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‘Extremely chaotic.’ Tech industry rattled by Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee
President Trump’s new sky-high visa fees have shaken Silicon Valley’s tech giants as they contemplate a surge in the cost of hiring global talent and a new tactic the...
US: Wall Street opens lower after rally, Trump’s visa crackdown weighs
WALL Street’s main indices opened lower on Monday (Sep 22) after rallying to record highs in the previous session, while uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s visa policies also dimmed...
AliExpress tries to draw brands on Amazon: sources
[SHANGHAI] Alibaba Group Holding is trying to attract established brand names on Amazon.com to its global e-commerce site AliExpress, stepping up efforts to expand its footprint on the Seattle-based...
Amazon introduces Whole Foods 365 line to Singapore in brand test
[SINGAPORE] Amazon.com’s Whole Foods Market is taking its house brands to Singapore, a test of how the private-label goods will fare in a market where the grocer has no...
Contributor: The internet made us stupid. AI promises to make it worse
Floating along on my bicycle on a daydream of a country road, up behind me came a man on a hissing e-bike, going fast, headed somewhere important. I thought...
European airports race to fix check-in glitch after cyberattack
The disruption is the latest in a string of hacks to hit sectors from healthcare to autos[BERLIN] Some of Europe’s biggest airports, including the region’s busiest, London’s Heathrow, raced...
Singtel’s Optus blames departure from ‘established processes’ for emergency calls outage
[SYDNEY] Optus, Australia’s No 2 telecom carrier, said on Sunday (Sep 21) that a departure from regular processes on a network upgrade sparked a technical failure that disrupted emergency...
Two robotaxi groups flag services for Singapore
[SINGAPORE] Two Chinese companies will be partnering local firms to launch robotaxi services in Singapore.Ride-hailing operator Grab announced on Saturday (Sep 20) it would partner China’s WeRide to begin...
Oil prices slip as robust supply outweighs Fed cut
[HOUSTON] Oil prices dropped on Friday (Sep 19) as worries about large supplies and declining demand outweighed expectations that the year’s first interest-rate cut by the US Federal Reserve...
What the BOJ unwinding its ETF holdings means for Japan
THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) plans to start unwinding its exchange-traded fund (ETF) holdings, in a process that could take more than a century to complete. As at mid-September,...
