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Budget 2026: Singapore faces stiff competition for talent, despite draws of new AI and tech-focused One Pass
Low Youjin - Its track offers greater career certainty while Singapore’s stability strengthens its appeal to global talent
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Nvidia CEO Huang rules out US$100 billion OpenAI investment
The chipmaking giant has contributed US$30 billion to a massive US$100 billion funding round for OpenAI last month
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Singtel deploys conversational AI agents with Sierra, partners Zscaler on IoT security
Nurdianah Md Nur - Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) is deploying conversational artificial intelligence (AI) agents across its customer service operations after a pilot programme showed the technology could resolve a majority of common customer requests without human intervention. The telco has partnered with Si ...
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South Korea's Kospi stages dramatic recovery from worst-ever crash
South Korean shares soared as much as 12 per cent at the open to swiftly erase almost all of their worst-ever daily slump a day earlier.
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Australia to join G7 critical minerals alliance, Canada’s Carney says
Carney is on a multi-leg trip across Asia-Pacific
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Kraken’s banking arm becomes first crypto firm to secure payments account with Fed
Digital-asset companies have also benefited under US President Donald Trump, who has promised to make America the “crypto capital of the world”
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Stocks to watch: Aims Apac Reit, Marco Polo Marine, Geo Energy Resources, Aspial Lifestyle
Therese Soh - [SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday (Mar 5):
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Mastercard, DBS and UOB successfully trial autonomous payment by AI agent in Singapore
Nurdianah Md Nur - Mastercard has completed its first live authenticated “agentic” payment transaction in Singapore, a test that shows how artificial intelligence (AI) agents could begin executing everyday purchases on behalf of consumers. Conducted with DBS Bank and United Overseas Bank (UOB), the transaction inv ...
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China sets lowest growth target since 1991 as old model falters
A lower target also reduces the pressure on officials to deploy aggressive stimulus despite a volatile global trade environment
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China softens GDP goal to range of 4.5% to 5% as growth slows
While in line with expectations, it is the first downgrade since authorities cut it to about 5% in 2023
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Geo Energy to raise up to S$14.9 million via proposed share placement
Deon Loke - The placement price has been set at S$0.425 per share
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NASA to tap UAL for critical component of moon rocket, Bloomberg News reports
March 4 : NASA intends to select United Launch Alliance to provide a critical component for future missions of the agency's moon rocket, replacing planned Boeing-built hardware as costs ballooned to $2.8 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.Reute ...
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Oil price up nearly 2% in early Asian trade
TOKYO: Oil prices rose nearly 2 per cent in early Asian trade on Thursday (Mar 5), off the back of persistent worries about supplies because of the
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One Singapore bank launched in the Gulf amid booming wealth flows from Asia – then came the Iran crisis
Chloe Lim - Bank is set up by Whampoa family office and Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund
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Singapore investors build showcase of banking expertise in Gulf
Chloe Lim - Singapore Gulf Bank is set up by private investment group Whampoa and Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund
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Singapore Gulf Bank launched amid booming wealth flows from Asia – then came the Iran crisis
Chloe Lim - Bank is set up by Whampoa family office and Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund
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Geo Energy plans to raise $14.875 mil placing out new shares at 42.5 cents each
The Edge Singapore - Geo Energy Resources plans to raise up to $14.875 million by placing out 35 million new shares at 42.5 cents each. The funds raised will be used for working capital purposes. At 42.5 cents each, the placement price is a discount of 4.49% to the last full day weighted average price of 44.5 cents on M ...
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Atlantic Navigation chairman Michael Kum raises stake to 75.1% after married deal with CEO Bill Wong
The Edge Singapore - Michael Kum, non-executive chairman of Atlantic Navigation, has raised his stake in the company by buying over $13 million worth of shares at 10 cents each via a married deal with CEO Bill Wong. With 130 million changing hands, Wong, who founded the company, has cut his direct stake from 31.8% to 7. ...
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Phillip Securities upgrades Sats to ‘buy’; sees no material impact from Iran war
Therese Soh - The brokerage hikes Sats’ target price by 15.6% to S$4.44 and lifts its earnings forecast
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Australia says more flights from Middle East expected, situation still volatile
About 115,000 Australians remain in the Middle East
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Morgan Stanley lays off 2,500 employees across divisions, source says
It reported a banner year in 2025
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Morgan Stanley lays off 2,500 employees across all divisions, WSJ reports
MORGAN Stanley has laid off 2,500 employees across all divisions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the...
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Amazon cuts more jobs; this time in robotics unit
The company has cuts 30,000 corporate employees so far
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US-to-Asia oil shipment costs hit a record, some deals falter
The global energy industry has been rocked by the widening Middle East fighting
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Broadcom sees revenue above estimates as AI fuels custom chip demand
It announced a new share repurchase programme of up to US$10 billion
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Broadcom sees over US$100 billion in AI chip sales by 2027 on robust custom chip demand
It announced a new share repurchase programme of up to US$10 billion
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Oil settles at highest in over a year for second straight day as Iran crisis escalates, snarls Hormuz flows
[HOUSTON] Oil prices settled unchanged on Wednesday at the end of a volatile trading session, as escalating US and Israeli strikes against Iran...
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Airlines, shippers panic shop for fuel hedges with prices surging
Traders and brokers say consumer hedging has picked up since the conflict began
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European stocks rebound from selloff driven by war fears; Spain shrugs off US threats
EUROPEAN shares rebounded on Wednesday from the previous day’s bruising selloff, as investor fears over the ripple effects of a prolonged Middle East...
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US stocks close higher on Iran diplomacy hopes; tech leads rebound
US STOCKS closed up on Wednesday, after a news report that Iran had signaled openness to talks and a pledge by President Donald...
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Palantir faces challenge to remove Anthropic from Pentagon's AI software
NEW YORK, March 4 : Palantir is the latest company to face the painful task of unwinding from Anthropic in the wake of the AI lab's dispute with the Pentagon over safety guardrails, raising questions about a key military software platform.Palantir's Maven Smart Systems – a software platf ...
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Tech giants sign energy pledge at White House ahead of midterms
March 4 : Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and several artificial intelligence companies signed a pledge at the White House on Wednesday to bear the cost of new electricity generation to power their data centers.The agreement is meant to help mitigate concerns that Big Tech's data centers are dr ...
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Broadcom sees over $100 billion in AI chip sales by 2027 on robust custom chip demand
March 4 : Chip designer Broadcom on Wednesday projected its artificial intelligence chip revenue would exceed $100 billion by next year, signaling surging demand for custom artificial intelligence chips in a market dominated by Nvidia.The company's share price rose more than 4 per cent in exten ...
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Okta forecasts slowest revenue growth since IPO amid economic uncertainty
March 4 : Okta forecast first-quarter revenue below Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, projecting single-digit growth for the first time since its 2017 IPO as economic uncertainty weighs on enterprise technology spending.The identity security company said it expects revenue between $749 million ...