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Bridgewater investment chief says AI could wipe out humanity

Greg Jensen, the co-chief investment officer at hedge-fund giant Bridgewater Associates, agreed that AI could wipe out humanity.

Traditional portfolio diversification isn’t cutting it anymore. Here’s where to pivot, says this $624 billion fund manager.

For Allspring Global Investments, investors should be looking at how they can adapt their strategies to incorporate more liquid alternatives.

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All of Maya’s Visa Cards Can Now Tap to Pay With Google Pay

Maya‘s Visa wallet cards are now available on Google Wallet and Google Pay, according to Manila Standard. The rollout covers both physical and virtual Maya Visa cards, meaning all of Maya’s Visa cards, credit and wallet, are now supported. This expands on Maya’s earlier Google W…

Visa Doubles Its Philippine Footprint With 9,000 Square Metre Office

Visa is more than doubling its office footprint at the SM Mall of Asia Complex, according to InsiderPH. The payments company is relocating from about 4,000 square meters at Five E-com Center to a 9,000-square-meter facility at Four E-com Center, remaining within the same busines…

BPI, BDO and Metrobank Among Eight Philippine Banks on Forbes’ Global List

Eight Philippine banks were included in Forbes’ inaugural World’s Top Performing Banks ranking for 2026. Created with market research firm Statista, the ranking takes a financial-performance approach rather than relying primarily on customer surveys. Forbes drew on financial dat…

Why Account Takeover Is Getting Harder to Stop

Financial institutions have invested heavily in securing digital onboarding and account opening journeys. Identity verification, document checks, and fraud screening have become standard practice across banking, fintech, and digital financial services. Yet despite these investme…

ShopeeVIP+ Brings Netflix, Canva Pro and More to the Philippines

Shopee has launched ShopeeVIP+ as per Shopee Indonesia’s Executive Director, Handhika Jahja’s post on his LinkedIn. The deal is a subscription programme bundling Netflix access with shopping perks, marking Netflix’s first e-commerce partnership in Southeast Asia. The programme r…

Want Apple’s $1,999 foldable iPhone Duo? Here’s what T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon are doing to lower the cost.

Wireless carriers are rolling out their initial iPhone promotions, but analysts say there’s no price war just yet.

SpaceX is inching closer to this lofty $100 billion milestone

SpaceX has set an ambitious revenue target and a newly disclosed computing-power deal could get the company a bit nearer to its goal.

All the ways record-high diesel and rising gas prices are about to make your life more expensive — from commuting to grocery shopping

“Diesel touches everything in the economy,” one analyst says.

Here are the stocks to favor in the fourth quarter — and those you should avoid

Large caps tend to outperform small caps as year’s end approaches.

Oracle’s AI bet pays off as cloud momentum helps drive a rosier forecast

The company saw its backlog grow even more in the latest quarter.

Adobe’s latest earnings leave Wall Street wanting more

“In this environment you can’t just meet” expectations, an analyst says

Stocks are sliding as this ‘negative risk trinity’ spooks investors

Investors are taking a more cautious tack as rising bond yields and and a calendar riddled with risks — from Federal Reserve meetings to the U.S. midterm elections — inspire many to adopt a more cautious position.

It’s not just Hormuz. Another war is providing fresh price shocks to fuel and food.

The Middle East conflict overshadows outages in Russia and a ‘massive impact’ on diesel supplies

Would you buy stock in a company whose own scientists think the product might kill you?

A former Anthropic employee said he was quitting this week and that AI companies are “gambling with our lives.”

The 30-year mortgage rate just crossed 7% for the first time in over a year

Mortgage rates reached a new high in 2026, making it even more expensive to buy a home with a loan today.

Elon Musk is pulling in even more cash. Meet his $23 billion underground venture.

The Boring Company, a tunneling startup that works closely with Tesla, just raised $3 billion through a private funding round.

The future of retirement: Work until you die

Social Security, once seen as “old-age insurance,” will eventually disappear, this author predicts.

Investors should be eating up these 9 restaurant stocks, analysts say

Contrarian investors have opportunities for double-digit percentage gains in inflation-battered stocks, if gas prices come down.

Why $500 checks won’t help Americans facing 15% increases in Obamacare premiums next year

Rising healthcare costs have been a major issue for lawmakers in recent years.

Renewable-energy mandates are actually bad for consumers. They’re not great for solar stocks, either.

Renewable-energy mandates in blue states are a major driver of higher electricity bills, adding directly to the cost-of-living problem.

Now’s your chance to make money during the best bond market for yields in decades — if you get over Treasury jitters

If you looking for high income in the bond market, without paying taxes, here’s how you figure out how much interest you’re actually being paid.

Meta is winning over Wall Street with its new Muse AI agent

A J.P. Morgan analyst recommends Meta’s stock following signs of progress on consumer-focused AI applications.

Treasury yields surge toward the danger zone for stocks, as inflation pressures heat up

Oil prices were at their highest levels in months, and disappointing wholesale-inflation data have sent benchmark 10-year yields closer to the key 5% level.

I’m always covering for a lazy employee. How can I deal with him without going crazy?

“He does just enough to stay afloat, so I cannot put him on a PIP.”

Home sales are the lowest they’ve been all year even though inventory is at a 7-year high

Home sales sank to the lowest level in 14 months, but the lack of demand pushed up the number of homes for sale up to nearly a 7-year high.

Here’s how to avoid a six-figure error that many retirees make with their company stock

You can save a lot of money in retirement by ignoring one piece of conventional wisdom.

This simple mistake can cost your loved ones their share of your estate. Here’s how to protect your money.

Estate-planning crises usually come down to small oversights.

Markets see a near 50-50 chance the European Central Bank will hike again in October

Financial markets are virtually evenly divided that the European Central Bank will lift interest rates once more next month after a statement issued Thursday that was perceived as being hawkish.