With people increasingly adopting Artificial intelligence to help plan their vacations, hotels are working to make sure that you check them out – and check in.

Speculation swirled Friday over the last-minute collapse of President Donald Trump's planned executive order on powerful AI models, with fingers pointing at the president's allies in Silicon Valley who oppose government oversight of the technology.

Hong ​Kong has overtaken Switzerland as the top global booking center for cross-border wealth, ‌a first that is unlikely to be reversed as hubs in Asia grow faster than the European safe-haven, Boston Consulting Group said on Wednesday.

Samsung Electronics' labor union is expected to announce Wednesday whether chip workers voted to ratify a wage deal that would deliver massive AI-linked bonuses and helped avert a major strike.

Fitch Ratings, ​among two rating agencies that cut Indonesia's credit rating outlook this year, ⁠has cited potential changes to the fiscal and debt limits in state finance ​laws as factors in their outlook revisions.

Oil prices bounced higher on Thursday while Asian stocks mostly fell, as new US strikes on Iran marked the latest test of a shaky ceasefire in the Middle East war.

The dollar held firm near a one-week high on Thursday on a Reuters report that the United States had carried out new strikes in Iran targeting a military site, while the yen softened towards a level that triggered central bank intervention last month.

Oil prices fell Wednesday while stock markets diverged over conflicting headlines on talks between Iran and the US to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to Gulf crude shipments.