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Alibaba leads tech slide after Pentagon briefly shows blacklist
The 1260H list now includes more than 130 entities accused of working with the Chinese military. Published Mon, Feb 16, 2026 · 11:33 AM[HONG KONG] Alibaba Group Holding led...
Macquarie-led group to buy Qube Holdings for A$11.7 billion
Published Mon, Feb 16, 2026 · 10:54 AM[SYDNEY] A group led by Macquarie Asset Management will buy Qube Holdings in a deal worth around A$11.7 billion (S$10.5 billion), as...
Uber targets US$1 billion boost with 2026 European expansion
The company expects the move to generate an additional US$1 billion in gross bookings over the next three yearsPublished Mon, Feb 16, 2026 · 10:26 AM[BENGALURU] Uber plans to...
A family fights to keep control of 157-year-old firm in Japan
Nearly half of Japan’s listed companies are tied to a founding family, many of which no longer have enough equity to guarantee control[TOKYO] Ishikawa is a remote, mountainous prefecture...
Rampant AI demand for memory is fuelling a growing chip crisis
The fundamental reason for the squeeze is the buildout of artificial intelligence data centres[TAIPEI] A growing procession of tech industry leaders, including Elon Musk and Tim Cook, are warning...
US forces board second sanctioned oil tanker in Indian Ocean
Published Mon, Feb 16, 2026 · 08:09 AMTHE US military boarded an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel for thousands of miles, saying it tried...
A lot of bull: As STI breaches 5,000, what more can we call for?
We should shift the whole market to unit shares, and get rid of the inefficient odd lot market that investors are sometimes forced into THE Straits Times Index (STI)...
Positive reaction to market reforms opens door to broader enhancement of growth capital sector
The result could be a bigger pipeline of new listings, and some struggling listed companies going private[SINGAPORE] Back in November, this column said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)...
Visa-only Games highlights Europe’s payments headache
Published Mon, Feb 16, 2026 · 06:14 AM[MILAN] Anyone trying to buy a souvenir at the official Olympic stores at the Milano Cortina Games will have been exposed to...
Carry trade, commodities make EM currencies more stable than G7
Weaker US dollar and expectations for gradual Federal Reserve easing have reduced pressure on developing marketsPublished Sun, Feb 15, 2026 · 10:22 PMEMERGING market currencies are proving more stable...
