Entrepreneurship

Solopreneur Math: 4 Numbers Behind the Solo Startup Boom
The solopreneur path stopped being a fallback and started becoming the default, and Forbes contributor John Werner laid out the numbers on July 18. His argument is simple. AI...
Small Business Optimism Index Rises as Loan Rates Ease
Sentiment on Main Street improved last month, and the NFIB survey published July 14 put the Small Business Optimism Index at 97.4 for June. That is a gain of...
Deep Tech Startups Get a Fast Track to Corporate VCs
Founders building physical products just got a shortcut into a room full of corporate venture money, because Onward FX opened its fall application window on July 13. This cycle...
Cloud Computing Costs Shift as Meta Courts Anthropic
Anthropic wants to rent Meta’s spare hardware, and the arrangement under discussion could reach $10 billion across two years, according to CNBC’s July 17 report citing a person close...
Startup Equity Is Vanishing for Under-30 Employees
New research from altshare’s Q2 2026 Startup Equity Report, published July 15, shows that startup equity now reaches far fewer young workers than it did three years ago. The...
GM boosts profit outlook, cites ‘resilient’ consumer demand
Strong profit in its home market of North America, which is also its biggest, was driven by solid pricingPublished Tue, Jul 21, 2026 · 09:47 PM[DETROIT] General Motors lifted...
SpaceX, Sea and Grab debut as SGX’s first US SDRs 
[SINGAPORE] Singapore depository receipts (SDRs) of three US-listed companies – Grab, Sea and SpaceX – will begin trading on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) when the market opens on Wednesday...
Singapore stocks gain as regional markets end mixed; STI up 0.5%
Published Tue, Jul 21, 2026 · 06:22 PM[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended higher on Tuesday (Jul 21), with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gaining 0.5 per cent or 27.77...
Novartis profit beats estimates, pointing to growth
Published Tue, Jul 21, 2026 · 05:35 PM[BASEL, SWITZERLAND] Novartis reported higher-than-expected profit last quarter as newer cancer medicines offset the ageing blockbuster Entresto’s loss of sales to generic...
Singapore bets on AI in healthcare, but success will depend on commercial sustainability
Private sector needs to translate AI productivity gains into cost savings for patients, experts say[SINGAPORE] Artificial intelligence innovations are attracting growing interest from private healthcare players and investors, but...
Another ship hit in Hormuz as Houthis add to regional risks
A tanker has been struck by an unknown projectile northeast of Oman’s Limah, UK Maritime Trade Operations says on TuesdayPublished Tue, Jul 21, 2026 · 04:36 PM[SINGAPORE] Another tanker...
CGSI downgrades OCBC to ‘hold’ despite raising target price to S$28.40
Brokerage cites limited upside after the sharp gain in bank’s share price and a less-attractive dividend yield[SINGAPORE] CGS International (CGSI) downgraded OCBC to “hold” in its research report on...