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Huawei plans three-year campaign to overtake Nvidia in AI chips
Huawei Technologies openly admits its silicon cannot match Nvidia’s in raw power and speed. So to pack the same punch, China’s national…
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KKR holds first Asia board meeting in Tokyo, as Japan leads firm’s regional growth
New York-headquartered KKR is holding its first board meeting in Asia this week in Tokyo, a spokesperson for the firm said on Tuesday (Sep…
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Asia: Markets struggle as focus turns to US inflation
ASIAN markets struggled on Tuesday to track another record day on Wall Street, with traders now awaiting the release of US inflation data…
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Malaysian top stock Gamuda seen rising to record on growth
The company is confident of maintaining its order book target of RM40 billion to RM45 billion by the end of 2025 Optimism that Malaysian…
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Google fights breakup of ad tech business in US court
GOOGLE faced a fresh federal court test on Monday as US government lawyers asked a judge to order the breakup of the search engine giant’s…
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Oil dips as Iraq exports rise amid demand concerns
Oil prices settled marginally lower on Monday as concerns of an oversupply outweighed geopolitical tensions in Russia and the Middle East.…
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Nvidia to invest US$100 billion in OpenAI
The partnership comes as competition intensifies among technology giants and startups to secure access to energy and chips needed for AI…
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US: Wall Street opens lower after rally, Trump’s visa crackdown weighs
WALL Street’s main indices opened lower on Monday (Sep 22) after rallying to record highs in the previous session, while uncertainty…
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Netflix signs co-marketing deal with AB InBev to promote TV shows and beer
NETFLIX and Anheuser-Busch InBev have signed a global co-marketing deal to promote the streaming platform’s most-watched titles and the…
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Gold scales record high as markets brace for further rate cuts
GOLD surged to a record high on Monday (Sep 22), buoyed by investors’ heightened expectations of a dovish rate-cut path, ahead of remarks…
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AliExpress tries to draw brands on Amazon: sources
Alibaba Group Holding is trying to attract established brand names on Amazon.com to its global e-commerce site AliExpress, stepping up…
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Singapore stocks slip on Monday as US futures fall; STI down 0.1%
Decliners outnumber advancers 315 to 233 after 1.9 billion shares worth S$1.6 billion change hands Local stocks inched down on Monday (Sep…
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Mapletree Investments offloads Melbourne office building at steep discount to retail billionaire
The price tag is almost 38% lower than its original purchase price of A$145 million in 2017 Temasek-owned real estate group Mapletree…
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Singtel faces another Optus crisis after fatal outage linked to three deaths in Australia
Singtel faces a fresh crisis at its Australian division Optus after the government started an investigation into an emergency call outage…
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HSBC’s Roberts says the bank’s future in Asia, Middle East
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,…
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Amazon introduces Whole Foods 365 line to Singapore in brand test
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…
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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…
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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…
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Chery Automobile said set to price Hong Kong IPO at high end of range
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…
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Lachlan Murdoch, Michael Dell, Ellison involved in TikTok deal, Trump says
The president administration has made a series of unusual interventions in US business US President Donald Trump said on Sunday (Sep 21)…
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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 Toll Group expects its Indian…
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Europe air travel snarls continue after cyberattack on system
This year has seen a sharp increase in cyber threats against infrastructure and aviation Airports in Berlin, London and Brussels faced…
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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 Some of Europe’s biggest airports, including the…
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Singtel’s Optus blames departure from ‘established processes’ for emergency calls outage
Optus, Australia’s No 2 telecom carrier, said on Sunday (Sep 21) that a departure from regular processes on a network upgrade sparked a…