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Not long ago, Hong Kong's share-sale market was a symbol of China's slowdown: Deal books were thin, investor sentiment was sour and bankers were fleeing the industry. This year, the script has flipped....

OpenAI told staff that it was ending its policy requiring employees to work for at least six months at the company before their equity vests, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter....

Senegal will rely on West Africa's regional debt market to close its 2026 budget gap after uncovering billions of dollars in unreported borrowings, leaving it effectively shut out of international markets....

The final flurry of global monetary policy decisions for 2025 is likely to showcase how the easing cycle in advanced economies either lacks fresh impetus or is effectively over....

Fear is drifting out of the corporate-bond market again, even if the risks aren't....

The military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched a regional investment bank with an initial capital of 500 billion CFA francs ($895 million) to fund infrastructure, energy and agricultural projects....

Coca-Cola Co. is holding last-ditch talks with TDR Capital this weekend as its proposed sale of Costa Coffee faces the risk of collapse, the Financial Times reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter....

This week, Glenn Hubbard warns that tariffs, shaky data and a mature credit cycle create risks as the Fed looks toward 2026. And, will open AI ecosystems win out over closed models, as AMD CEO Lisa Su and former IBM CEO Sam Palmisano suggest? Plus, from AI to manufacturing, soaring electricity demand is forcing a rethink of where our power comes from and how fast we can build to generate it. Later, can Macy's reinvent the department store for today's shopper? (Source: Bloomberg)...

China Vanke Co. failed to obtain sufficient bondholder support for its proposed extension on a local bond due Dec. 15, heightening default risk for what was once the nation's largest homebuilder by sales....

Tether Holdings SA's offer to acquire Juventus Football Club SpA pits a fast-growing crypto powerhouse against a more than century-old Italian industrial dynasty....

Cofco International Ltd. is loading the first bulk commercial shipment of Argentine wheat to China, kicking off a new trade flow between the two countries, the Chinese state-owned agricultural giant's trading unit said in a statement on Saturday....

One theme is becoming prevalent as the new year approaches: The technology giants that have been shouldering this bull market will no longer be running the show....

Malaysia said it will get 12 artworks including those by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro and Henri Matisse after discussions with US officials to repatriate assets tied to the global corruption scandal at 1MDB....

Tech giants are pouring trillions of dollars into AI chips and data centers while the industry quietly faces a fork in the road between open source and proprietary models. AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su and former IBM CEO Sam Palmisano explain why that choice could shape the next era of computing. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Europe's embattled automakers are set to get a breather as they struggle with the transition to emission-free driving, a critical moment that will shape the future of the continent's transport sector for better or worse....

David Westin examines why open-open source code and nuclear energy are so important for AI....

Voters are becoming increasingly skeptical about its promise and more worried by its perils....

Australia will ban supermarket price gouging from July 1 under a new law the government says would protect shoppers from excessive grocery prices charged by major retailers....

The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate again this week, though details from the meeting highlighted fractures among policymakers that will greet a new Fed chair next year....

Apollo Global Management placed bets against the loans of several software makers as it grew increasingly bearish on technology firms vulnerable to artificial intelligence, the Financial Times reported....