Posts by Stephanie Irvin
Best AI Voice Bots for Sales Teams: Top 5 Picks
Sales teams are constantly under pressure to hit their sales targets faster and be more productive and efficient. That’s where AI voice bots can be beneficial. In addition to being powerful customer service automation tools, they can work well in sales environments, helping sales teams boost outreach, qualify leads, automate repetitive tasks, and scale operations…
Read MoreDezign Format to debut on Catalist on Aug 15 after S$6.5 million IPO
[SINGAPORE] Dezign Format will begin trading on the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) Catalist board when the market opens at 9am on Friday (Aug 15), following the successful placement of its new shares amounting to S$6.5 million. In a bourse filing on Thursday, the design agency said that the placement, which comprised 32.5 million new shares at…
Read MoreGeely profit beats estimates amid reshuffle, sector scrutiny
[HONG KONG] Geely Automobile Holdings’ first-half profit beat estimates as sales soared and the carmaker sought to reduce costs, even as the wider Chinese auto industry faces regulatory scrutiny over a long-running price war. The results incorporate a change in accounting policy, announced in April, that’s been applied retrospectively. Under the new method, net income…
Read MoreRemote Work Isn’t Just “Work from Home”
Remote work is nowhere near WFH. I mean, at some point it is, but there’s more to it. This is the point where people started during the pandemic. But nowadays, this does not happen. Remote work is not just sitting at home and checking email from the kitchen table. This is where your imagination ends.…
Read MoreB2B Marketing Isn’t About Platforms, It’s About People
You’ve heard it, and I have, too — “We need to focus our B2B marketing on LinkedIn because that’s where business professionals are.” This narrow thinking misses a fundamental truth about marketing that I’ve learned through years of building and scaling businesses. Here’s the reality: your B2B customer isn’t just a LinkedIn profile or a…
Read MoreEmerging market funds adjust bets as ‘sell the dollar’ trade loses appeal
THE US dollar’s bounceback in July is convincing some emerging market investors to bet that it will keep rising in coming months. T Rowe Price Group says it now favours US dollar-denominated emerging market bonds rather than local-currency ones as a tactical trade. Barclays is telling its clients to avoid shorting the greenback versus its…
Read MoreChina state media asks Nvidia to prove H20 chips are secure
[HONG KONG] China state media is calling for Nvidia to prove that its H20 chip is secure, saying it cannot allow flawed chips into the country. China’s top Internet watchdog summoned Nvidia representatives earlier this week to discuss what Chinese officials called significant security vulnerabilities in the H20. The Cyberspace Administration of China said that…
Read MoreAirbus said to deliver fewer aircraft in July amid engine woes
The world’s biggest planemaker has delivered around 370 planes in the first seven months of 2025, less than half its annual goal Published Sat, Aug 2, 2025 · 09:55 AM [NEW YORK] Airbus delivered about 63 aircraft last month, roughly 18 per cent fewer than during the same month a year ago, as a shortage…
Read MoreThree Intel senior executives to retire amid manufacturing shake up
[SAN FRANCISCO] Three senior executives in Intel’s manufacturing operations are set to retire, Intel told Reuters on Thursday, as new CEO Tan Lip-Bu implements sweeping change to resuscitate the struggling US chipmaker. Intel told staff on Tuesday (Jul 29) that corporate vice-presidents in the technology development group, Kaizad Mistry and Ryan Russell, would retire, as…
Read MoreOCBC trims full-year NIM guidance; Q2 profit slips 7% to S$1.82 billion
[SINGAPORE] OCBC has lowered its target net interest margin (NIM) for FY2025 to a range of 1.9 to 1.95 per cent, down five to 10 basis points (bps) from an earlier range of around 2 per cent. During the second quarter, “reduction in loan yields outpaced the drop in deposit costs”, said OCBC group chief…
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