President Donald Trump heads into this week’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping with a major embarrassment back home: the legal foundation of his aggressive tariff strategy is rapidly eroding. Trump expects to meet Xi in Beijing from May 14 to May 15 to discuss trade, the war in Iran and, possibly, Taiwan. But the…
Wes Streeting’s net worth is under fresh scrutiny because the Health Secretary is being discussed as one of the Labour figures who could one day succeed Keir Starmer after Labour’s damaging local election results. With Starmer facing internal pressure and Streeting named among possible leadership figures, public interest has moved beyond his NHS brief and…
Industry invested in market expansion and technology, but tariffs loom. It is never good when the most favorable assessment for a given year is, “It could have been worse.” Growing protectionism, slowing economic growth, and increased uncertainty have fueled a challenging business environment over the past 12 months, especially for banks worldwide. Such being the…
“When we try to write an article, we pack all angles in it. That becomes very difficult for us to identify user needs,” said Tan Lee Chin, Digital Product Editor, SPH Media. The newsroom used a custom GPT model developed with SPH Media’s data scientists to analyse a month’s worth of editorial output – 6,006…
For Texas small business owners, healthcare is no longer a benefits decision. It is a marginal decision. With small business health insurance in Texas now averaging $7,000-$9,000 per employee per year for traditional group plans, the cost of covering a 10-person team can rival a full marketing budget. That is why a quiet shift is…
Tan Su Shan, CEO and director of DBS Group—winner of this year’s Best Bank in Asia-Pacific—discusses the benefit of AI investments. As global banks navigate trade fragmentation, AI disruption and volatile markets, DBS continues to distinguish itself through strong profitability and an aggressive technology strategy. In this conversation with Deputy CEO Tan Su Shan, the…
I came across Kitty Giraudel’s folded corners technique. It leverages CSS clip-path, and I thought that that was such a cool way to do it. clip-path has been trending lately, most likely because web browsers support the shape() function now. However, I’ve been on a bit of a corner-shape kick lately (have a look at…
For years, memory-chip companies sat in the background of the tech industry while investors chased the exciting names. Artificial intelligence was supposed to be about chatbots, giant cloud platforms and companies like NVIDIA building the most powerful processors in the world. Now one of the hottest trades on Wall Street is forming around a part…
America added 115,000 jobs in April. That was weaker than many economists expected, but unemployment still stayed at 4.3%. On paper, the labor market still looks fairly healthy. But once you look beyond the headline numbers, the picture starts looking very different. A lot of companies are no longer hiring the way they were a…
North American banks accelerated growth by implementing AI and enhancing their client experience. Across North America, the winners of our Best Banks awards continue to accelerate growth by embedding advanced technology and solutions driven by artificial intelligence throughout their organizations. With the rollout of new platforms and applications, these banks are enhancing the client experience,…