Global AI boom fuels Asia factory expansion in August

Liverpool Owners Secure Bezos-Backed Consortium Investment Worth £1.5 Billion Major Investment Deal and Its Implications for Liverpool FC By KaranPrashant Saxena Details of the Consortium and Investment Aug 14 (Reuters) – A consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has reached a definitive agreement to buy a minority stake in Liverpool, the Premier League club’s owners…

Key insight: The proposal would raise the credit limit imposed on insiders for the first time since 1979 and would establish an indexing system to ensure the threshold keeps pace with broader economic growth. Expert quote: “Community banks often face challenges recruiting experienced business leaders to serve as members of bank boards and as bank…

By Andy Mukherjee   Indians are getting into debt like never before, with digital lenders originating four out of five personal loans. Both developments are troubling, but the sheer proliferation — and the outrageous usury — of smartphone-based borrowing platforms is the bigger headache.   Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government recently caught…

Less Bombing. More Rallying It’s a pretty simple morning for the bond market (and many other markets). While there’s no formal ceasefire, both the U.S. and Iran have indicated a pause in the tit for tat airstrikes that have characterized most of July. Oil dropped sharply on the news though it’s not clear…

Microsoft (MSFT +0.28%) has had an interesting 2026. It started off the year on a poor note, dropping after it reported results for its fiscal 2026 second quarter (which ended Dec. 31). After further ups and downs through the year, it took the delivery of strong fiscal Q4 results on July 29 to get the…

A tenant who continues to occupy a property after the lease expires cannot expect to keep paying the old rent because they asked the landlord for more time to vacate. The Delhi High Court has ruled that where a lease agreement contains an automatic rent escalation clause, the higher rent becomes payable once the specified…