ABE NEWS | MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2026 Alibaba just made one of the biggest financial bets of the artificial-intelligence boom. The Chinese technology giant is raising HK$80 billion — approximately US$10.2 billion — by selling 710 million new shares. And Alibaba has already decided where essentially all of that money is going. Artificial intelligence….
The Hook When most people hear the words artificial intelligence, they think of chatbots. Writing assistants. Image generators. Virtual assistants. But the biggest AI revolution may not happen on your laptop. It may happen on the factory floor. Across the industrial world, companies are quietly investing billions to make factories smarter, faster and more…
ABE NEWS | OCTOBER 1, 2026 For much of the past decade, the global economy became accustomed to one powerful idea: money could be borrowed cheaply. Governments borrowed to finance spending. Companies borrowed to expand. Homebuyers benefited from relatively inexpensive mortgages. Investors poured money into stocks, technology companies and other assets because interest rates offered…
ABE NEWS | September 14, 2026 For years, one of the biggest strategic conversations inside global business could be summarized in three words: Get out of China. Not completely, perhaps. But reduce the dependence. American tariffs made Chinese imports more expensive. The pandemic demonstrated how dangerous it could be to depend heavily on one…
ABE NEWS | SEPTEMBER 25, 2026 The world of business spent this week confronting two realities at once. The first was exuberance. Artificial intelligence returned to the center of the market, pushing semiconductor companies higher, lifting the Nasdaq to a record and propelling AMD beyond a valuation once reserved for only the largest corporations on…
ABE NEWS | September 12, 2026 For several years, the story surrounding Hong Kong’s financial centre seemed to be moving in only one direction. Bankers were leaving. Fund managers were relocating. International companies were reconsidering their presence. Families with substantial wealth were looking toward Singapore and Dubai. Political upheaval after the 2019 protests, Beijing’s imposition…
The Hook When the world becomes uncertain, investors often return to something that has held value for thousands of years. Gold. This week, the precious metal surged to a seven-week high and is on track for its strongest weekly gain since January. But this isn’t just a story about a shiny metal. It’s a…
ABE NEWS | September 5, 2026 Two trillion dollars. That is the extraordinary valuation Anthropic could potentially seek as the artificial-intelligence company behind Claude moves closer to one of the most consequential stock-market debuts in history. Anthropic is now expected to begin marketing its initial public offering around mid-October, according to people familiar with…
ABE NEWS | September 1, 2026 The artificial-intelligence boom has just produced another extraordinary set of numbers — and this time they are coming from Dell. Dell Technologies raised its full-year revenue forecast by a staggering $25 billion on Tuesday, after soaring demand for the powerful servers used to build and operate artificial-intelligence systems…
The Hook When most people think about artificial intelligence, they imagine chatbots, image generators or virtual assistants. But the biggest AI revolution may not happen on your phone. It may happen inside factories. Around the world, manufacturers are using AI to redesign production lines, improve efficiency and reduce costly downtime. Companies that build the…
