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Stock markets climbed on Tuesday as the success of Meta’s new AI agent and US-China talks on artificial intelligence fanned a tech-led rally.

Kenya, Sept 21 – Domestic parcels handled by the Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) rose 549.2 per cent to 667,978 between April and June 2026, driven by increased Express Mail Service (EMS) items and growth in e-commerce deliveries

Asian stock markets mostly rose on Monday morning, boosted by global demand for artificial intelligence technology and positive signals from trade talks over the weekend between Chinese and US officials.

Rich Friedman, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, says there are still plenty of investment opportunities in private equity, even as private markets have grown far larger than he would have imagined a few decades ago. In this conversation with Alison Mass, chairman of Investment Banking in Goldman Sachs Global Banking & Markets, on Goldman Sachs…

Salesforce (NYSE:CRM – Get Free Report) had its price objective lifted by investment analysts at Mizuho from $265.00 to $280.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, Benzinga reports. The firm presently has an “outperform” rating on the CRM provider’s stock. Mizuho’s target price would indicate a potential upside of 11.73%…

Why This Matters to Distributors:Ransomware attacks against transportation, freight and warehousing companies continue to increase after adjusting for an unusually large 2025 attack campaign. Black Kite also found that 42% of the 2,289 distribution companies it monitors are above its critical threshold for ransomware susceptibility.

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose in early Friday trading, getting a lift from a rally on Wall Street as well as declining oil prices.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is reshaping operational standards across the accounting profession.

Nokia expanded its partnership with Microsoft to integrate Nokia Data Suite with Microsoft Fabric, creating a joint data and AI platform for telecom operators. This collaboration addresses fragmented network data to accelerate automation, fault identification, and Agentic AI deployment across wireless access networks. The flexible solution supports public, hybrid, and on-premises environments, enabling operators to…