Bloomberg For years, companies like Oracle and International Business Machines (IBM) invested heavily to build new markets in China for their industry-leading databases. Now, boosted in part by escalating US tensions, one Chinese upstart is stepping in, winning over tech giants, startups and financial institutions to its enterprise software. Beijing-based PingCAP already counts more than 300 Chinese customers. Many, including ...

Bloomberg UK Trade Secretary Liam Fox dismissed fears that foreign companies will slow down their investment in domestic technology businesses, despite the ongoing uncertainty around the country’s exit from Europe. “If you take the legal system, skills of the workforce, the regulatory and tax systems, linguistic skills, access to tech, and IP law, not one of those is affected to ...

Bloomberg Stanford University, hoping to appease officials opposed to its planned expansion, is offering to spend $4.7 billion to relieve pressures on housing and transit that are plaguing residents of California’s Bay Area. The offer would be part of an agreement with Santa Clara County to support the school’s application for a long-term land use permit, according to a statement ...