Eva Chin writes for RECATOOLS on business and commerce in Southeast Asia: the commercial decisions small businesses actually face, and the markets and regulation around them. She also covers Chinese naming and cultural practice, education and qualifications across the region, and the arithmetic of a tropical home. Coverage of cultural practice is educational — it explains what a tradition holds and where it came from, and does not make predictive claims.

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Business

The G20's AI Accord Is Non-Binding, and Two of Its Three Asks Take a Side

All twenty endorsed the Carolina Principles at Chapel Hill. Sector-specific rules, no new regulatory bodies, closer work with industry. Leaders adopt in December.

4 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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Business

Google's 890 Million Euro Fine Is Small. The Daily Penalty After 21 September Is Not.

The EU fine is about two days of Alphabet's revenue. What starts on the 22nd is a periodic payment of up to 5 per cent of average daily worldwide turnover.

3 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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Business

Nobody Could Be Found to Buy AdX, So Google Keeps It

Brinkema rejected the AdX divestiture and ordered behavioural remedies. One stated reason was that no credible buyer for AdX was ever identified.

3 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
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Business

The UK Cyber Bill Leaves Out AI Vendors, and Also the Government

The bill can order a power station to stop using a particular AI model, while imposing no duty on whoever built it. Peers challenged that and the minister answered on hostile actors.

3 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
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Business

Uber Is Cutting Management Layers, and 3,300 Roles With Them

Uber is cutting 3,300 roles, 20 per cent of manager positions and every job more than seven layers from the chief executive. That last instruction implies at least eight layers existed.

2 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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Business

JioHotstar Went Global Without the Cricket That Built It

JioHotstar replaced Hotstar in three markets on 2 September. The Indian business is a volume play at ₹79 a month; the international one is a premium subscription without sport.

2 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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Business

Oracle Cut 21,000 Jobs and Bans AI-Generated Code From OpenJDK

Oracle's headcount fell by 21,000 in a year and its chief executive calls AI-assisted engineering superhuman. OpenJDK, which Oracle stewards, bans model-generated contributions.

2 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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Business

The FTC Says Amazon Ran a First-Price Ad Auction But Called It Second-Price

In a second-price auction, bidding your true value is optimal and cannot hurt you. In a first-price auction it is the worst thing you can do. The complaint says advertisers were told the first and given the second.

1 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
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Business

Nvidia Licenses NVLink So Rivals' Chips Run on Its Fabric

Licensing an interconnect to your competitors is not a revenue line. It means a rack of somebody else's accelerators still runs on your fabric, and often your switches.

1 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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Business

A Dongguan Court Froze $300m of Nexperia. It Is Not a Seizure.

Asset preservation pending litigation exists in most legal systems and decides nothing about the merits. What is unusual is the situation that produced it, not the order.

1 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
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