Entrepreneurship

How to validate a service business idea with minimal investment
You have an idea you cannot shake. It feels obvious, useful, maybe even inevitable. But you also know that building a service business on vibes is how people burn...
TikTok accused of breaching EU online content rules
EU tech regulators say the app may have to change its ‘addictive design’ featuring infinite scroll and autoplayPublished Fri, Feb 6, 2026 · 11:01 PM[BRUSSELS] Social media app TikTok...
Wall Street rebounds after week-long tech rout, Amazon down on AI capex jump
Published Fri, Feb 6, 2026 · 10:42 PM[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Feb 6) following a bruising sell-off in technology shares through the week,...
Chairman of Malaysia’s IJM Corp detained in anti-graft probe
The arrest happened at the agency’s headquarters following a raid on the suspect’s homePublished Fri, Feb 6, 2026 · 08:30 PM[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia’s anti-graft body briefly detained the chairman...
Stellantis plunges after taking 22 billion euros hit on EVs
The writedowns, which include some 6.5 billion euros in cash payments mainly to compensate suppliersPublished Fri, Feb 6, 2026 · 06:47 PM[MILAN] Stellantis shares fell the most on record...
Keppel’s special dividend yet to include gains from billion-dollar sale of M1
[SINGAPORE] Keppel’s proposed special dividend of S$0.13 per share helped push the company’s shares up over 6 per cent in a single day. The special dividend - driven by...
Kuok Maritime Group’s PaxOcean opens S$200 million Jalan Samulun shipyard
[SINGAPORE] Kuok Maritime Group subsidiary PaxOcean on Friday (Feb 6) opened a S$200 million shipyard at 5 Jalan Samulun. The company falls under Malaysian billionaire Robert Kuok’s Kuok Group.The...
Former Japan currency chief says FX intervention should be backed by rate hikes
Nakao warned that the yen could weaken further if the BOJ was slow to raise interest ratesPublished Fri, Feb 6, 2026 · 11:22 AM[TOKYO] Currency intervention using Japan’s foreign...
Uber ordered to pay US$8.5 million in trial over driver sex assault claims
The company maintains that its drivers are independent contractors rather than employeesPublished Fri, Feb 6, 2026 · 10:48 AMA US jury ordered Uber on Thursday to pay US$8.5 million...
AI race sends Big Tech’s capital spending to stratospheric high
Each tech giant has laid out a slightly different route to recouping their investments[WASHINGTON] Four of the biggest US technology companies together have forecast capital expenditures that will reach...
Singapore, Asia markets mostly down after Wall Street tech rout
[SINGAPORE] Asian markets ended the week largely in the red on Friday (Feb 6), taking the cue from the US markets on Thursday, when tech stocks and crypto slumped...
Stocks to watch: CICT, Nio, Clar, CDL, HPH Trust, Low Keng Huat, First Reit
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Feb 6):  CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT) : The trust on Friday posted...