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Sea’s Profit Draws Bullish Analyst Calls After $43 Billion Rally

(Bloomberg) -- A return to profitability in e-commerce for Sea Ltd. has analysts turning even more bullish on its stock after a rally that has added $43 billion to its market value so far this year.Most Read from BloombergIn Traffic-Weary Toronto, a Battle Breaks Out Over Bike LanesIn Italy’s Motor City, Car-Free Options Are GrowingNew York City’s ‘Living Breakwaters’ Brace for Stormier SeasAt least seven firms, including Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank, have raised their price targets for Sea’

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Delivery Hero Sets Talabat Final IPO Price at Top of Range

(Bloomberg) -- Delivery Hero SE set the price for its Middle Eastern unit’s initial public offering at the top of its range, putting the deal on pace to be the United Arab Emirates’ biggest listing of the year.Most Read from BloombergIn Traffic-Weary Toronto, a Battle Breaks Out Over Bike LanesIn Italy’s Motor City, Car-Free Options Are GrowingNew York City’s ‘Living Breakwaters’ Brace for Stormier SeasThe German company set the final price in the Talabat Holding IPO at AED 1.60 ($0.44) per shar

Oil prices rise over accusations of breaches to Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire

Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah traded accusations on Thursday over alleged violations of their ceasefire that came into effect the day before. The deal had at first appeared to alleviate the potential for supply disruption from a broader conflict that had led to a risk premium for oil.

K-Pop Stars Quit Hybe in Shock Revolt That Slams Studio’s Stock

(Bloomberg) -- K-pop superstars NewJeans pulled the plug on their partnership with Hybe Co., escalating an unprecedented uprising that’s transfixed South Korea, wiping out as much as 7% of the studio’s value on Friday.Most Read from BloombergIn Traffic-Weary Toronto, a Battle Breaks Out Over Bike LanesIn Italy’s Motor City, Car-Free Options Are GrowingNew York City’s ‘Living Breakwaters’ Brace for Stormier SeasThe chart-topping girl group called a surprise conference Thursday night and declared

Ottawa must ensure Trump understands importance of Canadian oil to US, minister says

(Reuters) -Ottawa must make sure the Trump administration understands how inter-related energy markets are in the U.S. and Canada, a Canadian government minister said on Thursday, commenting on President-elect Donald Trump's vow to impose a 25% tariff on imports from the country. "We have some work to do to make sure we are effectively articulating the way in which tariffs would be counterproductive, and that's not just true of oil," Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told Reuters in a phone interview, adding that Americans also benefited from Canadian uranium and hydro exports. Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, said on Monday he would impose a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico until they clamped down on drugs and migrants crossing the border.

Canada Antitrust Watchdog Sues Google, Seeking Ad Tech Breakup

(Bloomberg) -- Canada’s antitrust regulator is taking Alphabet Inc.’s Google to court for alleged abuse of dominance in web advertising, adding to a mounting pile of legal challenges for the search giant.Most Read from BloombergIn Traffic-Weary Toronto, a Battle Breaks Out Over Bike LanesIn Italy’s Motor City, Car-Free Options Are GrowingNew York City’s ‘Living Breakwaters’ Brace for Stormier SeasGoogle illegally tied together advertising tools to maintain market supremacy and used this position

Revolut Will Let Former Staff Sell Stock in Secondary Sale

(Bloomberg) -- Revolut Ltd. has told its former staff they can participate in a secondary share sale, allowing them to cash in at the finance firm’s latest $45 billion valuation. Most Read from BloombergIn Traffic-Weary Toronto, a Battle Breaks Out Over Bike LanesIn Italy’s Motor City, Car-Free Options Are GrowingNew York City’s ‘Living Breakwaters’ Brace for Stormier SeasFormer employees were told this week that anyone who’d been at the fintech for at least 24 months and held $100,000 or more i

Linkup connects LLMs with premium content sources (legally)

If there’s no pre-existing financial agreement between content publishers and the entities scraping web pages, these bots are lifting content from the open web without paying, and many people aren't happy about that deal -- which is increasing regulatory scrutiny around AI training. There are also now high-profile legal cases in the frame, such as the ongoing lawsuit between OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and the New York Times, so the situation around web scraping could change in the near future. Hence why OpenAI has signed multi-year content licensing deals with major publishers such as AP, Axel Springer, Condé Nast, El País, the Financial Times, Le Monde, and others.

One Tech Tip: Home for the holidays? Show relatives you care with some tech support

It's time for the holidays, which means robust family conversations and seemingly never-ending courses of food. Run a broadband speed test on your home network if they’re still rocking an aging modem and router.

Google Chat adds huddles in its latest attempt to be like Discord and Slack

It's rolling out over the next month or so.

From pond scum to premium skincare? Deep Blue Biotech is all in on blue-green algae to make better chemicals

Decarbonizing our economies in the race to fight climate change demands a wholesale overhauling of all sorts of production processes to make them as sustainable as possible. Greening chemicals, which are used as ingredients in all sorts of products, is where U.K. startup Deep Blue Biotech is putting its energies. The biotech startup founded in May 2023 is building a business around a photosynthesis-based form of biomanufacturing that will enable it to manufacture chemicals in a more environmentally friendly way than conventional production methods, such as refining fossil fuels.