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Singtel faces another Optus crisis after fatal outage linked to three deaths in Australia
[SYDNEY] Singtel faces a fresh crisis at its Australian division Optus after the government started an investigation into an emergency call outage that resulted in multiple deaths.Last week’s network...
HSBC’s Roberts says the bank’s future in Asia, Middle East
[LONDON] The future of HSBC Holdings is in Asia and the Middle East because of the amount of wealth and the capital flows between the two regions, according to...
Amazon introduces Whole Foods 365 line to Singapore in brand test
[SINGAPORE] Amazon.com’s Whole Foods Market is taking its house brands to Singapore, a test of how the private-label goods will fare in a market where the grocer has no...
China’s central bank revives liquidity tool before long holiday
CHINA’S central bank has dusted off a liquidity instrument it last used eight months ago, part of a move to flood the banking system with cash before the Golden...
Hong Kong airport to shut for 36 hours due to Typhoon Ragasa
HONG Kong International Airport will suspend all passenger flights for 36 hours from Tuesday evening, Qantas Airways said, as the Asian financial hub prepares for one of its strongest super typhoons...
Chery Automobile said set to price Hong Kong IPO at high end of range
[HONG KONG] Chery Automobile is set to price its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) at the high end of a marketed range after strong demand for the stock,...
Lachlan Murdoch, Michael Dell, Ellison involved in TikTok deal, Trump says
The president administration has made a series of unusual interventions in US business[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump said on Sunday (Sep 21) that media mogul Lachlan Murdoch and business...
Toll Group banks on India’s logistics growth amid rise of ‘quick commerce’
While Singapore is its top Asia market, India is the ‘most exciting’, says executive chairman Thomas Knudsen[SINGAPORE] Toll Group expects its Indian market to rise in prominence in the...
Europe air travel snarls continue after cyberattack on system
This year has seen a sharp increase in cyber threats against infrastructure and aviation[LONDON] Airports in Berlin, London and Brussels faced continued delays on Sunday (Sep 21) after a...
European airports race to fix check-in glitch after cyberattack
The disruption is the latest in a string of hacks to hit sectors from healthcare to autos[BERLIN] Some of Europe’s biggest airports, including the region’s busiest, London’s Heathrow, raced...
