cut ties...
Asian stocks erase gains, yen hits 40-year low
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 0.2% as chipmakers such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix declinedPublished Tue, Jun 30, 2026 · 09:49 AMASIAN equities erased earlier gains as...
China misses out on AI boom as stocks trail by most since 2001
Hopes of the Chinese market shedding its boom-bust reputation have turned into disillusionmentAFTER a banner year for Chinese stocks on the back of artificial intelligence advances, 2026 is not...
Super Micro raided as Taiwan expands chip smuggling probe
The move expands Taiwan’s first public AI-chip diversion crackdown after years of pressure from WashingtonPublished Tue, Jun 30, 2026 · 07:41 AM[TAIPEI] Super Micro Computer’s offices in Taiwan were...
Oil settles up on US-Iran strikes; cautious hopes for shipping cap gains
Published Tue, Jun 30, 2026 · 06:53 AM[HOUSTON] Oil prices settled up more than 1 per cent on Monday (Jun 29) after attacks by the US and Iran underscored...
Anthropic partners with California to expand AI use by government workers
Anthropic teamed up with California to get more state workers to use its artificial intelligence assistant Claude as part of an effort to leverage technology to make the government...
US Supreme Court rejects Trump’s unprecedented bid to fire Fed’s Cook
[WASHINGTON] The US Supreme Court refused on Monday to let Donald Trump fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook as it stood firm to preserve the central bank’s cherished independence...
Wall Street indexes climb as US, Iran halt attacks; Comcast surges on spin-off plan
Published Mon, Jun 29, 2026 · 10:42 PMWALL Street’s main indexes gained on Monday (Jun 29) as easing tensions in the Middle East lifted sentiment following recent hostilities between...
Microsoft’s US$570 billion rout sets up its worst month since 2000
Published Mon, Jun 29, 2026 · 10:08 PMMICROSOFT shares are heading for their worst month since the dot-com era as investors continue to fret about how the software giant...
Comcast to split cable business from media in NBCUniversal, Sky spinoff
Published Mon, Jun 29, 2026 · 09:04 PMCOMCAST will split into two publicly traded companies through a spinoff of NBCUniversal and Sky, separating its cash-generating broadband arm from a media...
