Rachel Yeo

Cosco Shipping Holdings Co. reported a 50% drop in first-quarter profit on weaker freight rates, warning that war in the Middle East has posed “significant challenges” for the industry.

Revenue Fell 11%, With the Transpacific Route Seeing the Biggest Growth Decline A Cosco containership at the Port of Prince Rupert in British Columbia. (James MacDonald/Bloomberg)

Asia Pacific’s main lenders will offer diverging paths navigating the fallout of the Iran war, with HSBC Holdings Plc and National Australia Bank Ltd. more exposed than Singaporean peers.

Delta Electronics Inc. plans to accelerate plant expansions to address production bottlenecks after surging demand for artificial intelligence data centers drove first-quarter earnings to a record.

Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. earnings will be shaped by rising artificial intelligence investment costs and growing competition in China’s AI sector, following DeepSeek’s high-profile V4 model launch.

As heat records shattered across Europe in the last weeks of June and indoor temperatures rose to uncomfortable levels, many of the continent’s residents sought immediate relief in the form of portable air conditioner units.

Heat, sea level rise, polar melting: They’re all picking up pace.

HCL Technologies Ltd., Wipro Ltd. and Tech Mahindra Ltd. are set to report earnings as their investor base increasingly questions the value of traditional IT services in the age of artificial intelligence.

The Reserve Bank of India’s latest measures to attract foreign currency inflows are set to lift optimism when some of the country’s largest private sector banks report on Saturday.

Chinese social networking and entertainment provider Newborn Town Inc. is doubling down on artificial intelligence to create short dramas in a bet the technology can slash costs while fueling growth across emerging markets.