NOWHERE IN HISTORY has created so much wealth so quickly. San Francisco is home to OpenAI and Anthropic, the two leading artificial-intelligence labs together worth nearly $2trn. It hosts 91 other AI “unicorns”, private companies worth more than $1bn, collectively valued at a further $600bn. A dozen or so billionaires who made their money from…
Oil prices were up Monday as a standoff between the U.S. and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz remained despite a ceasefire, while Pakistan leaders were seeking to revive stalled talks between the two countries. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was in Russia Monday for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin as part of a…
LuLu is a free, open-source firewall for macOS that lets you control which apps are allowed to send data from your computer. macOS includes a built-in firewall, but it mainly handles incoming connections. LuLu also monitors outgoing traffic. Installing and setting Up LuLu After downloading and installing the app, I allowed the LuLu Network Extension…
The appreciating yuan and ongoing Sino-Japanese tensions have given Hong Kong tourism a boost ahead of mainland China’s Labour Day “golden week” holiday, with hotel prices rising by as much as 8 per cent, an industry representative has said. Lawmaker Alan Chan Chung-yee, who is also the chief operating officer of Miramar Group, expressed optimism…
Key Points A few weeks back, I was pounding the table about how good a value Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) was. However, the stock has been rising and is now within a few percentage points of hitting a new all-time high. That’s a far cry from the 20% below its all-time high where it was at…
What do marathon runners, AI experts and tennis players have in common? In China, they have all become the target of creative housing subsidies. Earlier this month, a social media account for the government of Nanjing — a capital city of China in imperial times — posted that it was providing housing subsidies of up…
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The King’s US state visit has “all appropriate security measures” in place, Britain’s ambassador to the US has said following what the White House has…
Tehran: Iran’s Parliament Speaker MB Ghalibaf on Monday said in a cryptic message that although US President Donald Trump claims he has all the cards, Iran, too holds quite a leverage. Ghalibaf, through a mathematical equation, explained that Iran’s supply equates demand by the US.In a post on X, he said, “They brag about the…
Employees work on the production line of solar panels at a workshop of Jiangsu DMEGC New Energy Co., Ltd. on July 22, 2025 in Suqian, Jiangsu Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Profits at China’s industrial firms grew at their fastest pace in six months in March, even as the…
As Middle Eastern stock markets experience modest gains despite geopolitical tensions and economic challenges, investors are keenly observing the region’s small-cap companies for potential opportunities. In this environment, identifying stocks with strong fundamentals and resilience to external pressures can be crucial for navigating the complexities of the current market landscape. Name Debt To Equity Revenue…