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Microsoft launches AI QuickStart programme for SMEs
Backed by IMDA and UOB, the scheme supports digitally mature firms in rolling out artificial intelligence solutions[SINGAPORE] Microsoft on Friday (Feb 6) launched a programme to support small and...
Keppel’s special dividend yet to include billion-dollar sale of M1
[SINGAPORE] Keppel’s proposed special dividend of S$0.13 per share helped push the company’s shares up over 6 per cent in a single day. The special dividend, driven by Keppel’s...
China’s easy money floods metals markets as real economy falters
Copper, gold and silver all hit record highs, and activity on Chinese futures markets has soaredPublished Fri, Feb 6, 2026 · 01:49 PMWITH ample cash but fewer investment options,...
Japan’s Kirin sells Four Roses bourbon as US whisky market cools
Concerns over the impact of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs also continue to weigh on the sectorPublished Fri, Feb 6, 2026 · 12:05 PM[TOKYO] Japanese brewer Kirin Holdings said...
Former Japan currency chief says FX intervention should be backed by rate hikes
Nakao warned that the yen could weaken further if the BOJ was slow to raise interest ratesPublished Fri, Feb 6, 2026 · 11:22 AM[TOKYO] Currency intervention using Japan’s foreign...
BYD’s US$60 billion wipeout points to deeper turmoil for China EVs
The company shares now trade at around 15 times forward earnings estimates, below their three-year average of 18Published Fri, Feb 6, 2026 · 09:10 AM[HONG KONG] A relentless sell-off...
Stocks to watch: CICT, Nio, Clar, CDL, HPH Trust, Low Keng Huat, First Reit
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Feb 6): CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT) : The trust on Friday posted...
Rio walks away from Glencore mega merger on price impasse
The idea of a combination of the two companies has been discussed several times over more than a decadePublished Fri, Feb 6, 2026 · 07:56 AM[LONDON] Rio Tinto Group...
Michael Saylor’s crypto project pounded after US$12.4 billion loss
Published Fri, Feb 6, 2026 · 06:43 AM[NEW YORK] Bitcoin’s plunge below US$65,000 is intensifying the crisis rocking the digital-asset complex, and few companies are more exposed than Michael...
Bitcoin plummets, driving US$2 trillion tumble in crypto market value
Published Fri, Feb 6, 2026 · 06:13 AM[NEW YORK] Bitcoin plunged on Thursday (Feb 5), its decline accelerating amid weakening risk sentiment driven in part by volatility in precious...
