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Intel has spent plenty of money trying to compete with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (2330.TW), opens new tab, better known as TSMC. Over the past three years, it notched nearly $75 billion in ...

To buy out Hong Kong-listed Kangji Medical for $1.4 bln, the private equity firm is teaming up with the founders and the Qataris. Even if minority investors agree to the underwhelming offer aimed at ...

The country's excess real estate inventory has risen to a record, implying piecemeal efforts to tackle the problem have failed. It explains why Beijing may overturn a 15-year ban and allow key state ...

The $647 bln group is hiking British obesity jab prices by 170%, a likely response to Donald Trump’s gripes over cheap foreign drugs. But it’s shielding the state-run NHS, and the size of the UK ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ fiscal hole may exceed 40 bln pounds. Straightforward taxes on the richest might play well politically, but are tricky. Stepping up levies on a wider group of UK citizens’ ...

The $54 bln Dutch payment company’s stock slumped 20% after it cut 2025 sales guidance, citing pain from US de minimis rules on Chinese sellers. Its toppy valuation magnified the blow. But the ...

China's $683 bln giant delivered a 15% jump in revenue thanks to new tech turbo-charging ad sales. But the impact on its bottom line is less transformative and looks set to remain that way – and its ...

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The cost of protecting against losses from property damage to cyber hacks is falling, amid rising competition and waning demand from customers. The likes of $166 bln Allianz and $28 bln Aviva have two ...

A surprise 0.9% jump in US producer inflation last month weakens a White House pressure campaign on Fed Chair Jerome Powell. The inevitable retort will be to double down on tariffs, blame data ...

Meta’s chatbot rules court third-rail social issues, like luring users into fantasy. Releasing erratic and powerful tech to consumers and beyond is inherently dangerous. Some $120 bln in ...