Business
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OCBC’s billionaire owners seen posing challenge for new CEO Tan Teck Long
The bank split the jobs of chairman and CEO in 1998, and have appointed outside professionals for both positions since 2003 [SINGAPORE] As Tan Teck Long takes the helm of…
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BYD shifts to local parts in Brazil factory in bid for market leadership
Since October, the automaker has produced about 25,000 cars at the industrial complex Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 01:29 PM [CAMACARI] Chinese automaker BYD is aiming to produce and…
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Analysts lift target prices for Singtel after STT GDC deal – with highest upside over 10%
[SINGAPORE] At least two brokerages have raised their target prices for Singtel, following the telco’s move to acquire a stake in data centre operator STT GDC as part of a…
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Singtel shares close 2.6% lower after 2-day rally on STT GDC deal
The telco and KKR will acquire the remaining 82% stake that they do not own in STT GDC [SINGAPORE] Shares of Singtel fell as much as 3.9 per cent after…
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Singtel shares fall as much as 3.9% after 2-day rally on STT GDC deal
The telco and KKR will acquire the remaining 82% stake that they do not own in STT GDC [SINGAPORE] Shares of Singtel fell as much as 3.9 per cent after…
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Trillion-dollar tech wipeout ensnares all stocks in AI’s path
Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 12:55 PM [SAN FRANCISCO] There have been many artificial intelligence (AI)-driven sell-offs in the three years since ChatGPT burst into the mainstream. Nothing, though,…
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Apac economies that gained from AI boom like Taiwan, Singapore drive outbound travel in 2025: Visa
Japan, South Korea, China see strong inbound travel amid demand for pop culture tourism [SINGAPORE] Asia-Pacific economies exposed to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom drove outbound spending in 2025, amid…
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AI boom lifts outbound travel as Singapore, Apac economies splurge abroad
Japan, South Korea and China see strong inbound travel amid demand for pop culture tourism [SINGAPORE] Asia-Pacific markets exposed to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom drove outbound spending in 2025,…
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Sony lifts outlook after record quarterly profit, music and sensor units shine
The Japanese conglomerate also announces an expansion in its share buyback scheme Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 12:26 PM — Updated Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 04:26 PM [TOKYO]…
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Asia shares falter as global tech sell-off spooks investors
Investors have been rotating out of technology giants and into cyclical stocks amid fears of AI disruptions to jobs Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 11:42 AM [SYDNEY] Asian stocks…
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Asia shares falter as global tech sell-off spooks investors
Investors have been rotating out of technology giants and into cyclical stocks amid fears of AI disruptions to jobs Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 11:42 AM [SYDNEY] Asian stocks…
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AustralianSuper hunts for private equity deals across Asia
The pension fund currently has 5.1% of its balanced portfolio invested in private equity Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 11:35 AM [MELBOURNE] AustralianSuper, the country’s largest pension fund, is…
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Aviation must adopt F1’s innovation speed, says SATS CEO Kerry Mok
Sats CEO Kerry Mok argues that the sector can no longer afford decade-long development cycles [SINGAPORE] The aviation industry must change more quickly and adopt the relentless “race-by-race” innovation cycle…
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Baidu approves US$5 billion share buyback, first dividend
The Internet company joins larger peers Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding in enhancing shareholder returns Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 10:56 AM BAIDU announced a three-year stock buyback…
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Qualcomm, Arm hit by concern that memory shortage is spreading
The historic build-out of AI infrastructure is driving the shortage of memory chips Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 10:27 AM [SAN FRANCISCO] Shares of Qualcomm and Arm Holdings fell…