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Matt Farrah of Newcastle, Australia views SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its Super Heavy booster is prepared for launch on its ninth test at the company’s launch pad in Starbase, Texas, U.S., May 27, 2025. Joe Skipper | ReutersSpaceX’s Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket exploded during a test flight on Tuesday, the third consecutive setback for Elon Musk’s company.Tuesday’s un-crewed mission was the ninth test flight. The system suffered prior explosions in January and March. Together, the Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster are around 400 feet tall when stacked for a launch.SpaceX has been developing the Starship system…

The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept. 27, 2021.Toru Hanai | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJapan’s bonds market is igniting fears of capital flight from the U.S. and a carry trade unwind as long-dated yields hover near record highs.Yields resumed their move higher Wednesday as demand for 40-year government bonds reportedly dropped to its weakest level since November, according to Reuters’ calculations, hovering near record highs hit last week.Japan’s 40-year government bonds yields hit an all-time high of 3.689% Thursday and were last trading at 3.318% — almost 70 basis points higher so far this year. Yields on…

Demand at 40-year JGB auction sinks to lowest since July Source link

Syria’s deeply flawed interim Constitution should be replaced with one that reflects our values: freedom, equality and self-governance. Source link

Asia FX dips as dollar rebounds; Japan bonds sale, Aussie CPI in focus Source link

In this photo illustration, the artificial intelligence (AI) apps DeepSeek, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Copilot, Claude, and Perplexity seen displayed on a smartphone.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesThis report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. Each week, we’ll explore the biggest business stories in China, give a lowdown on market moves and help you set up for the week ahead. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.The big storyHearing about artificial intelligence from Chinese businesses paints a very different picture of how the tech…

Supermove is using AI and software to help moving companies navigate the busy season. Source link

From the Maldives to Bali to the Cayman Islands, Marc LeBlanc and Laura Robinson have lived and worked in places that most people dream of visiting.They work in the hospitality industry — a journey that LeBlanc, who is Canadian, began at 16 years old when he accepted a job as a dishwasher at a hotel. He worked his way up to bellman, then to the reservations desk, before pursuing a degree in hotel management.Robinson, who is British, studied marine biology and worked as a diving instructor before transitioning to hotel leadership. The couple met while working in the Cayman Islands and…

“As part of ongoing data modernization efforts, organizations are constantly collecting, analyzing, and processing ever-larger amounts and types of data, which needs to be processed in a timely and efficient way and made available to a wider range of business decision-makers and end users,” says Anil Nagaraj, a principal with PwC US specialising in data analytics. “This requires robust, efficient, and secure data architectures that are capable of democratizing access to data and helping lighten the workload of an organization’s data teams.” Both data mesh and data fabric can help eliminate duplication of workloads and facilitate interoperability and data democratization,…

By providing flexible, vendor-neutral infrastructure, hybrid cloud and multicloud strategies empower organizations to rapidly deploy compute resources, experiment with new technologies, and scale as needed. They can reduce the expense of purchasing and maintaining compute servers they may not always need, without limiting capacity during peaks. “For example,” says Petry, “a company might use a public cloud for an experimental project requiring high scalability, while keeping core business systems on a private cloud for security reasons. As the project grows, resources can be added to or removed from the cloud without disrupting operations.” Such flexible strategies are increasing competition among…