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Seatrium inks MOU with BP for deepwater floating production unit in US Gulf of America
The company will provide engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning services for the Tiber FPU OFFSHORE and marine…
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Business
Adobe launches AI video tool to compete with OpenAI
The Firefly Video Model, as Adobe is calling the service, will compete against Sora ADOBE on Wednesday (Feb 12) released the first public…
Fashion
Apple brings TV+ to Android phones in bid to boost subscribers
The move marks the rare occasion when Apple is offering services on Google’s Android, its biggest competitor in smartphone software APPLE…
Business
Chevron to lay off up to 20% of global workforce
CHEVRON will lay off 15 to 20 per cent of its global workforce by the end of 2026, the US oil company said on Wednesday (Feb 12) as it…
News
Oil sinks 2% after Trump calls Putin, Zelensky to discuss end to war in Ukraine
OIL prices settled down more than 2 per cent on Wednesday (Feb 12) after US President Donald Trump took the first big step towards…
Business
Reëxamining Romantic Tropes with the Ripped Bodice
In 2016, Leah Koch and her sister Bea Hodges-Koch opened the Ripped Bodice, a romance bookstore, in Los Angeles. Since then, the genre has…
Business
Sorry, T-bills. It’s time now to look elsewhere for yields
INTEREST in Singapore’s Treasury bills (T-bills) surged over the past two years, as rising interest rates elevated demand for yield and…
Business
Text Marketing: Mobile Money or Major Fail?
Text message marketing is kinda like the new kid on the block for businesses. It’s cheap, easy, and gets the job done better than some of…
Fashion
Hollywood writers say AI is ripping off their work. They want studios to sue
When the Writers Guild of America approved a contract with major studios in 2023, ending a 148-day strike, the union became the first…
Business
Thomson Medical incurs net loss of S$12.9 million for H1 2025
HEALTHCARE provider Thomson Medical has posted a net loss of S$12.9 million for the first half of its 2025 fiscal year ending Dec 31,…
Business
NYSE plans Texas exchange as financial firms flock to state
THE New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) plans to start an equities exchange in Texas, the latest firm seeking a slice of the financial services…
Business
iFast Q4 net profit up 46.3% to S$19.3 million
DIGITAL bank and wealth management platform iFast has reported a 46.3 per cent increase in net profit to S$19.3 million for the fourth…
Business
Alibaba becomes China’s new AI darling with US$87 billion rally
THE frenzy over Chinese artificial intelligence is turning Alibaba Group Holding into an investor favourite again, injecting new life into…
Business
Digital Core Reit H2 DPU up 1.1 per cent to US$0.018
DIGITAL Core Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of US$0.018 for the six months ended Dec 31, 2024,…
Culture
“The Last of the Nightingales” Tells the Story of How Soundscapes Change After a Fire
For Bernie Krause, the sign of a healthy ecosystem is the sound it makes. The musician and Hollywood sound engineer is a pioneer of…
News
Elon Musk’s A.I.-Fuelled War on Human Agency
Not long ago, the American public could have been forgiven for thinking of Elon Musk’s vaunted Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)…
Business
Hanwha Group’s Pinetree Securities joins Alta Exchange as member firm
PINETREE Securities, the Singapore-based unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Investment & Securities, has joined Alta Exchange as a member firm.…
Fashion
China launches new rocket crucial to challenging Musk’s Starlink
A NEW Chinese rocket took off on its debut mission, marking a major step in Beijing’s effort to catch up with Elon Musk’s Starlink. The…
Business
Indian central bank’s surprise, outsized intervention eases bearish bias on rupee
THE Indian central bank’s unexpected and decisive intervention in the foreign exchange markets over the past two days, worth as much as…
Business
A*Star launches S$38 million MedTech Catapult to drive medical device commercialisation
THE Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) on Wednesday (Feb 12) launched MedTech Catapult, an initiative meant to…
Business
GlobalFoundries sinks into the red with US$730 million Q4 loss due to impairment charge
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, which operates a wafer plant in Singapore, sunk into the red with a net loss of US$730 million for its fourth quarter…
Business
Commerzbank plans job cuts, new targets to keep UniCredit away: sources
GERMANY’S Commerzbank is preparing staff cuts and revamped financial targets in its efforts to fend off tie-up advances by Italy’s…
Fashion
China tightens rules on new copper smelters to curb overcapacity
China will also encourage copper smelters to sign long-term purchase agreements with global miners CHINA has tightened requirements for…
Business
South Korea’s Mint halts gold bar sales as supply tightens
SOUTH Korea’s Mint has temporarily suspended sales of gold bars, adding to signs of widespread tightness across markets for physical…