Z.ai shares surge 8% on new AI model running only on Chinese chips
The Zhipu or Z.ai logo is pictured on a smartphone on Aug. 14, 2026. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese artificial intelligence company Z.ai released a new model Wednesday that the company claims uses entirely homegrown…
Qantas shares jump on earnings as airline updates business class
Qantas and Jet Star aircrafts at Sydney Airport. April 10th, 2026, (Photo by Wolter Peeters / The Sydney Morning Herald via Getty Images) Fairfax Media | Fairfax Media | Getty Images Shares of Australian carrier Qantas Airways jumped 4% on Thursday after…
Japanese startups, IPOs set for boost with unlisted-company platform
An investor gazes at a share price board showing various stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on August 25, 2015. Japan’s share prices dropped 733.98 points, or nearly 4.0 percent, to close at 17,806.70 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, erasing a…
Bank of Korea delivers back-to-back rate hikes as core inflation stays elevated
Pedestrians cross a road in front of the Bank of Korea headquarters in Seoul on July 16, 2026. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korea’s central bank on Thursday raised rates for a second straight time in its bid to cool rising prices, after…
China’s industrial profits growth slumps to seven-month low
Employees work on the assembly line of an intelligent factory of SERES Automobile Co., Ltd in Chongqing, China on July 19, 2022. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s industrial profits growth in July slowed to its weakest pace this…
Inside India newsletter: U.S., Russia vie for a bigger slice of the world’s third-largest energy market
Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of «Inside India« — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest-growing large economy. India’s growing energy…
U.S. wants Asian allies’ strategy to align even amid pullback: analyst
An F-35C Lightning II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), May 25, 2026. US CENTCOM A U.S. pullback from Asia will…
Republicans are dismissing affordability. That could be a problem in November
Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters after his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, May 28, 2026. Matt Rourke | AFP | Getty Images Voters are worried about the cost of living. Comments from the GOP this week are not likely to console them.…
Salesforce (CRM) Q2 earnings report 2027
Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce, speaks during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 18, 2024. Halil Sagirkaya | Anadolu | Getty Images Salesforce shares soared 12% in extended trading on Wednesday after the cloud…
Okta (OKTA) earnings Q2 2027
Todd McKinnon, chief executive officer of Okta Inc., during a Bloomberg Television interview, in London, UK, on Friday, April 11, 2025. Chris J. Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Okta shares gained about 19% in extended trading after the identity…