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Deft at blending AI with design practices? This Singapore-based venture capitalist firm wants you
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Two men killed in shooting at German firm were brothers, police say
The two employees who died in a shooting attack at a mechanical engineering company in south-western Germany were brothers, police and…
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Tencent SDRs fall nearly 7% after US designates tech giant as ‘Chinese military’ firm
TENCENT’S Singapore-listed shares, or Singapore Depository Receipts (SDRs), fell nearly 7 per cent on Tuesday (Jan 7) morning after the US…
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Firm completes 'really interesting' zoo project
A construction firm which normally works on public projects like schools, bus stations and fire stations has just completed work on a new…
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China AI firm SenseTime cuts back on Singapore office space: sources
SENSETIME Group is reducing its office footprint in Singapore, scaling back once-lofty ambitions at a time when it’s struggling to compete…
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Alibaba to sell Sun Art to buyout firm DCP for HK$12.3 billion
ALIBABA Group Holding agreed to sell its shares in Sun Art Retail Group to private equity firm DCP Capital, unloading another high-profile…
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Alibaba to sell China’s Sun Art to buyout firm at big discount
ALIBABA Group Holding agreed to sell its shares in Sun Art Retail Group to private equity firm DCP Capital, unloading another high-profile…
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Chicago loses another financial firm as Peak6 moves HQ to Austin
PEAK6 Investments will transfer its global headquarters to Austin from Chicago, making it the latest finance firm to dial back its…
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Oil prices firm on hopes of US policy support for economic growth
OIL prices inched higher on Monday (Dec 23), along with other risk assets, after US data showed cooling inflation, reviving hopes of…
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Harland & Wolff set to be saved in deal with Spanish firm
Spain's state-owned shipbuilder is expected to confirm on Thursday that it is buying Harland and Wolff, the Belfast shipyard best known…
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Spanish firm expected to announce Harland & Wolff deal
Navantia already has a business relationship with Harland and Wolff Spain's state-owned shipbuilder is expected to confirm on Thursday…
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US dollar holds firm as traders bet on cautious Fed in 2025
THE greenback held firm on Tuesday (Dec 17) ahead of an expected interest rate cut in the United States, as traders grow increasingly…
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Austrian energy firm OMV cancels contract with Russia's Gazprom
The Gasprom logo is seen at a new power plant in Sochi, Russia. The Austrian energy company OMV said on 11 December that it has terminated…
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Chinese cybersecurity firm sanctioned, employee charged by US
THE US sanctioned a Chinese company it accused of working for intelligence agencies and charged one of its employees with hacking into the…
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CVC in talks to take German software firm CompuGroup private
CVC Capital Partners is in advanced talks about a deal to take CompuGroup Medical SE & Co KGaA, a German software provider to the…
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Hailey Welsch could be arrested for crypto scam as law firm steps in to assist victims who lost millions
Hailey Welch, the internet sensation behind the viral "Hawk Tuah" meme, is at the center of a storm following the collapse of her new…
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ST Telemedia sells majority stake in Malaysian telecom firm U Mobile
Singapore Technologies Telemedia said on Wednesday (Dec 4) Malaysia’s Mawar Setia will acquire a majority stake in the company’s U Mobile…
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Delivery firm Glovo riders in Spain to become employees
App-based food delivery firm Glovo's freelance riders in Spain will be hired as employees following pressure from the government to give…
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Commodities firm Trafigura goes on Swiss trial over alleged bribes paid to win Angola oil contract
GENEVA (AP) — For the first time in Switzerland, a multinational company faces a criminal trial Monday on charges of bribing a foreign…
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Chinese driverless-tech firm Pony AI said to raise US$260 million in US IPO
The Guangzhou-headquartered company priced its American depositary shares at US$13 each PONY AI raised US$260 million after pricing its US…
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Indonesia’s biggest taxi firm bets BYD plant to cut EV prices
Blue Bird aims for electric vehicles to account for 3% of its fleet by next year and to gradually increase the number to 20% by 2030…
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Singapore Gulf Bank to raise funds, buy stablecoin payments firm
SINGAPORE Gulf Bank is seeking to raise at least US$50 million in a funding round and plans to acquire a stablecoin payments company next…
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Eight more charged after defence firm break-in
Eight more people have been charged over an alleged break-in at an Israel-based defence firm's UK site as part of a pro-Palestinian…
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UK and France open bribery and corruption probe into French defense firm Thales
LONDON (AP) — British and French authorities have opened a probe into France-based defense group Thales for suspected bribery and…