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Razer to hire 150 people for new Singapore AI centre of excellence
Gaming company Razer is seeking to fill 150 artificial intelligence (AI)-related roles to work at its new AI Center of Excellence, it…
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Razer to hire 150 people for new Singapore AI Center of Excellence
Gaming company Razer is seeking to fill 150 artificial intelligence (AI)-related roles to work at its new AI Center of Excellence, it…
Business
Tesla approves share award worth US$29 billion to CEO Elon Musk
Tesla has granted CEO Elon Musk shares worth about US$29 billion, in a new pay deal aimed at keeping the billionaire entrepreneur at the…
Business
Singapore shares bounce back after 6-day losing streak; STI up 1%
Stocks on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) rebounded on Monday (Aug 4), snapping a six-day losing streak, even as Asian indices closed mixed.…
Business
CapitaLand Ascendas Reit posts 0.6% drop in H1 DPU to 7.477 Singapore cents
The distribution per unit (DPU) for industrial property player CapitaLand Ascendas Reit (Clar) fell 0.6 per cent for the half-year ended…
Culture
There Is More to French Opera Than “Carmen” and “Faust”
Virginia Woolf, in her essay “The Lives of the Obscure,” savors the potential fascination of reading authors whom posterity has cast…
News
The Iranian Revolution Almost Didn’t Happen
Strange to think, but there was a time when the United States’ most steadfast ally in the Middle East was Iran. In 1953, the C.I.A. had…
Culture
Amy Sherald’s “Trans Forming Liberty”
The cover of the August 11, 2025, issue, by the artist Amy Sherald, is a portrait of the trans model and performance artist Arewà Basit.…
Culture
How the Poet James Schuyler Wrung Sense from Sensibility
The American poet James Schuyler composed his first significant poem during a nine-week stay at the Payne Whitney Westchester psychiatric…
Business
UBS pays US$300 million to settle Credit Suisse mortgage case
Group said it reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice to resolve a legacy Credit Suisse matter related to the former bank’s…
Business
Vietnam’s VinFast in talks to boost local sourcing as first India plant opens
The plant is expected to have an annual production capacity of up to 150,000 vehicles [THOOTHUKUDI, India] Vietnamese electric vehicle…
Business
Asian credit gauges head for biggest two-day blowout since April
Any large move in US Treasury yields, over which most corporate US dollar bonds are priced, typically causes spreads to react around the…
Business
Nomura’s starting pay matched by Japanese rivals to retain staff
Medium-sized securities firms mostly generate revenue by having staff make sales directly to clients, rather than rely on online trading…
Business
BYD shares fall as stalling sales put annual target in question
BYD shares fell in Hong Kong trading on Monday (Aug 4), as sputtering monthly sales growth raised doubts about whether the Chinese…
Business
Asia: Markets fluctuate as traders weigh tariffs, US jobs
Asian markets flitted between gains and losses on Monday as investors continued to digest last week’s tariff blitz by Donald Trump and a…
Business
Shares of HPL close 0.7% higher; investors unfazed by founder Ong Beng Seng’s guilty plea
Shares of Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) ended their session on Monday (Aug 4) 0.7 per cent or S$0.04 up at S$5.50, following its founder Ong…
Business
Gold succumbs to profit-taking after US jobs data-fuelled rally
Gold prices slipped on Monday (Aug 4) as investors booked profits after a sharp rise in the previous session following…
Business
mm2 Asia faces S$17.6 million in claims but says it can continue as a going concern
Eight counterparties have issued letters of demand against the company and Cathay Cineplexes In a bourse filing on Monday (Aug 4), Cathay…
Business
Nio’s July deliveries rise 2.5% amid launch of smart large-space SUV
Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio announced on Friday (Aug 1) after trading hours that it had delivered 21,017 vehicles in July, up…
Business
United Hampshire US Reit acquires freehold Pennsylvania shopping center for US$16.4 million
The purchase marks the Reit’s third acquisition in Pennsylvania, the manager says United Hampshire US Reit has acquired freehold shopping…
Fashion
China may need to trim record copper output on shortage of ore
China’s copper smelters could be at a turning point, as a persistent shortage of ore forces them to trim production from record levels,…
Business
UK’s FCA proposes £9 billion to £18 billion redress scheme for motor finance claims
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Sunday proposed a redress scheme for consumers with motor finance compensation claims…
Fashion
Gold caught between bearish technicals and bullish long-term fundamentals
Gold has long stood as the ultimate barometer of fear and uncertainty in the global financial system. Yet in recent weeks, it has been…
Fashion
Boeing defence workers set to strike on Monday in US: union
Thousands of members of a union representing Boeing defence industry workers in the US states of Missouri and Illinois will go on strike…