Grab to buy Atome Financial for $1.49B in BNPL push

Grab Holdings announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire a controlling 60% stake in Singapore-based buy-now-pay-later…

Oil surges past $108 as Saudi pipeline remains offline

Oil prices climbed on Tuesday as attacks on Saudi Arabian energy infrastructure kept the kingdom's East-West crude pipeline…

Greece now borrows more cheaply than France in historic bond market reversal

In a transformation that would have seemed unthinkable a decade ago, Greece is now paying less than France…

ASML shares drop sharply after AI leaders call for slower development

ASML Holding shares fell roughly 7% on Monday, September 14, closing at $1,575.15 on Nasdaq and approximately €1,387.80…

Von der Leyen decries Russian ‘aggression’ after dual NATO incidents

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday denounced what she called "reckless and dangerous Russian behaviour"…

Meta launches Meta One subscription across its apps

Meta Platforms on Tuesday launched Meta One, a subscription service that bundles enhanced AI tools and premium features…

ECB staff demand Lagarde clarify her future amid exit speculation

The European Central Bank's staff committee has written to the institution's Executive Board demanding that President Christine Lagarde…

ExxonMobil raises LNG sales target 25% amid Hormuz crisis

ExxonMobil Exxon Mobil Corporation has raised its annual liquefied natural gas sales target to 50 million tonnes by…

Meta to deploy custom AI chips in 2027 to cut Nvidia reliance

Meta Platforms plans to begin deploying its third-generation custom artificial intelligence chip, MTIA 450 or Arke, in data…

UniCredit’s Orcel seeks ouster of Commerzbank CEO, rejects Berlin’s board demands

German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on Tuesday that Berlin intends to secure representation on UniCredit's governing bodies,…

Thailand’s PTT pursues US Gulf LNG deals amid Hormuz crisis

Liquefied natural gas buyers across Asia are stepping up efforts to secure more fuel from the United States…

Cosco and OOCL begin Red Sea transits in broadening Suez Canal return

Chinese carriers Cosco Shipping and subsidiary Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) began resuming Red Sea transits on Tuesday,…

Capital flight from Russia tops $1 trillion over 25 years

Capital flight from Russia over the past 25 years has surpassed the country's entire annual gross domestic product,…

AWS says it cannot restore Gulf cloud facilities damaged in Iran war

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. Web Services announced on Tuesday that it cannot restore access to its cloud-computing facility in…

Hackers demand $780M in Bitcoin from Revolut after data breach

Revolut confirmed on September 12 that it disclosed sensitive customer data to an unauthorized party after fraudulent requests…

Euro slides to one-month low as gas prices surge on Middle East supply fears

The euro slid to a one-month low against the dollar on Monday as European natural gas prices surged…

Goldman Sachs raises $11.7B for private equity funds

Goldman Sachs's The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. asset management arm said on Tuesday that its alternatives unit has…

Emerging-market currencies fall a fourth day as Fed meeting begins

Emerging-market currencies fell for a fourth consecutive day on Tuesday as surging oil prices, a stronger dollar, and…

European shares slip as 10-year Treasury yield holds above 5% ahead of Fed

European equities fell on Tuesday as surging oil prices, rising bond yields, and fresh inflation data reinforced fears…

Microsoft confirms security update broke Excel copy and paste

Microsoft has confirmed that its September 2026 Patch Tuesday security update, KB5002914, silently breaks copy-and-paste functionality across multiple…

Canada proposes halving business investment tax rate

The Canadian government on Monday proposed a sweeping new tax incentive called the Productivity Mega Deduction, which would…

WTO warns global GDP could fall 10% without trade reform

The World Trade Organization released its World Trade Report 2026 on Tuesday, warning that failure to modernize the…

MediaTek unveils first 2nm mobile chip to challenge Qualcomm

Taiwan's MediaTek on Tuesday unveiled the Dimensity 9600 Pro, its first mobile processor built on TSMC's Taiwan Semiconductor…

ByteDance’s first-half profit dips as AI spending soars

ByteDance's net profit in the first half of 2026 declined by a single-digit percentage to roughly $20 billion,…

Study finds active black holes may boost star formation

A study published September 15 in The Astrophysical Journal has found that actively feeding supermassive black holes may…

Gastech leaders warn LNG recovery will lag Hormuz reopening

QatarEnergy is negotiating multi-year liquefied natural gas purchase agreements with US producers including Cheniere Energy, Venture Global, and…

Leaked files show ICBC financed sanctioned oligarchs from London hub

A trove of 4.8 million confidential records from inside the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has exposed…

EIB ends 40-year nuclear hiatus with Finnish SMR investment

The European Investment Bank on Tuesday announced a €40 million loan to Finnish nuclear startup Steady Energy, marking…

Global markets diverge as AI slowdown calls and surging oil roil trading

Markets across Asia, Europe, and North America split along fault lines of oil exposure and technology dependence on…

Apple ships iOS 27 with Google-powered Siri AI

Apple released iOS 27 on Monday, September 14, delivering a rebuilt Siri assistant whose underlying intelligence draws on…