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AI startup sent staff home after notice from security firm Allied Universal warned of a strike. The union says it never called a vote.
A run club controversy and rising deportations signal growing friction between foreign remote workers and locals. Bali has closed 18 business categories to foreign investment.
The for-profit social enterprise behind Mom's Belief sets ₹227-239 price band for its ₹125 crore IPO, with anchor bidding on Aug 31. Proceeds will add 319 centres by FY29.
Henkel's Shanghai lab can now certify paper packaging recyclability under EU standards, cutting the need for Asia-Pacific exporters to send samples to Europe for testing.
Mobile money service M-SELEN has signed up 450,000 customers in the Solomon Islands, where geography makes bank branches impractical. A new real-time settlement system and a planned unified QR standard aim to deepen financial inclusion.
Moret spent 12 years at Legal & General leading bulk purchase annuity origination. Canada Life aims to scale in the UK pension risk transfer market.
Despite Canada supplying 63% of US crude imports, Washington left crude out of new 50% tariffs. An escalation would test refinery margins and gasoline prices.
Thune filed cloture on the CLARITY Act Aug. 8, setting up a 60-vote threshold on whether the Senate debates crypto market-structure legislation. A failed vote would return the bill to the calendar with no guaranteed path back this session.
Tata Steel wins interim protection from coercive action on a ₹1,755 crore Jharkhand coal mining demand. The Revisional Authority admitted its challenge but the dispute remains pending.
Stablecoin card spending hit $1B in July for the first time. RedotPay projects $50B annually by 2028 as regulatory clarity, product improvements and card network support drive adoption across developing markets.
The multiplex chain's board will meet Aug. 31 to consider a buyback proposal. No details on size or price were disclosed. The stock trades near its 52-week high of ₹1,283.
India opens DRDO conventional missile tech to domestic industry via Transfer of Technology framework, aiming to cut import reliance and boost private-sector defence output. Defence production rose 15.6% in FY 2024-25.
The EPFO portal now lets members handle UAN activation, KYC updates, and withdrawal claims online. But a data mismatch will stall everything. Here are the four checks that matter first.
The Surat Crime Branch seized 977 grams of mephedrone from a car near the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. Mansi Sayed and Suleman Shaikh were arrested.
Franklin Templeton's $1.8 trillion firm launches its tokenized U.S. government money market fund on HashKey Exchange, targeting professional investors across Asia with SEC-cleared collateral capabilities.
Nvidia has fallen after each of its last four beats. Bitcoin's average five-session move in those windows was minus 0.65%. The 0.014 correlation says they don't move together.
SEC targets Arbitrum developer Offchain Labs over ARB token sweep program, alleging unregistered securities distribution tied to airdrop reward mechanism.
Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley says the firm will unveil a first-of-a-kind product built on Coinbase's tokenized stocks on Base, following $1.8B in H1 inflows.
An attacker bought enough DAO voting power for $951, passed malicious proposals, and emptied $8.5M from Term Labs' strategy vaults. The exploit exposes a structural weakness in DeFi governance.
Franklin Templeton's tokenized U.S. government fund goes live on HashKey Exchange in Hong Kong, restricted to professional investors. The partnership opens a regulated distribution point for an existing on-chain product as the tokenized Treasury market reaches $15.6 billion.
WazirX launched an AI trading assistant that merges research, portfolio checks, and order execution into a single chat window. The tool handles spot and futures trades, sets natural-language price alerts, and includes a $100,000 paper-trading sandbox.
New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh delivers his first Jackson Hole speech Aug. 28 at 10 a.m. ET. Dollar, USD/JPY, gold and the Dow hinge on his inflation stance.
YinzCam taps Halo23's regional expertise to expand unified digital platform into GCC, Australia, New Zealand. CEO cites fractured digital ecosystem overhaul as key driver.
WTI crude fell more than 2% on Monday after traders booked profits ahead of possible new Iran sanctions. The break below an uptrend line lacks momentum confirmation, with $84.40 support next.
Binance lists 5 TradFi perpetuals with 20x leverage, targeting Trump Media, Moderna and chip ETFs. The products carry layered risk from daily-reset funds and 24/7 trading gaps.
Franklin Templeton's grBENJI money fund joins HashKey's Earn channel for Hong Kong professionals, with the pair planning more tokenized products.
PPFAS GIFT cut the minimum investment for its Nasdaq-100 and S&P 500 funds from $5,000 to $500, a 90% reduction, effective from the FME's date.
Altcoin market cap surged 24% in three days, adding $215B. Over half of Binance-listed altcoins trade above their 200-DMA. ETF inflows hit $90M. Altcoin Season Index at 46.
Lego posted record first-half revenue of 41.9B kroner ($6.54B), up 21%, with operating profit up 22%. CEO Christiansen said new partnerships and pricing range drove sales across kids and adults.
Airbound raised $37M from Greenoaks, Lightspeed, DoorDash Labs and Lachy Groom. The startup plans 10,000 daily delivery drone flights in India.