Business
Singapore shares rise amid mixed regional showing; STI up 0.2%
Across the broader market, decliners outnumber advancers 326 to 240, after 1.4 billion securities worth S$1.2 billion change hands Shares…
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Culture
A Season of Rage at the Philharmonic and the Met
John Corigliano’s First Symphony, which Gustavo Dudamel and the New York Philharmonic presented early in the new season, begins with a…
Culture
Brian Stauffer’s “Winds of Change”
For the cover of the October 13, 2025, issue, the artist Brian Stauffer chose to see the beauty in what many consider a noisy nuisance.…
Culture
Pan-African Dreams, Post-Colonial Realities
Two new books, on Kwame Nkrumah’s promise and Idi Amin’s tyranny, capture the soaring hopes and bitter aftermath of Africa’s age of…
Culture
The Violent, Hilarious Return of “Hothead Paisan”
Diane DiMassa’s “homicidal lesbian terrorist” was a star of underground comics in the nineties, but her “rage therapy” has lost none of…
Business
Tesla teases Tuesday event as focus shifts to affordable EVs
The teaser follows Tesla’s record quarterly deliveries for the three months ended September [AUSTIN, Texas] Tesla on Sunday (Oct 5) teased…
Business
AI adoption fuels growth of Singapore’s digital economy, growing to 18.6% of 2024 GDP
IMDA report says adoption rates of artificial intelligence in firms are up, bringing cost savings; workers say the tech has raised…
Business
Tata Capital begins taking orders for 155 billion rupees IPO, India’s largest this year
Tata Capital started taking orders on Monday (Oct 6) for an initial public offering that may raise as much as 155 billion rupees (S$2.3…
Business
Thailand to ease IPO, foreign listing rules in market revamp
Thailand plans to simplify stock-listing procedures as part of a broader drive to strengthen capital market competitiveness and attract…
Business
UOBKH’s conviction calls eye rotation to non-tech in China, bets on laggards in Malaysia
The brokerage advises investors to bank profits on Chinese tech giants and pivot to undervalued plays as markets consolidate As the third…
Business
Competition heats up to challenge Nvidia’s AI chip dominance
No expert sees the Santa Clara, California, giant loosening its grip on the sector in the near future The artificial intelligence (AI)…
Business
Singapore Reits: the internal management model's tough task in gaining traction.
Giving birth to a listed real estate investment trust (Reit) with an internal manager in the Singapore market dominated by Reits and…
News
Asia: Tokyo soars, yen sinks after Takaichi win on mixed day
TOKYO stocks surged more than four per cent to a record high on Monday and the yen sank on bets that the new leader of Japan’s ruling…
Business
Airlines go beyond first class to adapt to luxury-seeking flyers
Customers travelling in the top-class suites routinely get priority handling for check-in, security, boarding and baggage, as well as…
News
China’s chip challenge: the race to match US tech
CHINA’S push to develop top-end artificial intelligence microchips is gaining momentum, but analysts say it will struggle to match the…
Business
AEM denies allegations of patent infringement from US semiconductor test equipment firm
The company says the patents relate to a specific wafer level test system that it does not practice US semiconductor test equipment…
Business
AEM denies allegations of patent infringement from US semiconductor firm; shares close 8.8% lower
Separately, DBS Group Research has raised its target price for AEM, citing its tech edge and the semiconductor sector’s growth trajectory…
Business
Gold tops US$3,900 for first time on safe-haven demand
Non-yielding gold thrives in a low-interest-rate environment and during economic uncertainties Gold surged past US$3,900 an ounce for the…
Business
China is beating the US in the battle for energy export dominance
Trump is trying to drive production even higher in his second term by loosening regulations while also kneecapping the green technology…
Business
Singtel pledges support for troubled long-time unit Optus; transformation ‘will take time’
The group has supported its Australian subsidiary with A$33 billion in investments since 2001, while not receiving dividends in the last…
Celebrity
Do We Still Like Taylor Swift When She’s Happy?
If I were writing a song about Travis Kelce, a man I’ve never met, I would mention that he plays football, and that he has a podcast. I’d…
News
Trump promises pay raises for military coming, despite government shutdown
President Trump said the government shutdown will not hinder the pay raises he is seeking for every member of the U.S. military.…
News
Shutdown set to drag into sixth day with no signs of a breakthrough in Congress
The government shutdown enters its sixth day on Monday with lawmakers still stuck in their partisan corners and no prospect of a swift…
News
Gov. Newsom says he is suing President Trump over a California National Guard deployment to Oregon
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Sunday that his administration will sue President Trump over the deployment of California National…