Why OpenAI’s Sam Altman says an IPO isn’t in the cards this year

Thailand’s securities regulator has finalized a long-anticipated framework that will require licensed digital-asset businesses to treat cryptocurrency transfers more like traditional wire payments. Announced on 2 September 2026, the Travel Rule for Digital Assets will take effect on 27 February 2027, giving firms roughly six months to build the systems needed to collect, exchange, and…

Regional NSW has been gaining investor attention, with Lavington standing out for its sharp price growth, healthy rental returns, and exposure to major investment across Albury’s growing regional economy. Lavington has been identified in SPI’s FAST 50 report as one of 50 Australian suburbs tipped for growth, with the report combining investor insight and property…

Consumer sentiment that fell sharply at the beginning of August improved only marginally and remained in deeply negative territory at the end of the month, according to final survey results published Friday by the University of Michigan. “In addition to the pocketbook issues that have been central to consumers’ views of the economy, they are…

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China’s investment slump deepened and retail sales growth slowed further in August, while industrial output topped estimates with authorities warning of acute supply-demand imbalance at home. Retail sales grew 0.4% in August from a year earlier, data from National Bureau of Statistics showed on Tuesday, slowing from 0.6% in the prior month and missing economists’…