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The Cost of Keeping China Out automated-news
The Cost of Keeping China Out

How Washington’s fear of Chinese investment hurts American competitiveness.

16 Aug 2026
US and Americas Challenge to Middle East Oil Supremacy Won't Stop automated-news
US and Americas Challenge to Middle East Oil Supremacy Won't Stop

For a few weeks of 2026, the American continent was pumping nearly half of the world’s oil. It was an extraordinary moment, even if short lived. To a degree, it was a statistical aberration, a fortuitous byproduct of the Iran war, which had shut down much of the Persian Gulf’s energy industry. But i

16 Aug 2026
America and the politics of respect automated-news
America and the politics of respect

Issues won’t matter in the midterms as much as whether voters feel valued

16 Aug 2026
How Maga came for Europe automated-news
How Maga came for Europe

Trump’s new right sees the continent as both ancestral home and ideological battleground

16 Aug 2026
Sembcorp Said to Plan Filing for $500 Million IPO of India Unit automated-news
Sembcorp Said to Plan Filing for $500 Million IPO of India Unit

Singapore-based Sembcorp Industries Ltd. is preparing to file for an initial public offering of its Indian unit, Sembcorp Green Infra Ltd., that could raise as much as $500 million, according to people familiar with the matter.

16 Aug 2026
Sri Lankan Inflation to Come Down: Central Bank Head automated-news
Sri Lankan Inflation to Come Down: Central Bank Head

Sri Lankan inflation will likely slow back toward the central bank’s target over the second half of this year and into next year, central bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe tells Bloomberg Television in Sydney. He adds that changes to oil prices remain a risk factor in projections. (Source: Bloomber

16 Aug 2026
India Short-Tenor Bond Yields Climb on Early Dollar Window Close automated-news
India Short-Tenor Bond Yields Climb on Early Dollar Window Close

Shorter-tenor India bond yields surged after the central bank said it will close a special dollar deposit window for overseas residents a month earlier than scheduled.

16 Aug 2026
LimX on China's Robotics Development automated-news
LimX on China's Robotics Development

Jesse Liu, CFO at Chinese robotics firm LimX Dynamics, says China' robotics industry is working toward bridging itself with frontier findings in academia. But he tells "Bloomberg: The China Show" that LimX has demonstrated "exponential potential" for scaling up. (Source: Bloomberg)

16 Aug 2026
Bitcoin tops $64,000 in Asia morning hours as HYPE jumps 8% on the week automated-news
Bitcoin tops $64,000 in Asia morning hours as HYPE jumps 8% on the week

Every major gained on Sunday, though bitcoin, ether, XRP and solana are all lower over seven days.

16 Aug 2026
Cathay General Bancorp declares $0.38 dividend automated-news
Cathay General Bancorp declares $0.38 dividend

Cathay General Bancorp declares $0.38 dividend

16 Aug 2026
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