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Alibaba, Tencent freeze AI tools during high-stakes China exam
[BEIJING] China’s most popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots such as Alibaba’s Qwen have temporarily disabled functions including picture recognition, to prevent students from cheating during the country’s annual “gaokao”...
Oil prices hold gains ahead of US-China trade talks
Inflation data from China on Monday morning will give a reading of domestic demand in the world’s largest crude importerPublished Mon, Jun 9, 2025 · 11:50 AM[BEIJING] Oil prices...
‘Most unloved bonds’ turn routine US auction into crucial test
[NEW JERSEY] Global investor pushback against long-term government debt is turning what normally would be a routine US bond auction into one of the most anticipated events on Wall...
Revisions confirm Japan GDP contraction, backing Bank of Japan caution
Most economists expect the central bank to delay further rate hikes, with a majority anticipating no change in coming monthsPublished Mon, Jun 9, 2025 · 09:35 AM[TOKYO] Japan’s economy...
Stocks to watch: OCBC, CapitaLand Investment, Sasseur Reit, Thakral
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Jun 9).OCBC: The bank has made a S$900 million conditional exit offer at...
GEH, OCBC’s proposals a victory of sorts for minorities who have held out, endured suspension
[SINGAPORE] When Great Eastern Holdings (GEH) and its controlling shareholder OCBC put forward a two-pronged plan last week to resolve the insurer’s trading suspension, I was impressed and rather...
Meta in talks for Scale AI investment that could top US$10 billion
[NEW YORK] Meta Platforms is in talks to make a multibillion-dollar investment into artificial intelligence (AI) startup Scale AI, according to sources familiar with the matter.The financing could exceed...
What does the delisting proposal by Great Eastern mean for the minorities as well as majority shareholder OCBC?
[SINGAPORE] As OCBC makes a conditional exit offer of S$900 million at S$30.15 per share to Great Eastern Holdings’ (GEH’s) shareholders, The Business Times takes a look at the...
