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SYDNEY, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Influential proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services has urged Australian Securities Exchange invsetors to vote against its pay plans, saying executive bonuses were "misaligned" with its recent performance. ISS said that the ASX's short-term variable remuneration, or STVR, failed to reflect its financial results and shareholder returns. "The STVR outcome is misaligned with the company's statutory results and shareholder experience as the key concern", it said.

Andrew I. Fillat. (InsideSources/TNS) The drumbeat for regulating artificial intelligence is growing louder by the day, largely due to a coordinated campaign that magnifies the technology's risks. It ignores the critical question: Can we regulate effectively without causing a disaster for our technology leadership and economy? That is not to say, however, that some form of control to prevent the worst consequences of AI - especially "superintelligent AI" - is not needed. More on that below.

Then-Vice President Kamala Harris, left, stands with California Governor Gavin Newsom during a campaign event against his recall election at the IBEW-NECA Joint Apprenticeship Training Center in San Leandro, California, Sept. 8, 2021. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images/TNS) The fraught relationship between Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris is the stuff of reality TV.

Robert Weissman. (InsideSources/TNS) Political deepfakes have marred elections worldwide. Deepfakes have influenced presidential elections in Argentina, affected parliamentary races in Slovakia, and spread misinformation widely. In contrast, deceptive deepfakes have not swamped American politics. This is despite the easy availability of rapidly improving AI deepfake technology. It's now easy to generate a high-quality deepfake that can deceive most viewers.

A bronze seal for the Department of the Treasury is shown at the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The US 10-year Treasury yield hit its highest level in 24 years on Thursday, as a brutal bonds selloff gathered pace. It rose to as high as 5.342%, surpassing its 2007 peak, and hitting its highest since early 2002. The global benchmark posted its biggest quarterly rise this century in the third quarter.

A Kuka robot assembles axial-flux motors for electric vehicles on an assembly line at the Mercedes-Benz engine factory in Berlin, Germany June 9, 2026. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt/File Photo BENGALURU, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Factory growth in the euro zone continued its upward march in September, hitting its fastest rate in more than four years, as resilient demand drove new orders and output to multi-year highs despite the ongoing Middle East conflict, a survey showed.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a press conference after a cabinet reshuffle at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2026. RIE KIKUCHI/Pool via REUTERS TOKYO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the administration's efforts to boost the country's economic competitiveness will help ensure market confidence in the yen, according to a recorded interview aired by Nippon Television on Thursday.

A Boston Globe story went viral recently for chronicling the uproar at Last Ditch, a lesbian bar in Western Massachusetts, after it made masks optional on Saturday nights – in 2026. It's easy to laugh off one small-town bar's mask rules. But the eternal masking movement reveals something about how the COVID-19 pandemic changed Americans. We've become more risk averse since the pandemic, and it's holding back our social and economic lives.

President Donald Trump's move to reduce the sticker shock on new cars by rolling back federal economy rules could end up costing most drivers more money in fuel costs than they would save on new vehicles, according to analysis from Trump's own Highway Safety administrators. The U.S. Department of Transportation said in a Sept.

The city skyline during sunrise in Berlin, Germany, June 25, 2026. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch BERLIN, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Germany's manufacturing sector sustained its upturn in September as production levels and new orders once again registered strong growth despite renewed inflationary pressures stemming from the global energy markets, a business survey showed on Thursday.