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Singtel faces another Optus crisis after fatal outage linked to three deaths in Australia
[SYDNEY] Singtel faces a fresh crisis at its Australian division Optus after the government started an investigation into an emergency call outage that resulted in multiple deaths.Last week’s network...
China road trip exposes list of uninvestable assets in the West
[LONDON] Venture capitalists (VCs) in clean tech are starting to say out loud what they have suspected for a while: China’s dominance has left key sectors in the West...
Toll Group banks on India’s logistics growth amid rise of ‘quick commerce’
While Singapore is its top Asia market, India is the ‘most exciting’, says executive chairman Thomas Knudsen[SINGAPORE] Toll Group expects its Indian market to rise in prominence in the...
Two China firms launch autonomous shuttle services in Singapore
[SINGAPORE] Two Chinese companies said on Saturday (Sep 20) that they will partner local firms to launch autonomous vehicle shuttle services in Singapore, as the city-state expands into autonomous...
Europe: Shares finish week flat after key central bank verdicts
[BENGALURU] European shares were little changed on Friday (Sep 19), capping an eventful week on a benign note with sentiment that was largely shaped by crucial central bank decisions,...
Trump says China’s Xi has approved a deal to save TikTok in the U.S.
President Trump said Friday that he has reached a deal with China to keep the popular social video app TikTok running in the U.S. Trump said on his social...
Intel’s Nvidia deal expected to be a mixed blessing for Asian chipmakers
TSMC, Samsung and other powerhouses are building multibillion-dollar plants in the US amid pressure from the Trump administration to manufacture there[TAIPEI/SEOUL] Nvidia’s US$5 billion investment in Intel is a...
Singtel’s Optus investigating emergency hotline outage that caused death of three people
The Australian telco will co-operate fully and transparently with all relevant government agencies and regulatory bodies[SINGAPORE] Singtel’s Australian subsidiary Optus is investigating a series of emergency call failures after...
China’s showcase of AI chip prowess triggers US$240 billion rally
Investors are betting the recent flurry of talk by Chinese tech firms will translate into real products down the roadFROM Huawei Technologies to Alibaba Group, China’s biggest tech firms...
Bank of Japan keeps interest rates unchanged at 0.5 per cent, decides to start selling ETFs
[TOKYO] The Bank of Japan (BOJ) kept interest rates steady on Friday (Sep 19) but decided to start selling its holdings of risky assets, taking another step forward in...
