Posts by Mark Darwin
India in talks to allow Alipay+ to link with instant payment system: sources
The move will ease payments for its tourists, enabling them to use its UPI with merchants in countries that have signed up with the platform Published Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 10:34 PM [NEW DELHI] India is in talks with China-related Ant International to allow the linkage of digital payments platform Alipay+ to its leading…
Read MoreSingaporeans queueing up to buy the dip in gold despite rout
At UOB’s headquarters, Singapore’s only bank selling physical gold, buyers crowd a lounge for bullion trades Published Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 08:19 PM [SINGAPORE] People were still queueing up to buy gold in Singapore on Monday (Feb 2) even as prices plummeted, showing the extraordinary resilience in retail demand for precious metals. At the…
Read MoreDisney is close to picking parks chief D’Amaro as next CEO
He is now leading a US$60 billion investment in expanding the company’s resorts and nearly doubling its fleet of cruise ships Published Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 04:39 PM [LOS ANGELES] The board of Walt Disney is aligning on promoting theme-park division chairman Josh D’Amaro to the role of chief executive officer, and it will…
Read MoreIndia to spend 100 billion rupees to make biopharma production hub
The funding will be directed towards the research and production of biologics and biosimilar medicines Published Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 12:17 PM [MUMBAI] India will invest 100 billion rupees (S$1.4 billion) in biopharmaceutical research over the next five years as part of a broader push to scale up domestic manufacturing, signalling a renewed focus…
Read MoreOracle plans to raise US$45 billion to US$50 billion in 2026
Published Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 08:39 AM ORACLE expects to raise US$45 billion to US$50 billion in 2026 to build additional capacity for its cloud infrastructure, the software company said on Sunday. The company, chaired by billionaire Larry Ellison, said it plans to achieve its funding objectives using a combination of debt and equity…
Read MoreHeavy earnings week, jobs data to test US stocks after Microsoft swoon
Results are due from about one-quarter of S&P 500 companies including Alphabet, Amazon, Lilly Published Sun, Feb 1, 2026 · 10:31 PM [NEW YORK] Another huge batch of corporate earnings including from megacaps Alphabet and Amazon will test the US stock market in the coming week after a disappointing report from heavyweight Microsoft weighed on…
Read MoreSingapore bank lending hits fastest monthly growth since Dec 2024; full-year lending at multi-year high
For the whole of 2025, bank lending up 5.8% at S$10.26 trillion, MAS data indicates [SINGAPORE] Singapore’s bank lending in December 2025 charted the highest monthly increase since December 2024, driven primarily by an increase in loans to businesses. Loans and advances – including bills financing – from commercial banks to residents rose 1.5 per…
Read MoreNvidia CEO says new OpenAI investment may be largest yet
Jensen Huang calls the artificial intelligence research organisation “one of the most consequential companies of our time” Published Sun, Feb 1, 2026 · 04:44 PM [TAIPEI] Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang said that the company will be participating in OpenAI’s latest funding round, describing it as potentially “the largest investment we’ve ever made”. “We will…
Read MoreChinese travel giant Trip.com bets on Apac growth as it looks beyond home market
It will strengthen its branding and continue to develop specialised products for the newer audience [SINGAPORE] Once synonymous with China travel, Trip.com Group wants to distinguish itself as a service provider for customers from Asia who want to travel within Asia, in the next three to five years. “And if you become No 1 in…
Read MoreStop Writing Emails Like Term Papers
I’m Erik Huberman, and I have a simple rule for email: if you wouldn’t say it out loud, don’t write it that way. Email is a conversation, not a lecture. Too many people write like they’re turning in homework. That style sounds smart, but it fails at the only thing that matters—getting your point across…
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