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EV maker Nio set to record first adjusted operating profit for Q4 FY2025
The turnaround is driven by ‘sustained growth’ in sales volume and a favourable product mix Electric vehicle manufacturer Nio expects to…
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Air India probes if crew followed protocols in Boeing fuel-switch incident
Britain has given Air India a week’s deadline to submit a complete response, or face regulatory action Air India said on Thursday (Feb 5)…
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Bank of England holds rates after narrow 5-4 vote, signals reduction ahead
It has been moving cautiously as Britain has the highest inflation rate among the world’s big, rich economies The Bank of England (BOE)…
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Aster to complete Singapore refinery expansion, berth works in second-half of 2026
Singapore’s Aster Chemicals and Energy expects to complete several projects in the second half of this year to raise its refining capacity…
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Why your AI project is about to get deprioritized (and how to save it)
It’s Q1 2026. Your chief financial officer is cutting innovation budgets by 20%. Your AI pilot showed 94% accuracy improvements. The LLM…
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Maersk’s 2026 earnings drop with gradual opening of Red Sea, cuts jobs
It expects its underlying Ebitda to be between US$4.5 billion and US$7 billion this year, down from US$9.6 billion in 2025 Danish shipping…
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Syngenta targets up to US$10 billion Hong Kong listing in 2026: sources
[ZURICH/HONG KONG] Syngenta Group is targeting a Hong Kong listing that could raise as much as US$10 billion this year, two sources with…
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CapitaLand Ascendas Reit H2 DPU falls 2% to S$0.07528
CapitaLand Ascendas Reit (Clar) on Thursday (Feb 5) posted a 2 per cent drop in its distribution per unit (DPU) to S$0.07528 for the…
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Elliott raises Toyota Industries stake in push to block buyout
Elliott Investment Management has increased its stake in Toyota Industries again as the activist investor ramps up efforts to block the…
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QT Sense raises €4M to advance a quantum sensing platform
QT Sense, a deep-tech biotech startup building tools to study living cells, announced it has secured €4 million in funding to accelerate…
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‘La Portraitiste,’ Written by Florence Longpré and Directed by Annie St-Pierre, Acquired by H264 (EXCLUSIVE)
H264, a Montreal-based film distribution and international sales company, has acquired the international rights to “La Portraitiste,” the…
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Six Nations 2026: Scotland drop Van der Merwe, Graham & Kinghorn
Analysis by BBC Sport Scotland's chief sports writer Tom English Outside Scotland, this selection is going to cause sharp intakes of…
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Kembara closes €750M first close to fuel growth of European deep tech startups
Europe’s largest dedicated deep tech growth fund has taken a major step forward after closing the first tranche of its fundraising effort…
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BNP Paribas vows more cost cuts after profit tops forecast
BNP reported net income of 2.97 billion euros (S$4.46 billion) for the three months ending in December Paribas nudged up its 2028…
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Sony Outlines Expansion Plans for Peanuts Brand Following $457 Million Acquisition
Sony Group executives detailed their vision for expanding the Peanuts franchise during the company’s fiscal third-quarter earnings call…
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Grab to equip 10,000 drivers, merchants with AI skills by 2028
This aligns with efforts by policymakers to future-proof workers as AI reshapes business models and jobs Grab aims to train 10,000 drivers…
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Bitcoin slumps with key US$70,000 level in sight
Bitcoin was on the cusp of breaking below the key US$70,000 level on Thursday (Feb 5) as a slide in the world’s largest cryptocurrency…
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Lando Norris expects 'more chaos in races' from F1 rule changes
The engines are still 1.6-litre V6 turbo hybrids, as they have been since 2014, but one of the two electrical motors that recovered energy…
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Malaysia sees further upside for ringgit, 2026 growth forecast
The Malaysian ringgit, Asia’s top performing currency in the past year, still has potential to gain as the economy continues to perform…
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Billionaire owners seen posing challenge for new OCBC chief Tan
The bank split the jobs of chairman and CEO in 1998, and have appointed outside professionals for both positions since 2003 As Tan Teck…
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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 As Tan Teck…
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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 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%
At least two brokerages have raised their target prices for Singtel, following the telco’s move to acquire a stake in data centre operator…
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Singtel shares fall as much as 3.7% after two-day rally on STT GDC deal
The telco and KKR will acquire the remaining 82% stake that they do not own in STT GDC Shares of Singtel fell as much as 3.7 per cent…