In Sri Lankan society, the betel leaf is not merely a plant leaf, but a paramount cultural symbol intertwined with our rituals, customs, and hospitality. A sheaf of betel leaves holds a
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will significantly raise its investment in artificial intelligence as it seeks to establish a full AI ecosystem capable of competing with American tech giants, Bloomberg reported. Speaking at
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Tether Holdings SA, issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, is in discussions with investors to raise as much as $20 billion through a private placement, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the
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Migrant worker outflows from Asia dropped 7% in 2024 to around 6.5 million, marking the first decline since the pandemic year of 2020, according to Nikkei, citing the “Labor Migration in Asia”
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The eagerly awaited Performance Report of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) for 2024 has recently been published. It offers some context regarding the IRD’s tax collections. There is room for wider disclosure
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Canadian authorities have executed the largest digital asset seizure in the country’s history, confiscating over CAD 56 million (approximately US$40 million) from the cryptocurrency exchange TradeOgre. The action marks the first time
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Gautam Adani’s fortune has soared by $13 billion in just two trading sessions, following a partial reprieve from India’s markets regulator that reignited investor confidence in his conglomerate. Shares of the Adani
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China is pushing to position itself as a custodian of foreign sovereign gold reserves, a move aimed at strengthening its role in the global bullion market and reducing reliance on Western financial
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Nvidia Corp. announced Monday that it plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI, aiming to build new data centers and infrastructure to support the growing demand for artificial intelligence workloads.
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Adani Group plans to reduce its debt burden over the next five years and will refrain from tapping international bond markets until at least 2027, according to Chief Financial Officer Jugeshinder Singh,
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Cryptocurrency markets faced a sharp downturn on Monday after more than $1.5 billion in bullish wagers were liquidated, marking the biggest wave of forced sell-offs since March, according to data cited by
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