Solar geoengineering startups are getting serious
Enter Stardust Solutions. The company has been working under the radar for a few years, but it has started talking about its work more publicly this year. In October, it announced a…
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When influencers start losing their touch
“I want to talk about something that I feel like maybe is a little controversial,” content creator Jaclyn Hill said in a video posted earlier this week. The OG beauty influencer got her…
Singapore stocks inch up after Fed rate cut; STI rises 0.2%
Across the broader market, gainers edge out losers 256 to 244 after 1.1 billion securities worth S$1.3 billion change hands Singapore stocks ended higher on Thursday (Dec 11) after the US…
Singtel hit with S$1 million fine for 2024 disruption that affected over 500,000 users
The incident on Oct 8 last year affected more than 500,000 users for more than four hours The Infocomm and Media Development Authority (IMDA) imposed a S$1 million fine on Singtel for a…
Swiss National Bank holds interest rate at zero, cuts inflation forecast
The outcome shows the central bank setting a higher bar for moving negative than for a standard rate cut The Swiss National Bank kept its interest rate at zero, judging that a weakened…
Cars to AI: How new tech drives demand for specialized materials
Generative artificial intelligence has become widely accepted as a tool that increases productivity. Yet the technology is far from mature. Large language models advance rapidly from one…
Brookfield plans Singapore hires to tap Asia energy demand boom
The firm aims to bring in up to four people to focus on renewable-energy and low-carbon tech deals Brookfield Asset Management plans to expand a team focused on deals in renewable energy…
What not to say to someone who just got laid off
In today’s workplace, layoffs are no longer rare—they’re a reality many employees have seen up close or have experienced themselves. On LinkedIn, the posts seem endless, each one paired…
India’s aviation watchdog deploys monitors to IndiGo offices
These teams are required to give daily reports to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation India’s aviation regulator, in an unprecedented move, deployed two on-site teams at IndiGo’s…
Hongkong Land shares up 5% on S$1.45 billion sale of MBFC stake
It is selling its stake to Keppel Reit, which will have two-thirds interest in the property upon completion Shares of Hongkong Land rose as much as 5 per cent in intraday trading on…
Hongkong Land shares end 5.5% higher on S$1.45 billion sale of MBFC stake
The group is selling its share to Keppel Reit, which will have a two-thirds interest in the property upon completion Shares of Hongkong Land rose on Thursday (Dec 11) following news of the…
The new AI paradox: smarter models, worse data
AI promises a smarter, faster, more efficient future, but beneath that optimism lies a quiet problem that’s getting worse: the data itself. We talk a lot about algorithms, but not enough…
How the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal Sank Without a Trace
Odlin confirms that for all of the Icelandic wood-chip ocean deposits, it was impossible for Running Tide to monitor the wood chips for more than three hours after their release, saying,…
China’s ZTE may pay more than US$1 billion to the US over foreign bribery allegations: sources
ZTE said it is engaged in “ongoing communication” with the US Justice Department CHINESE telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp may pay more than US$1 billion to the US government to resolve…
Asian markets mixed post Fed cut; fundamentals should matter more with upcoming pause: analysts
The STI, Hang Seng Index and KLCI saw slight gains, while Nikkei and Kospi retreated Asian markets were mixed on Thursday (Dec 11) after the US Federal Reserve met expectations and cut…
Asian markets diverge post Fed cut, with analysts expecting short-term relief rally
Asia markets end mixed as the STI and KLCI gain, while Hang Seng, Nikkei and Kospi retreat Markets will likely rally in the short term, after the US Federal Reserve met expectations and…
Li Ka-shing’s US$19 billion ports sale slows due to complex talks
CK Hutchison has said that it would not proceed with a transaction that did not have the approval of all relevant authorities Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s attempt to sell dozens of CK…
Crypto elite shun NFTs for 69-million-year-old dinosaur fossils
The triceratops skeleton now resides in an 82-square-metre, windowless room inside Le Freeport Deep inside a Singaporean vault that’s been dubbed “Asia’s Fort Knox”, nestled alongside fine…
AI’s US$400 billion problem: Are chips getting old too fast?
Cloud computing giants assumed that their chips and servers would last about six years IN PURSUIT of the AI dream, the tech industry this year has plunked down about US$400 billion on…
Gold rises as a divided Fed cuts rates; silver hits record high
Gold prices rose on Thursday (Dec 11) after the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates, even as policymakers remained split on the outlook for further easing next year, while silver notched…
Noodle maker Leong Guan’s shares close 4.3% higher on Catalist debut
The company’s placement of about 20.7 million shares at S$0.23 apiece has brought in S$4.75 million Shares of food manufacturing and distribution company Leong Guan climbed 10.7 per cent…
Harvey Norman operator Ossia sets up new unit; buys leasehold property, Global Ten Realty
Harvey Norman operator Ossia on Wednesday (Dec 10) said it set up a new special purpose vehicle, Ossia Capital, to hold its property investment entities. Ossia Capital in turn established…
Indonesia to levy gold export duties from Dec 23
The taxes will rise to between 10% and 15% once the reference price reaches US$3,200 per troy ounce Indonesia will impose duties on exports of gold products from Dec 23, a regulation on…
The world needs a lot more copper. But will there be enough supply?
The market has been hit by a slew of mine outages this year, from Chile to Indonesia COPPER is one of the world’s most ubiquitous metals, used in just about everything that’s electrified:…