Monthly Archives: October 2025

CEO of Alphabet’s X, Astro Teller, on what makes a moonshot

[ad_1] Astro Teller, CEO of X, Alphabet’s “moonshot factory,” where the company incubates the nearly impossible, shared a look into what makes a moonshot and detailed the company’s “fail fast” mantra at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Monday. Notable companies that started out as moonshots from X’s moonshot factory …

Read More »

Takaichi, Trump swap praise for ‘new golden age’ of ties

[ad_1] Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and US President Donald Trump review an honour guard of the Japan Self-Defense Force at the Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo on October 28, 2025. Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFPSource: AFP Japan’s new premier Sanae Takaichi lavished US leader Donald Trump with …

Read More »

Anglo American, Teck Merge to Form Global Copper Powerhouse

[ad_1] Metals powerhouses Anglo American and Teck have approved a merger of equals sanctioning them to become one of the top five copper global producers, via world-class assets across Canada, the US, Latin America, Southern Africa, and Europe. The merger has been effectuated by American issuing 1.3301 ordinary shares to …

Read More »

Venture capital is not an asset class, says Sequoia’s Roelof Botha

[ad_1] At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Sequoia managing partner Roelof Botha argued that the venture industry isn’t an asset class, and that throwing more money into Silicon Valley doesn’t lead to better companies. “Investing in venture is a return-free risk,” Botha said during an interview on TechCrunch’s Disrupt’s main stage on …

Read More »

Hong Kong’s Dim Sum Bond Market Poised for Record 2025

[ad_1] Hong Kong’s offshore yuan bonds will likely hit a record year, according to Bloomberg data. Corporate issuers have already raised a record $46.2 billion this year. Deutsche Bank estimates annual dim sum bond issuance tripled between 2022 and 2024, hitting 1.4 trillion yuan (about $196.5 billion) in 2024. Observers …

Read More »

Japan’s Chemical Industry Consolidates Amid Chinese Oversupply

[ad_1] Japan’s chemical majors are taking bold steps to weather a storm of margin pressure created by a glut of Chinese petrochemical capacity. In a watershed move, Mitsui Chemicals, Idemitsu Kosan, and Sumitomo Chemical have signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate their domestic polyolefin (PO) operations into Prime Polymer, …

Read More »