1+ hour, 8+ min ago   (438+ words) SK Hynix workers launched a fourth labor union on Wednesday, merging production and office staff from multiple worker regions into a single body that will speak for a majority of the chipmaker’s about 35,000 employees. The union aims to work towards…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (753+ words) Arthur Hayes believes US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is preparing a way to strengthen the yen that could also force the Federal Reserve to create a large amount of new dollar liquidity. Arthur’s case centers on the Fed’s FIMA Repo…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (471+ words) Unitree Robotics on Monday opened subscriptions for its initial public offering on the Shanghai STAR Market. Unitree initially planned to raise roughly 4.2 billion yuan ($618.4 million) by selling a minimum of 40.4 million shares in the IPO, which represents 10% stake in the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (291+ words) Building on the Remarkable Success of SURF 2025 The SURF 2025 Startup and Innovation Competition also identified outstanding projects such as LocalLife.Asia, AIVOS, Rally AI, and LotusEase, adding promising new players to Da Nang’s startup and innovation ecosystem. Towards SURF 2026: “The…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (849+ words) The numbers put a figure on what has become another arm of China’s bid to lead in physical AI, the machines that turn algorithms into movement in the real world. Per IDC’s report, 2025 was the year when the industry hit…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (520+ words) A relatively new Chinese robotics startup, AI² Robotics, is considering going public in Hong Kong, after a recent funding round that doubled its valuation to nearly $3 billion in June. Some people with knowledge of the matter revealed Tuesday that AI² Robotics is…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (846+ words) Ant Group’s (HK: 6688) Lingbo Technologies recently started its first external funding round, aiming to raise 1.5 billion yuan ($206 million). The company intends to hold a second funding round before the end of 2026, which would make it the fastest funding round of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (445+ words) The U.S. dollar weakened sharply against the Japanese yen on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan’s finance minister confirmed that both countries had intervened in the currency market. The greenback was previously trading above 163 yen, touching highs not witnessed in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (465+ words) The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied on Tuesday as strong corporate earnings, falling oil prices and a shift away from semiconductor stocks pushed money into other corners of the market. The Dow gained 537.24 points, or 1.03%, to close at 52,747.32, its third…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (616+ words) Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh enters this week’s policy meeting with traders pricing a rate increase. Renewed fighting between Iran and the United States has pushed crude oil above $100 a barrel, raising fears that energy costs will feed into inflation....