Month: December 2025
Police comb fire-ravaged Hong Kong apartments, death toll at 146
TOPSHOT – Firemen get ready after a major fire swept through several apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district on November 27, 2025. Hong Kong firefighters were scouring a still-burning apartment complex for hundreds of missing people on November 27, a day after the blaze tore through […]
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European markets set to start December in negative territory
European stocks are expected to start the last trading month of the year in negative territory. Source
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This is the No.1 reason startups fail in the first two years, according to the founder of Europe’s largest pre-seed fund
Concept Ventures was an early investor in billion dollar AI firm Eleven Labs. Reece Chowdhury A venture capitalist says one of the biggest reasons startups fail hinges on the relationship between co-founders. Reece Chowdhry, founding partner of Concept Ventures, said early teams often split within two years because their co-founders clash or lack a shared […]
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Asia’s middle class fuels regional travel growth: Marriott International President
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Rajeev Menon, Marriott International’s President for Asia Pacific (ex-China), explained that the rise of Asia’s middle class is set to reshape the travel industry. As more people gain disposable income, he expects leisure and business travel across the region to increase significantly. […]
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China’s factory activity unexpectedly contracts in November, missing estimates, private survey shows
Chinese-made automobiles and construction machinery are assembled and shipped for export at Yantai Port in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China, on October 21, 2025. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s factory activity unexpectedly contracted in November, according to a private survey released Monday, as soft domestic demand continued to cast a pall over the […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Will December bring joy to round off the year?
Regent Street in London celebrates the Christmas season on November 13, 2025 in London, England. Ben Montgomery | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images December tends to sneak up on us, asking the perennial question: where did the year go? The final month often seems like both a finish line and a mirror, reflecting the […]
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Asia-Pacific markets start December mixed with China’s manufacturing data in focus
Aerial view of vehicles being driven on the road through the central business district on October 5, 2020 in Beijing, China. Zhang Qiao | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened December on a mixed note Monday as traders awaited fresh manufacturing data from China and rising expectations of a U.S. Federal Reserve […]
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