BENGALURU (March 6): Initial public offering (IPO)-bound artificial intelligence (AI) cloud startup CoreWeave said on Thursday that it had not seen any contract cancellations after the Financial Times reported that the company's largest customer, Microsoft, had moved away from some agreements.

Nvidia-backed AI firm CoreWeave denies contract cancellations with Microsoft

Microsoft has moved away from some of its agreements with cloud computing provider CoreWeave over delivery issues and missed deadlines, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Thursday citing unnamed sources.

Microsoft withdrew some CoreWeave agreements over delivery issue — FT 

BENGALURU (March 3): Britain's privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office, on Monday launched an investigation into how TikTok, Reddit and online image sharing website Imgur safeguard children's privacy.

UK launches investigation into TikTok, Reddit over children's personal data practices

Elon Musk’s X plans to buy back the last remaining piece of debt tied to the buyout of the social network that Wall Street banks have been stuck holding for years, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

X plans purchase of last US$1.2 bil buyout debt held by banks

The top diplomats from Japan, China and South Korea met in Tokyo on Saturday, seeking common ground on East Asian security and economic issues amid escalating global uncertainty.

Japan, China, South Korea meet at geopolitical 'turning point in history'

The effects of falling birth rates and rising life expectancy are increasingly evident in advanced economies like Germany, Italy, and Japan. Labor markets are tightening, worker shortages are worsening, and families are struggling to find care for aging parents. In some areas, declining student n...

Frontiers of Growth: Emerging Economies Must Get Rich Before They Get Old

The Trump administration will revoke temporary legal status from potentially more than half a million migrants who entered the US legally under a Biden-era programme, according to a notice posted Friday in the Federal Register.

Trump to strip legal status from 532,000 migrants living in US

Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday said Canada could offset the effects of any US tariffs by removing internal trade barriers and that he aimed for free trade within the country by July 1, after meeting provincial and territorial leaders.

Canada aims for free internal trade that can offset any US tariffs, PM Carney says

Malaysia Airlines will resume flight operations to and from London Heathrow Airport on Saturday.

Malaysia Airlines resumes London flights after Heathrow power outage

Turkish stocks were set for their worst week since the aftermath of 2008's Lehman Brothers collapse on Friday as concerns about this week's detention of President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival refused to subside.

Türkiye's market rout worsens amid protests, worst stock slump since 2008

Flights at Britain's Heathrow resumed late on Friday after a fire knocked out its power supply and shut Europe's busiest airport for the day, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and causing travel turmoil worldwide.

Heathrow flights resume after closure causes global flight turmoil

Even as US stocks seek to regain their footing, weakness in a closely followed index of transportation shares is a sign of growing investor worries about the economy.

Dow transports index slump poses trouble spot as investors seek stocks stability

Wall Street edged higher and the dollar gained ground on Friday after US President Donald Trump hinted he would be flexible regarding a new round of tariffs expected to be imposed early next month.

Wall Street ends higher, dollar rises as Trump signals tariff respite

The slew of special dividends announced by Bursa Malaysia companies towards end-2024 has certainly given the impression that listed companies declared and paid out more dividends to their shareholders for the financial year 2024 (FY2024) than in previous years.

Who paid the highest dividends in FY2024?