Business News 16 July 2025

Global Markets Soar, Oil Slumps & Mega-Deals: Business Highlights (Aug 14–15, 2025)

Markets & Economy Technology Finance & Deals Energy Retail & Luxury Transportation Real Estate Sources: Bloomberg; Reuters; CNBC; Wall Street Journal; Financial Times; company press releases.

15 August 2025

Business·Economy·Global Markets·Investments

Rate Cut Fever, Crypto Records & Tariff Turmoil: August 2025’s Global Business Bombshells

On August 13, 2025, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs as the Dow jumped about 1.04% (over 460 points) with traders pricing in a 25-basis-point Fed rate cut by the September meeting. Bitcoin hit an all-time high

14 August 2025

Business·Economy·Finance·Global Markets

Tech Turmoil: Courts Hacked, Space IPO Soars & Tech Titans Tussle – Global Roundup (Aug 7–8, 2025)

Sony raised its full-year profit forecast to ¥1.33 trillion (~$9 billion) and cut tariff impact to ¥70 billion from ¥100 billion. Sony’s PlayStation division first-quarter PS5 sales rose to 2.5 million units, up 4%. SMIC’s Q2 revenue rose 16% to

8 August 2025

Business·Cybersecurity·Space·Technology News

Global Tech Roundup: Musk’s $29 B Windfall, Security Scares & Satellite Shakeups (Aug 4–5, 2025)

Spotify raised its Premium Individual plan price to €11.99 from €10.99 across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, effective September, and shares jumped almost 8% on the news. Nintendo offered a late-July Switch 2 showcase, signaling more

5 August 2025

Business·Security·Space·Technology

Quantum Computing’s Weekend Bombshells (Aug 3–4, 2025): Breakthroughs, Big Bets & New Rules

Fujitsu announced it has begun developing a superconducting quantum computer with over 10,000 physical qubits, aiming for completion in fiscal 2030, and a STAR fault-tolerant architecture to reach 250 logical qubits by 2030 and 1,000 by 2035. IonQ and Oak

4 August 2025

Business·Quantum Computing·Regulation·Technology

AI Frenzy: Billion-Dollar Deals, Breakthroughs & Backlash (Aug 3–4, 2025)

On August 2, 2025, the EU AI Act reached a milestone with governance standards, general-purpose AI (GPAI) classification and a sanctions regime coming into force, as Alphabet’s Google signed the EU’s voluntary AI Code of Practice while Meta declined. A

4 August 2025

AI·Business·Innovation·Tech News

AI’s Wild 48 Hours: Apple Opens Wallet, Musk Bends to EU, Breakthrough AI Models & More (July 31–Aug 1, 2025)

Major Research Breakthroughs in AI Corporate Announcements and AI Initiatives Government Policy and AI Governance Updates Noteworthy AI Applications & Business Impacts In sum, the last two days brought a flood of AI developments: breakthrough research in security (AI spotting

1 August 2025

Artificial Intelligence·Business·Innovation·News·Technology

Wall Street Shocked by AI Surge: What Happened on July 24–25?

On July 24, 2025, the S&P 500 rose 0.07% to a fresh record close, its fourth consecutive such close. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.18% to its own all-time high on July 24, 2025. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7%

25 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence·Business·Stock Market·Tech News·Wall Street

AI’s 48-Hour Frenzy: Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets & Bold Policies (July 22–23, 2025)

Google and OpenAI won gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad by solving 5 of 6 problems with new general-purpose reasoning based on natural language understanding. OpenAI disclosed its experimental model scaled up test-time compute to think longer and in

23 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence·Business·Innovation·Technology

AI Revolution Unfolds: Big Tech Bets, Breakthroughs & Bold Policies (July 21–22, 2025)

Google will invest over $25 billion in U.S. AI-related data centers and infrastructure over the next two years, plus $3 billion to modernize two Pennsylvania hydropower plants to power AI data centers, under the AI Works for America initiative. Project

22 July 2025

AI·Big Tech·Business·Innovation

AI in Overdrive: Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets, and Bold Policies – News Roundup (July 20–21, 2025)

OpenAI’s experimental large language model earned a gold medal at the 2025 International Math Olympiad, solving 5 of 6 problems for 35/42 points, with OpenAI’s Alexander Wei hinting that GPT-5 will be a system of multiple specialized models orchestrated by

21 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence·Business·News·Technology

Inside Samsung: How the Tech Giant is Dominating Every Industry It Touches

Samsung was founded in 1938 by Lee Byung-chul as a trading company and later diversified into electronics in the late 1960s, becoming South Korea’s largest chaebol. After Lee Byung-chul’s death in 1987 the group was split among family branches, but

16 July 2025

Business·Innovation·Samsung·Tech Industry

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