Fashion
BlackRock plans to hire 1,200 people for ramp-up in India
BLACKROCK plans to hire nearly 1,200 people to expand two support hubs in India and build out its artificial intelligence (AI)…
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Business
AMD tumbles after giving disappointing outlook for AI growth
ADVANCED Micro Devices (AMD) tumbled in late trading after giving a disappointing outlook for its data centre business, an area where it’s…
Business
Coinbase urges US regulators to clear path for banks to offer crypto services
The administration is expected to reshape US policy on digital currency, but US bankers have so far remained cautious on cryptocurrencies…
Fashion
China adds Calvin Klein owner and Illumina to blacklist
CHINA placed Calvin Klein owner PVH and US gene sequencing company Illumina to a so-called blacklist of entities, among a series of…
Business
Keppel H2 profit from continuing operations up 19.9% to S$527.9 million
KEPPEL recorded a profit from continuing operations of S$527.9 million for its second half ended Dec 31, up 19.9 per cent from S$440.3…
News
Chipmakers say Trump’s tariff threats cloud their outlooks
IN A semiconductor industry that’s been struggling with an oversupply of chips and weak demand, Infineon Technologies navigated its way…
Business
Green Business Ideas That Actually Make Money
Thinking about going green with your business? You’re not alone. More and more entrepreneurs are looking to make a positive impact on the…
Business
Bank of Japan’s rate likely to go higher than consensus, ex-official says
THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) is likely to keep raising its benchmark rate to a level exceeding the current market consensus, and there’s a…
Business
Apple debuts Invites app, AppleCare+ changes in subscription push
APPLE rolled out a new app for creating event invitations and made changes to its AppleCare+ customer support for iPhones, part of a…
News
China tariffs on US oil come as exports have slumped from peak
THE first round of Chinese sanctions to hit US oil were received with a whimper, and traders are speculating that the move is unlikely to…
Business
IBM gives long-term sales growth outlook that tops expectations
INTERNATIONAL Business Machines (IBM) gave a stronger-than-expected revenue growth outlook for the coming years led by the expansion in…
Celebrity
Bianca Censori Wanted to Back Out from the X-Rated Grammys 2025 Red Carpet Stunt but Was Forced by Kanye West to Pose Unclothed
Bianca Censori reportedly tried to back out from her controversial red carpet stunt at the 67th Grammy Awards multiple times, but Kanye…
Business
FKA Twigs Leaves It All on the Dance Floor
Twigs’s own kitchen, she informed me, has a shelf of teas as long as the S.U.V. we were riding in: jasmine and rose “for beauty,” lemon…
Business
Amazon to face legal action after laying off 1,900 in Quebec
The union also launched a campaign calling on consumers to boycott the multinational by not shopping on its online platform and cancelling…
Business
KKR raises offer for Fuji Soft in US$4.3 billion tussle with Bain
KKR & Co raised its offer price for Fuji Soft to fend off a rival bid from Bain Capital, the latest chapter in a months-long battle for…
Business
KKR quarterly profit beats expectation on dealmaking revival
ALTERNATIVE asset manager KKR & Co reported a fourth-quarter profit that beat Wall Street expectations on Tuesday (Feb 4), as a rebound in…
Business
FTI Consulting now in acting management of scandal-hit Indonesian unicorn eFishery
The move ‘aims to facilitate a thorough and objective business review to determine the best path forward for the group’, says eFishery’s…
Business
Singapore’s Syfe makes A$65 million bid for Australian investing platform SelfWealth
SINGAPORE-BASED digital wealth platform Syfe on Tuesday (Feb 4) said it made a non-binding indicative offer to acquire SelfWealth, an…
Culture
Mourning David Lynch in a City on Fire
One night in January, 2002, during the initial theatrical run of David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive,” a friend and I, students at the…
Business
Convening EGM is 'waste of money': Sabana Reit internalisation committee
THE internalisation committee and incoming directors of Sabana Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (Sabana Reit) said on Monday (Feb…
Business
UBS has cut 10,000 jobs since Credit Suisse takeover in 2023
UBS Group has cut more than 10,000 roles since it bought Credit Suisse, marking a milestone in the lender’s efforts to integrate its…
Business
Guinness-owner Diageo scraps medium-term goals as tariffs cloud outlook
GUINNESS-owner Diageo withdrew its ambitious sales growth target on Tuesday (Feb 4), in an acknowledgement a prolonged downturn in demand…
Business
Infineon more positive on revenue outlook after Q1 stronger than expected
It expects revenue for the fiscal year until end-September 2025 to be flat to slightly up compared with the prior year German chipmaker…
Business
GIC makes senior leadership changes, appoints new group CIO
Bryan Yeo succeeds Jeffrey Jaensubhakij, who is stepping down after almost three decades at the firm GIC’S deputy group chief investment…