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Databricks to buy Neon for US billion to boost AI-agent development
Databricks to buy Neon for US$1 billion to boost AI-agent development
[SAN FRANCISCO] Databricks said on Wednesday (May 14) it would buy database startup Neon in a deal valued at about US$1 billion, aiming to strengthen its analytics platform with...
Tencent quarterly revenue up 13% on AI, gaming boost
Tencent quarterly revenue up 13% on AI, gaming boost
[BEIJING] Tencent Holdings, China’s biggest technology company by market capitalisation, posted a 13 per cent rise in first-quarter revenue on Wednesday (May 14), boosted by growth in gaming and...
GSK to buy liver disease drug for as much as US billion
GSK to buy liver disease drug for as much as US$2 billion
The drug has the potential to become a best-in-class medicine to treat a form of fatty liver diseasePublished Wed, May 14, 2025 · 04:39 PM[LONDON] GSK agreed to buy...
Burberry to cut 1,700 jobs as sales drop
Burberry to cut 1,700 jobs as sales drop
[LONDON] Burberry Group plans to cut almost one-fifth of its work force as its new chief executive officer tries to turn around the British trench-coat maker, after its push...
Taiwan tech giant Foxconn’s Q1 profit soars
Taiwan tech giant Foxconn’s Q1 profit soars
Net profit in the first three months rose 91% year-on-year to NT$42.1 billion (S$1.8 billion)Published Wed, May 14, 2025 · 03:27 PM[TAIPEI] Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn said on Wednesday...
Singapore Airlines to operate out of Changi Airport’s Terminal 5; internal train to cover 2km distance
Singapore Airlines to operate out of Changi Airport’s Terminal 5; internal train to cover 2km distance
[SINGAPORE] Changi Airport’s upcoming Terminal 5 (T5) will host the operations of Singapore Airlines (SIA) group, with the terminal’s first phase designed to handle about 50 million passengers annually.When...
Baidu prepares to launch driverless taxi in Europe: report
Baidu prepares to launch driverless taxi in Europe: report
The company has been in discussions with Switzerland’s bus service provider PostAuto to debut its robotaxi service in Switzerland, WSJ reportsPublished Wed, May 14, 2025 · 02:18 PM[BENGALURU] Chinese...
GXS Bank CEO to retire, GX Bank CEO to take over
GXS Bank CEO to retire, GX Bank CEO to take over
[SINGAPORE] GXS Bank has announced that chief executive Muthukrishnan Ramaswami will be retiring on May 31.His successor will be Lai Pei-Si, CEO of GX Bank, the Malaysian arm of...
Sony sees 100 billion yen tariff hit in underwhelming outlook
Sony sees 100 billion yen tariff hit in underwhelming outlook
Even without the levies, the company’s projection falls shy of the average analyst estimate of 1.5 trillion yen and is essentially flat compared to the year concluded in March...
Frasers Property offers to privatise FHT for Salt=
Frasers Property offers to privatise FHT for S$0.71 per stapled security
[SINGAPORE] Frasers Hospitality Asset Management, as the manager of Frasers Hospitality Trust (FHT), announced on Wednesday (May 14) the proposed privatisation of the stapled securities group for S$0.71 per...