A Munich regional court has delivered a landmark verdict against OpenAI, finding that the company’s widely used chat-bot technology was trained and operated in breach of German copyright laws by using protected song lyrics without a licence. The ruling provides… Read More ›
Entrepreneurship
Surge in Crypto Demand and Strong Fundamentals Drive Figure Technologies to Upsize IPO
Figure Technologies moved to expand and repriced its initial public offering after a surge in investor appetite for crypto-related listings. The company raised its price range and increased the number of shares on offer as recent public debuts by crypto… Read More ›
China’s Seazen’s Token Push Highlights New Push to Turn Property into Tradeable Digital Assets
Chinese developer Seazen’s decision to set up a digital assets institute in Hong Kong and explore tokenizing property income and intellectual property has landed at a moment of high interest in the financial world. For a major developer still navigating… Read More ›
U.S. Manufacturers Turn to AI to Rapidly Adapt Supply Chains Amid Trump Tariff Shocks
As new tariff measures from the Trump administration reshape global trade flows, U.S. manufacturers are increasingly leaning on artificial intelligence to keep production lines moving and costs in check. The latest wave of duties—targeting sectors from machinery and metals to… Read More ›
Europe’s Business Community Split Over New Transatlantic Trade Deal
The recent agreement between the European Union and the United States has elicited a cacophony of responses across corporate Europe, as businesses weigh the reprieve from an all‑out tariff war against the stark reality of enduring levies. Announced at the… Read More ›
EU Arms Itself with Trade “Bazooka” as U.S. Tariff Threats Escalate
With hopes for a balanced transatlantic tariff truce fading, Brussels is escalating its trade‐retaliation toolkit—preparing to wield its newly minted “anti‐coercion” instrument and other countermeasures against Washington. By broadening the scope of potential reprisals, the European Union aims to force… Read More ›
Kenyan Start‑Up Harnesses Geothermal Power to Turn Air into Carbon Credits
In the heart of Kenya’s Rift Valley, a pioneering start‑up is deploying cutting‑edge technology to capture carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere, then converting those captured emissions into tradable carbon credits. Octavia Carbon’s pilots are designed to leverage the nation’s… Read More ›
Wall of Redemptions: Global Equity Funds Hit by Rising Rates and Risk Aversion
Global equity funds experienced a sharp reversal in investor sentiment last week, recording net outflows of $5.3 billion—the first weekly redemptions since late June—as rising interest rates, persistent inflationary pressures, and geopolitical uncertainties prompted asset managers to jettison riskier holdings. While… Read More ›
Robust Capital and Liquidity Buffers Underpin US Banks’ Downturn Resilience – US Fed
The Federal Reserve’s 2025 stress test results confirm that the nation’s largest banking institutions possess the financial strength to navigate a severe economic downturn without government support or curbs on lending. Fed supervisors subjected 22 major banks to a hypothetical… Read More ›
Private Equity Holds $1 Trillion in Limbo as Dealmaking Falters
Private equity firms are sitting on approximately $1 trillion of undeployed or unrealized capital—funds that, under normal market conditions, would have cycled back to investors by now. A perfect storm of elevated interest rates, oscillating trade policies, and geopolitical uncertainty has… Read More ›