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Recent business reporting from connected publishers, with complete articles in English and links to the original publications.

This page shows 24 recent complete articles, including reports from CNA Business, BBC News Business, The Guardian Business.

Reports are attributed to their publishers. Event locations are inferred from source text and may be uncertain.

Meta expands Muse AI agent for small businesses

Sept 29 : Meta Platforms is expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses, adding integrations with tools such as Shopify, QuickBooks, Stripe and Canva to help owners run their businesses and find new customers, as the Facebook-parent aims to diversify its revenue beyond advertising.Here are more details:

Americas

Oura delays US IPO, adding to fall market jitters

Sept 29 : Smart ring maker Oura said on Tuesday it has delayed its US initial public offering, citing market uncertainty. The development adds to a tepid start to the traditionally strong fall IPO market, as investors digest the Federal Reserve's rate hike, geopolitical turmoil and volatility in AI stocks.

Americas

UPS signs exclusive deal with TikTok Shop for label-free returns

LOS ANGELES, Sept 29 : UPS on Tuesday said it had inked an exclusive deal to provide no-box, no-label returns for the fast-growing TikTok Shop network of US sellers as it competes with rivals like FedEx to provide specialized services that generate more profit than typical e-commerce package deliveries. Parc

Asia

HSBC bolsters Hang Seng balance sheet with $1.4 billion loan transfer

Sept 29 : HSBC has acquired loans worth HK$11 billion ($1.4 billion) from fully owned subsidiary Hang Seng Bank, as Hong Kong’s biggest banking group seeks to shore up the unit's balance sheet following investor concerns during the property slump.The deal was "conducted on arm’s length terms" in the first

Europe

Tesla receives approval to roll out self-driving software in Croatia

Sept 29 : Tesla said on Tuesday that its supervised Full Self-Driving system has been approved in Croatia, with a rollout across the country expected to begin soon, joining a growing list of European countries that have approved the technology.• Dutch regulator RDW approved the system in April, with Belgium

Americas

US auto regulator closes airbag defect petition in about 807,000 Honda Odyssey cars

Sept 29 : A US auto regulator said on Tuesday it had closed a defect petition covering 806,963 Honda Odyssey vehicles in the United States over allegations of inadvertent airbag deployments while the vehicles were in motion.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it had completed its

Europe

EU should use Google fines to cut member state contributions to budget, France says

PARIS, Sept 29 : The European Union should use the proceeds of the billions of euros in fines imposed on Google to reduce the contribution of member states to the EU budget, France's Europe Minister Benjamin Haddad said on Tuesday.• "This is a new revenue source for the European Union — worth €4.6 billi

Asia

Thai Airways to clear 5,000 bags stranded at Bangkok airport, CEO says

BANGKOK, Sept 29 : Around 5,000 bags from Thai Airways flights remain at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport following intense rain and flooding in the Thai capital, but these would be cleared within 72 hours, the airline's chief executive Chai Eamsiri told reporters on Tuesday.

Americas

Google challenges EU orders to open up to AI, search-engine rivals

BRUSSELS, Sept 29 : Alphabet's Google has challenged two EU orders to help AI rivals such as OpenAI access its services and search engine competitors to access its search data, saying these would undermine privacy safeguards and cause irreversible harm to European users.EU antitrust regulators ordered the US

Oceania

Australia's Codan jumps to record high on robust forecast

Sept 29 : Australian electronics components maker Codan on Tuesday forecast a sharp rise in first-half profit and higher revenue for its communications division, sending its shares to a record high.The company now expects group net profit after tax of at least A$160 million ($112.16 million) for the first hal

Tata stocks slip after Trusts propose move to prevent holding company listing

Sept 29 : Shares of Tata group companies fell on Tuesday after Tata Trusts proposed a restructuring of the holding company in a bid to sidestep a central bank requirement for the conglomerate to list its shares. Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles dropped 2.8 per cent and Tata Investment lost 2.4 per cent by 9:

Stocks drop and oil rises as Hormuz hopes fade

HONG KONG: Asian stocks mostly fell and oil prices extended gains as hopes for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz fade amid expectations that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates again next month.Hopes for an easing of Middle East tensions were dashed at the weekend when Donald Trump rejected Iran's

Americas

Dollar holds near two-month peak as yields rise, Fed data looms

(Corrects verb tense in headline)By Jiaxing LiHONG KONG, Sept 29 : The dollar hovered near a two-month high on Tuesday as volatile oil prices and a rapid climb in Treasury yields lent support, although gains were limited as traders awaited US data this week for clues on the Federal Reserve's rate path

Asia

Shares of fast-fashion platform Shein fall 6% after quarterly profit slides 67%

HONG KONG, Sept 29 : Shares of fast-fashion retailer Shein dropped more than 6 per cent on Tuesday after it reported a 67 per cent fall in quarterly profit, fuelling investor concerns over margin pressure and slowing growth. Jefferies analysts estimated that earnings landed more than 10 per cent below the low

Oceania

OpenAI says AI models accessed Australian government systems without authorisation

Sept 29 : OpenAI said on Tuesday that its AI models accessed Australian government websites and systems without authorisation during internal training and evaluation exercises in June.The company said the activity involved websites and systems linked to Services Australia, the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics a

Oceania

Australia's CSL taps Amazon's cloud unit to boost research pipeline

Sept 29 : Australian biotechnology firm CSL said on Tuesday it is collaborating with Amazon's cloud arm to harness AI and cloud technology across its research and clinical development pipeline.Here are some more details:• The partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) will enable CSL's scientists to

Oil prices rise for second session on continued Middle East supply concern

Sept 29 : Oil prices rose for a second successive session on Tuesday as lingering concern over Middle East supply disruption brought about by US-Iran conflict outweighed signs of recovering crude exports from the region.Brent crude futures had risen 63 cents, or 0.6 per cent, to $105.91 a barrel by 0002 GMT w

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