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Silicon Valley Bank Is Largest Failure Since 2008 Crisis, Billions Stranded

Startup-focused lender SVB Financial Group became the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis on Friday, in a sudden collapse that roiled global markets, left billions of dollars belonging to companies and investors stranded. California banking regulators closed the bank, which did business as Silicon Valley Bank, on Friday and appointed the Federal […]

The Telecoms Industry Is Facing a Data Crossroads

Telecoms companies guard their customer information very carefully, and quite rightly so. Strict data privacy rules, such as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), have reinforced the requirement to have tight controls over how information is stored, governed and used. Often, data is kept not just within the company but sometimes locked within individual departments. The […]

How Can We Encourage More Women Into Telecommunications?

Hear from MS3 Networks’ female leaders this International Women’s Day According to techUK, just 8.5 per cent of senior technology leaders in the UK are from minority ethnic groups, and only 16 per cent of IT professionals are female. As we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March, 2023, Hull-based fibre network operator, MS3 […]

U.S. Seeks Closer India Tech Ties; No China "Decoupling"- U.S. Commerce Secretary

India could become a key supplier of electronic parts and hardware for the United States, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Friday, adding that Washington was not seeking a “technological decoupling” from China. Raimondo’s visit to New Delhi comes amid increasingly tight U.S. export restrictions on chipmaking technology to China which Washington says are […]

Main Street Investors Pressure SEC, Confront Wall Street on Stock Plan

Main Street investors are facing off against Wall Street in an attempt to sway the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in its proposed revamp of stock trading. Individuals coordinating online have flooded the SEC with more than 1,300 comment letters, mostly voicing their support, on rules the regulator proposed in December that represent the biggest […]

Factbox - What to Look for at China's NPC Meeting of Parliament

China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), wraps up on Monday, capping what is expected to be the biggest government reshuffle in a decade after setting a modest target for annual economic growth. Coming months after President Xi Jinping secured a norm-breaking third term as supreme leader, the sessions will further consolidate his authority […]

Europe's Lenders Sucked Into Global Banks Rout

A dramatic sell-off in U.S. bank stocks spilled over into Europe on Friday, as some of the region’s biggest banks saw their shares tumble in their largest decline in nine months. Europe’s STOXX banking index fell more than 4% and was set for its biggest one-day slide since early June, with declines for most major […]

Tesla Taps Asian Partners to Address 4680 Battery Concerns

It’s crunch time at Tesla Inc, where Elon Musk is looking to crack the code for making better, cheaper batteries. The electric-vehicle maker is recruiting Chinese and Korean materials suppliers to help lower the cost and boost the energy of its newest battery cells, even as the company struggles with battery-related performance and production issues […]