Entrepreneurship

China’s Geely to make electric SUVs at Ford Spain plant, jointly develop model for Europe
Published Thu, Jul 23, 2026 · 05:47 PM[LONDON] Geely Auto will build two electric SUVs at Ford’s factory in Spain and the two firms will jointly develop a new...
BNP Paribas reports 33% jump in Q2 profit as equity trading hits record
Published Thu, Jul 23, 2026 · 05:38 PM[PARIS] French lender BNP Paribas beat second-quarter forecasts as record equity trading and a rebound in retail banking helped lift net profit...
Nokia’s profit beats estimates as data centres boost growth
Published Thu, Jul 23, 2026 · 02:47 PM[HELSINKI] Nokia’s second-quarter profit strongly beat analysts’ forecasts, as the Finnish mobile network equipment maker’s push to supply gear to data centres...
Construction among Singapore’s top-performing sectors; up to S$53 billion demand forecast in 2026: SGX
Among the 20 largest stocks in the sector, share prices gained an average of 56% over the past 12 months[SINGAPORE] Singapore’s construction sector grew 11.8 per cent year on...
Paramount secures EU nod for US$110 billion Warner Bros deal, but US hurdles remain
Published Thu, Jul 23, 2026 · 09:21 AM[BRUSSELS] Paramount Skydance on Wednesday (Jul 22) gained European Union antitrust approval for its US$110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery after...
China AI firm PsiBot becomes latest startup to hit US$1 billion in value
It is one of the few unicorns in the field of embodied AI and world models, which help robots navigate physical surroundingsPublished Thu, Jul 23, 2026 · 09:19 AM[BENGALURU]...
OpenAI president calls Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 ‘pretty good’, unsure if it was distilled from OpenAI models
A White House official accused Moonshot of improperly using US AI models to build its ownPublished Thu, Jul 23, 2026 · 08:23 AMOPENAI President Greg Brockman acknowledged that Moonshot...
Alphabet hikes spending outlook in race to build AI data centres
[NEW YORK] Alphabet again raised already sky-high estimates for capital spending in 2026, telling investors that expenses may top US$200 billion as it races to build the computing power...
Keppel DC Reit prepares Singapore data centre for potential redevelopment; H1 DPU up 11.3%
[SINGAPORE] Keppel DC Reit plans to gradually vacate its Keppel DC Singapore 1 (KDC SGP 1) data centre for a potential redevelopment, said its management on Thursday (Jul 23).“For...
Tesla profit falls well short of estimates as costs rise
Adjusted earnings were US$0.33 a share in Q2, missing the US$0.51 average of analyst estimates compiled by BloombergPublished Thu, Jul 23, 2026 · 07:23 AM[AUSTIN] Tesla missed Wall Street’s...
Tesla’s profit slides as spending climbs to meet Musk’s AI goals
Adjusted earnings were US$0.33 a share in Q2, missing the US$0.51 average of analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg[AUSTIN] Tesla’s profit tumbled despite a strong quarter for its automotive business,...
Trump signs nuclear sharing deal with Saudi Arabia in policy shift
There are concerns that the move may allow the kingdom to turn uranium into weapons-grade materialPublished Thu, Jul 23, 2026 · 06:56 AM[WASHINGTON] The US and Saudi Arabia finalised...