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Oil posts biggest weekly loss since 2020 ahead of Iran-US talks
Crude markets have been extremely turbulent since the war began in late February
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Wall St ends mixed, notches weekly gains as investors parse Middle East negotiations
On a weekly basis, all three indexes scored their largest Friday-to-Friday percentage gains since November
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Stoxx 600 gains for a third week with focus on Middle East peace talks
Investors will closely monitor the talks, especially efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
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Eric Swider resigns from Trump Media board
April 10 : Trump Media & Technology Group said on Friday that Eric Swider, a key figure in the company's public listing, had resigned from its board. Swider was the CEO of the blank-check acquisition company behind Trump Media's public listing in 2024, guiding it through a delayed merg ...
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IBM to pay $17 million to settle discrimination allegations, DOJ says
WASHINGTON, April 10 : U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Friday that IBM has agreed to pay $17 million to resolve allegations of discrimination through illegal diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
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Tesla's supervised self-driving software gets Dutch okay, first in Europe
AMSTERDAM/SAN FRANCISCO, April 10 : Dutch regulators approved the use of Tesla's driver assistance software which handles most driving tasks on highways and city streets under human supervision, in the first regulatory sign‑off for the technology in Europe.Approval from the Netherlands' ...
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Tesla supervised self-driving software gets Dutch okay, first in Europe
AMSTERDAM/SAN FRANCISCO, April 10 : Tesla on Friday said Dutch regulators had approved the use of its driver assistance software which handles most driving tasks on highways and city streets under human supervision, the first regulatory sign‑off for the technology in Europe.Approval from the Dutch ...
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Tesla's self-driving software gets Dutch go-ahead, in boost for EU ambitions
AMSTERDAM, April 10 : Tesla on Friday said Dutch regulators had approved the use of its driver assistance software which handles most driving tasks on highways and city streets under human supervision, marking the first regulatory sign‑off for the technology in Europe.Approval from the Dutch vehic ...
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Vance, Bessent questioned tech giants on AI security before Anthropic's Mythos release, CNBC reports
April 10 : U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent questioned leading tech CEOs about AI model security and how to respond to cyber attacks a week before Anthropic released its new Mythos model, CNBC reported on Friday. Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai ...
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Proxy adviser Glass Lewis recommends Warner Bros shareholders vote for Paramount deal
April 10 : Independent proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis recommended Warner Bros Discovery shareholders to vote in favor of the company's $110 billion deal to combine with Paramount Skydance. The planned merger would create an entertainment colossus with one of the industry's most storied co ...
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Suspect arrested after Molotov cocktail attack at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home
April 10 : A person was arrested by San Francisco police for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home and for making threats outside the artificial intelligence startup's headquarters, the company said on Friday."Thankfully, no one was hurt. We deeply appr ...
8 hours ago
Commvault explores sale after takeover interest, sources say
(Removes extraneous text in paragraph 2)By Milana VinnNEW YORK, April 10 : Data protection software provider Commvault Systems is exploring a sale after receiving takeover interest from multiple parties, according to four people familiar with the matter.Commvault, which has a market capitalizat
10 hours ago
YouTube raises subscription prices in US for the first time in 3 years
April 10 : YouTube on Friday raised subscription prices in the United States, with increases of up to $4 set to take effect from the next billing cycle.The Alphabet-owned video platform said the standard individual YouTube Premium plan would now cost $15.99 a month, up from $13.99, while the family ...
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OpenAI faces tighter regulation under EU's Digital Service Act, Handelsblatt says
April 10 : OpenAI and its chatbot ChatGPT is set to be classified as a very large search engine and fall under the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA), meaning it faces tighter regulation, Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper said on Friday, citing sources. Handelsblatt said OpenAI dec ...
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EU weighing tighter regulation for OpenAI under Digital Services Act
April 10 : The European Commission on Friday said it was analysing whether OpenAI's ChatGPT platform should be considered a large online platform under the rules of the Digital Services Act (DSA), after it reported user numbers above the threshold."OpenAI has published user numbers for Cha ...
