Entrepreneurship
Lenovo’s 3D scans were made for the Fifa World Cup, but value may lie in video games
Its AI chatbot will launch with an empty playbook, but 3D scans could yield a multibillion-dollar IP pipeline[ZURICH] Lenovo’s new ChatGPT-style tactical chatbot has been touted as the centrepiece...
Lenovo’s 3D scans were made for the Fifa World Cup, but true value may lie in video games
Its AI chatbot will launch with an empty playbook, but its scans could yield a multibillion-dollar IP pipeline[ZURICH] Lenovo’s new ChatGPT-style tactical chatbot may have been touted as the...
UK’s biggest retailers cut 18,000 jobs amid rising taxes and wages
Massive layoffs show how the Labour government’s tax hikes are hitting the British’s top employersPublished Fri, Jun 5, 2026 · 03:17 PM[LONDON] Britain’s largest retailers have shed almost 18,000...
Banks curb China trips, delay events after cross-border scrutiny
The moves also coincide with an intensifying drive by Chinese tax authorities to collect taxes on offshore incomePublished Fri, Jun 5, 2026 · 02:18 PM[HONG KONG] Private banks are...
From CTO to CEO: Anext Bank taps financing AI hardware to grow SME lending
The Ant International unit is using AI financing and alternative data to expand credit access for MSMEs[SINGAPORE] It has been about one and a half years since Qiu Kai...
China speeds past Japan in Australian car imports on EV bonanza
Electric vehicles and hybrids account for almost half of the cars sold in Australia in MayPublished Fri, Jun 5, 2026 · 10:47 AM[SYDNEY] China has surged past Japan to...
Vingroup’s 1,000% surge tests limits of Vietnam’s market boom
The conglomerate is now worth more than any Indonesian company and even surpasses regional heavyweights Singtel and JD.comPublished Fri, Jun 5, 2026 · 10:06 AM[HANOI/MUMBAI] Unexplained gains in Vietnam’s...
Gold steadies as uncertainty surrounds progress in US-Iran talks
The war’s protracted disruption to energy flows via the Strait of Hormuz has driven oil prices higherPublished Fri, Jun 5, 2026 · 08:51 AM[SINGAPORE] Gold was little changed as...
KPMG Australia fallout widens as RBA, pension reassess
The episode is the latest in a series of issues in recent years that has triggered greater scrutiny of consulting firms in the countryPublished Fri, Jun 5, 2026 ·...
World Cup lull could be investors’ chance to score SGX stocks: DBS
[SINGAPORE] The upcoming Fifa World Cup could give investors a “tactical opportunity” to pick up Singapore stocks at attractive levels, said DBS analysts.The brokerage said the global football tournament...
