Starwood Capital CEO on Mamdani win

Billionaire real estate investor Barry Sternlicht had some harsh words for the newly elected mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani. Sternlicht is Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group, which has both commercial and residential holdings and joint ventures in the city, as well as its own offices in Midtown Manhattan. Sternlicht blamed overly…

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Pony.ai debut, Hong Kong, WeRide, AI stocks

Hong Kong Skyline Nikada | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose Thursday, tracking Wall Street gains after AMD’s third-quarter earnings beat lifted artificial intelligence stocks. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 1.45%, while the Topix index climbed 1.11%. Shares of SoftBank, which fell 10% on Wednesday, recouped losses to gain 1.5%. Artificial intelligence-related…

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