11 hours ago
China urges battery makers to avoid excess capacity growth
Focus on improving product quality and protecting intellectual property instead, say government agencies
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Analysis:Iran war leaves crisis-scarred countries counting the cost
LONDON/COLOMBO/ISLAMABAD, April 10 : Sanoj Weeratunge thought this would finally be the year his tour firm put Sri Lanka's spate of crises behind it. Then the Iran war erupted 2,700 miles away, the government hiked fuel prices by 35 per cent and business slumped almost a third."We have had ...
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Meta must face youth addiction lawsuit by Massachusetts, court rules
BOSTON, April 10 : Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit by Massachusetts' attorney general alleging that the Facebook and Instagram parent deliberately designed features to addict young users, the state's top court ruled on Friday.The ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court marked ...
11 hours ago
S&P 500, Nasdaq open higher after inflation data; Mideast in focus
[NEW YORK] The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Friday (Apr 10) after March inflation data largely aligned with expectations...
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Rotational interest continues to lift penny stocks and these are attracting buying demand
Goola Warden - Rotational interest is likely to support lower liners and penny stocks during the week of April 13-17. Oiltek International appears to be forming a triangle, which is likely to be a continuation pattern in an uptrend, and there could be a breakout on the upside. The breakout level is at $2.07. Overa ...
12 hours ago
CoreWeave strikes AI cloud deal with Anthropic, shares surge
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CoreWeave strikes AI cloud deal with Anthropic, shares rise
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Space analytics firm HawkEye's revenue jumped 74% in 2025, US IPO filing shows
April 10 : Space analytics company HawkEye 360 recorded a 74 per cent jump in revenue in 2025 while also swinging to a profit, its filing for a U.S. initial public offering showed on Friday.The Herndon, Virginia-based firm clocked a net income of $2.7 million on revenue of $117.7 million last year, ...
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Auditors flag uncertainty on Katrina Group’s ability to continue as a going concern
Derryn Wong - This hinges on liabilities exceeding assets by S$18.4 million as well as litigation brought by the Urban Redevelopment Authority
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Who is Kenneth Goi, son of the ‘Popiah King’ and PSC’s next CEO?
Koh Kim Xuan - His father Sam Goi gave him plenty of opportunities to learn about the business; he has held many roles in the family’s...
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UK threatens tech bosses with jail if they fail to remove non-consensual intimate images
LONDON, April 10 : Britain on Friday warned tech bosses they could be held personally liable and face imprisonment if their platforms fail to remove intimate images shared without consent when required to do so.A surge in non-consensual images has fed into Britain's wider debate over online saf ...
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Apple leads smartphone market even as overall shipments decline: Counterpoint
The decline is primarily driven by memory players prioritising AI data centres over consumer electronics
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Bessent, Powell warn bank CEOs about Anthropic model risks, sources say
The company is stopping short of a broad release, citing concerns of the model exposing cybersecurity vulnerabilities
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Jack Ma’s Yunfeng, Hillhouse plan investing in Victory Giant’s US$2 billion listing: sources
The firms are planning to participate as cornerstone investors
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Hong Kong grants first stablecoin licences to StanChart joint venture and HSBC
Both are forecast to launch in H2 2026 to cover cross-border and local use cases, and digital asset trading
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Stefano Gabbana has resigned as Dolce & Gabbana chair, filing shows
The designer weighs options for his 40% stake ahead of negotiations with bank lenders
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The unconventional logic behind SpaceX's $1.75 trillion price tag
NEW YORK, April 10 : Wall Street is reaching for some unusual yardsticks to price Elon Musk's SpaceX.At least one of SpaceX’s large institutional investors is privately benchmarking the rocket and satellite company not against aerospace rivals like Boeing or telecom giants like AT&T, but ...
15 hours ago
Big Tech puts financial heft behind next-gen nuclear power as AI demand surges
April 9 : Big Tech is reshaping the funding landscape for new nuclear technologies as it seeks to bolster electricity supply for power-hungry AI data centers, inking deals that offer nuclear companies both funding and a clearer path to making money.Several U.S. firms are developing new modular react ...
15 hours ago
Singapore stocks edge up 0.3% on Friday to end week higher
Renald Yeo - The STI is up 12.33 points to 4,989.41