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Apac economies that gained from AI boom like Taiwan, Singapore drive outbound travel in 2025: Visa
Japan, South Korea, China see strong inbound travel amid demand for pop culture tourism [SINGAPORE] Asia-Pacific economies exposed to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom drove outbound spending in 2025, amid...
Aviation must adopt F1’s innovation speed, says SATS CEO Kerry Mok
[SINGAPORE] The aviation industry must change more quickly and adopt the relentless, “race-by-race” innovation cycle seen in Formula 1 (F1) if it hopes to survive a deepening manpower crisis,...
Baidu approves US$5 billion share buyback, first dividend
The Internet company joins larger peers Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding in enhancing shareholder returnsPublished Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 10:56 AMBAIDU announced a three-year stock buyback programme...
Keppel closes up 6.1% at over-12-year high on profit growth, Piyush Gupta’s appointment as chair-designate
[SINGAPORE] Shares of Keppel rallied on Thursday (Feb 5) after the asset manager posted a 27.2 per cent increase in second-half earnings and announced former DBS chief Piyush Gupta...
Hong Kong dollar slips as loose liquidity revs up carry trades
The one-month rate in the interbank market has dropped to the lowest since NovemberPublished Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 09:27 AM[HONG KONG] The Hong Kong dollar drifted down to...
Nvidia’s AI chip sale to ByteDance hinges on conditions set by Trump administration
The same arrangement applies to similar chips from firms such as Advanced Micro Devices and IntelPublished Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 08:48 AM[NEW YORK] The Trump administration is willing...
UOBKH names ‘alpha’ stocks with cheap valuations, strong catalysts in STI-beating portfolio
[SINGAPORE] With the Singapore equities market starting 2026 strong and the Straits Times Index (STI) hitting records, promising stocks with “inexpensive valuations” and “strong upcoming catalysts” have entered UOB...
Oil prices climb 3% as market awaits US-Iran talks
Opec members Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq export most of their crude via the Strait of Hormuz, mainly to AsiaPublished Thu, Feb 5, 2026...
Wall Street ends down as AI worries slam tech stocks
Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 06:03 AM[BENGALURU] US stocks ended lower on Wednesday (Feb 4), with losses in Advanced Micro Devices, Palantir and other technology companies, as investors...
Washington Post begins layoff, gutting sports and foreign coverage: source
The layoff comes days after the newspaper scaled back its coverage of the 2026 Winter OlympicsPublished Wed, Feb 4, 2026 · 11:09 PM[WASHINGTON] The Washington Post informed its staff...
