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Investors and labels are investing in the growing South Asian music sector in the United States

By Stacey D. WallsMay 30, 2026

When music executive Anjula Acharia began pitching superstar actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas to Hollywood in the early 2000s, her label…

Technology

A look at tensions in the UK’s fintech sector, as former industry darlings are forced to overhaul operations or merge under pressure to achieve profitability (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 29, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: Is Polsia AI a slop or the future of startups? A show about the inside conversations of…

Technology

Sources: Apollo Global, Morgan Stanley and others are testing Grok internally as part of xAI’s financial sector push, but financiers rarely use it for their work (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 14, 2026

Carmen Arroyo / Bloomberg: Sources: Apollo Global, Morgan Stanley and others are testing Grok internally as part of the xAI…

Technology

DefiLlama: Investors withdrew about $14 billion from the DeFi sector after North Korea-linked hackers stole $290 million from Aave in April, weeks after stealing $280 million from Drift (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 6, 2026

Financial Times: DefiLlama: Investors withdrew about $14 billion from the DeFi sector after North Korea-linked hackers stole $290 million from…

Technology

layoffs in the technology sector totaled 78,557 in the first quarter of 2026, 76.7% of which were in the United States; almost half were attributed to AI implementation and workflow automation (Nikkei Asia)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: The history and future of AI at Google, with Sundar Pichai Stripe co-founder John Collison interviews…

Technology

A look at China’s booming robotics sector, which now has around 140 companies hoping to build humanoids, fueled by massive state-backed investment (Chang Che/The Guardian)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 21, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: Live from Nvidia’s Nerd Super Bowl, poker takes over technology and the future of banking AI A…

Technology

Global venture capital funding in the fintech sector grew 27% year-on-year in 2025 to $51.8 billion; Y Combinator was the most active investor in the space, participating in 151 deals, up 24.8% year-over-year (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 4, 2026

Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: Who is Josh D’Amaro and why is he the new CEO of Disney? Media…

Business & Money

IMAX stock crushed the theater sector in 2025

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 9, 2026

General atmosphere during a private IMAX screening of the film “First Man” at an AMC theater in New York on…

Technology

Private equity giant Apollo Global sold loans and quickly reduced its exposure to the enterprise software sector in 2025, amid concerns about the threat of AI (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 13, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI Priority 2026, Disney’s AI Play, Data Center Construction Issues The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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BXP chief says office sector is overbuilt

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 18, 2025

A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new…

Uyghur human rights activist condemns death sentences in Bangkok attack – Radio Free Asia

China’s maritime outposts could distract Taiwan’s allies in the event of an invasion from Beijing – Radio Free Asia

The Dalai Lama undergoes left knee surgery in New Delhi – Radio Free Asia

Satellite photos reveal Vietnamese construction boom in controversial Spratly channel – Radio Free Asia

Can ASEAN’s green goals survive the data center boom? – The diplomat

Elon Musk becomes world’s first billionaire as SpaceX begins commercial operations

Ad Spending for 2026 Elections Expected to Hit Record: AdImpact

SpaceX millionaires set to spend on luxury homes, watches and travel

How family offices are investing in the final frontier beyond SpaceX

Commercial Real Estate Sees Record Lending Competition in April

Trump has lied dozens of times about a deal with Iran that isn’t even a deal.

White House refuses to say why Trump is being examined by dozens of experts

House Republicans continue to fail to show up, putting Democrats in the majority

Democrats have all the information they need to end Trump and Vance with a real investigation into Epstein

Trump says he likes high inflation in new disaster for Republicans

SpaceX debuts on Nasdaq at $150, after a price of $135, making Elon Musk the world’s first billionaire; SPCX is up about 30% intraday, for a market cap of around $2.3 billion (Alex Harring/CNBC)

Sam Bankman-Fried loses bid to overturn fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence following FTX collapse (Luc Cohen/Reuters)

New York-based Current, which runs a consumer fintech platform, raised an $80 million Series E at a $1.5 billion valuation led by Springcoast Partners (FinSMEs).

How Chinese manufacturers dominate the humanoid robot supply chain, even as the industry struggles to find a use for them (New York Times)

Hyderabad, India-based Equal AI, which creates an eponymous AI-powered call screening app, has raised a $30 million Series B round led by Prosus Ventures and Tomales Bay Capital (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

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Investors and labels are investing in the growing South Asian music sector in the United States

A look at tensions in the UK’s fintech sector, as former industry darlings are forced to overhaul operations or merge under pressure to achieve profitability (Financial Times)

Sources: Apollo Global, Morgan Stanley and others are testing Grok internally as part of xAI’s financial sector push, but financiers rarely use it for their work (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)

DefiLlama: Investors withdrew about $14 billion from the DeFi sector after North Korea-linked hackers stole $290 million from Aave in April, weeks after stealing $280 million from Drift (Financial Times)

layoffs in the technology sector totaled 78,557 in the first quarter of 2026, 76.7% of which were in the United States; almost half were attributed to AI implementation and workflow automation (Nikkei Asia)

A look at China’s booming robotics sector, which now has around 140 companies hoping to build humanoids, fueled by massive state-backed investment (Chang Che/The Guardian)

Global venture capital funding in the fintech sector grew 27% year-on-year in 2025 to $51.8 billion; Y Combinator was the most active investor in the space, participating in 151 deals, up 24.8% year-over-year (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

IMAX stock crushed the theater sector in 2025

Private equity giant Apollo Global sold loans and quickly reduced its exposure to the enterprise software sector in 2025, amid concerns about the threat of AI (Financial Times)

BXP chief says office sector is overbuilt