Entrepreneurship
Autonomous Aircraft Startup Reliable Robotics Hits Unicorn Status
Reliable Robotics has extended its Series D with a $115 million financing, TechCrunch reported on October 20, 2026. The Mountain View autonomous aircraft startup says the round pushes its...
LLM API Pricing Climbs as Alibaba Lifts DeepSeek Rates
Alibaba quietly raised the list price of a popular budget model, according to a price tracker run by Stork AI. Its report dated October 20, 2026 shows DeepSeek V4...
CapitaLand Investment appoints banking veteran Hsieh Fu Hua as chairman from Jan 1, 2027
Temasek Singapore president Png Chin Yee will join the board as a non-executive, non-independent director[SINGAPORE] CapitaLand Investment (CLI) has appointed banking veteran Hsieh Fu Hua as its independent chairman...
Energy security fears could spur development of Asia’s upstream gas assets: McKinsey
New investments could unlock an additional 10 billion to 15 billion cubic feet of regional production daily[SINGAPORE] Asia’s growing focus on energy security could catalyse fresh investments into the...
European stocks slip as Barclays, Hermes disappoint; oil climbs
Published Thu, Oct 22, 2026 · 05:10 PMTHE European Stoxx 600 dropped on Thursday (Oct 22), nearly giving back all of the prior session’s gains as investors weighed a heavy slate...
Singapore dollar gains on yen as carry funder: analysts
A combination of cheap funding and low currency volatility is burnishing the Singapore dollar’s appeal for investorsPublished Thu, Oct 22, 2026 · 04:22 PMTHE Singapore dollar is gaining favour as a funding currency for carry...
How ‘made in China’ became a status symbol
Chinese companies are challenging established brands with high-quality, low-cost alternatives Source link
Malaysia allows first export of unprocessed rare earths under new rules
This comes under a new framework to permit testing and potentially encourage investments in local capacityPublished Thu, Oct 22, 2026 · 01:21 PM[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has given the go-ahead...
CIMB ‘categorically denies’ that it will privatise Indonesian unit Niaga
[SINGAPORE] CIMB has denied plans to privatise CIMB Niaga, Indonesia’s sixth-largest bank by assets, in response to multiple media reports stating that it was considering doing so.“CIMB Group categorically...
Carro establishes S$450 million financing facility backed by car loans
This is to diversify its funding sources and provide financial flexibility to support regional expansion[SINGAPORE] Online car marketplace Carro has established a S$450 million financing facility backed by automotive...
