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Salesforce expanded partnerships with OpenAI and Anthropic to integrate their frontier AI models into its Agentforce 360 platform, aiming to deliver enterprise-grade AI tools to a wider range of businesses and regulated industries.The deals, announced on Tuesday, will embed OpenAI’s latest GPT-5 model and Anthropic’s Claude family of models directly into Salesforce’s ecosystem, enabling employees and consumers to interact with customer data and analytics in ChatGPT, Slack and Salesforce’s own software.The twin deals underscore Salesforce’s push to make its Agentforce 360 platform a central access point for major AI models, as enterprise software makers race to integrate generative AI tools…

The approach avoids price fluctuations, says Senior Minister of State for Transport Sun Xueling[SINGAPORE] The Republic’s new legislation for the adoption of sustainable aviation fuel ensures cost certainty for the industry, said Senior Minister of State for Transport Sun Xueling on Tuesday (Oct 14).Unlike a mandate, Singapore’s approach is not affected by fluctuations in the price of such fuel; and unlike incentives, it does not require “large and recurring fiscal commitments, which are not fiscally sustainable for Singapore”, she said.“It helps to encourage (sustainable aviation fuel) production through clear demand signals, while ensuring that costs remain contained, predictable and fairly…

[NEW YORK] Citigroup beat Wall Street revenue estimates across all five of its major business lines, a haul that’s helping the firm manage rising compensation costs and a plan to sell its retail unit in Mexico.Total revenue jumped 9 per cent as the firm’s markets, banking, services, wealth and US retail divisions all set records for a third quarter, the New York-based company said in a statement on Tuesday (Oct 14). Traders in both equities and fixed-income products surpassed analysts’ projections, pulling in a total of US$5.6 billion – or 15 per cent more than a year earlier.Expenses also climbed…

Brian Callahan is the first NFL head coach to get pink-slipped this season and chances are he’ll have some company in the unemployment line in the not-too-distant future.Last year three head coaches were fired midseason.With the Dolphins off to a 1-5 start, Miami’s Mike McDaniel has been the central figure in any coaching hot seat discussion this fall. The Dolphins find themselves answering questions again about their team culture following Tua Tagovailoa’s comments Sunday calling out unnamed teammates for being late to player-led meetings. Aaron Glenn, the hottest candidate in the 2024-25 coaching carousel cycle, is making rookie mistakes like…

Steady pipeline of skilled workers and pro-business policies aim to attract companies to set up or expand in the zone[SINGAPORE] The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ), for which the agreement was formalised in January, has been lauded as a counterbalance to a global economic environment that looks increasingly “closed”. Ease of movement along with talent development will help to spur growth in the JS-SEZ, noted Johor Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi on Tuesday (Oct 14). He was speaking at a fireside chat with Beh Swan Gin, permanent secretary at Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, at the second JS-SEZ joint…

[NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs’ quarterly profit jumped more than 37 per cent on Tuesday (Oct 14) as its investment bankers earned higher advisory fees and rallying markets boosted revenue from managing client assets.Its prediction for a banner year for dealmaking has materialised as corporations revive plans for mergers and listings.Investment banking fees rose to US$2.66 billion in the quarter ended September 30, compared with US$1.87 billion a year ago.The growth was fuelled by a 60 per cent surge in advisory fees, while debt and equity underwriting fees also gained. Rival JPMorgan Chase also reported robust investment banking numbers earlier in…

SINGAPORE: A new index launched by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Tuesday (Oct 14) will allow workers to discover firms that have a good track record of supporting career growth.The Singapore Opportunity Index uses data from almost 1,500 companies and 1 million resident workers to assess how firms perform in five areas: progression, pay, hiring, retention and gender parity.A national-level insights report was launched on Tuesday. From early 2026, jobseekers and workers will be able to view the 300 top-performing firms profiled on the index’s website.Participating companies will also be able to receive confidential reports on their strengths and…

CHINA’S No 1 automaker BYD considers Spain to be its top candidate for a third car factory to serve the European market, two sources briefed on the matter told Reuters, as the company seeks to grow sales on the continent.A BYD assembly plant, joining two other planned factories in Hungary and Turkey, would be a significant boost for the carmaker that competes with Tesla, and would also bolster Spain’s aim of becoming a major hub for electric vehicle (EV) production.One of the sources said Spain is favoured by BYD because of its relatively low manufacturing costs and clean energy network.While…

An emergency vote on Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest has been called off following developments in the Middle East, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has said.Contest organisers had scheduled “an extraordinary meeting of [its] general assembly to be held online” in early November after several countries said they would no longer take part in Eurovision if Israel participated. The EBU said in a statement that following “recent developments in the Middle East” the executive board had agreed on Monday that there should be an in-person discussion among members “on the issue of participation in the Eurovision Song Contest…

Next-generation platform delivers over one million transactions per second, opening the door for finance, healthcare, logistics, and other industries to scale blockchain-powered applications ZUG, Switzerland, Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — BSV Association (BSVA), the Swiss-based non-profit that serves as the global advocate for BSV blockchain, today announced the first public release of its groundbreaking Teranode software, the next-generation node implementation for BSV blockchain. Over three years in development, Teranode redefines the possibilities of blockchain technology, transforming BSV, creating a credible path to global scale utility for blockchain.  Built on a microservices-based, horizontally scalable architecture, Teranode is designed to handle exceptionally high transaction…