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StarHub broadband service restored after outage on Tuesday
STARHUB broadband customers experienced an outage which disrupted their access to the Internet just before 8 pm on Tuesday (Aug 20), but the telco announced at 9.15 pm that...
TSMC breaks ground on 10 billion euros German plant in chip war salvo
TAIWAN Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) broke ground in eastern Germany on its first European plant as the continent seeks to safeguard its chip supplies amid growing US-China tensions.
“We are...
Market bullish ahead of inflation data, Powell’s speech; STI up 0.4% on Tuesday
SINGAPORE stocks extended rally on Tuesday (Aug 20) as investors await eagerly the Republic’s July inflation data and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s keynote speech. The Straits Times Index...
HSBC said to explore sale of South Africa units to focus on Asia
HSBC Holdings is weighing a sale of its South African businesses as the lender focuses on Asian markets, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The South African branch...
The MAS and CAD naughty list
JUST this week, water treatment company Memiontec announced that its husband-and-wife founders were being jointly investigated by the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD)...
Huawei’s smart car unit valued at 115 billion yuan after investment
CHINESE tech firm Huawei Technologies’ push into the electric vehicle market has received another boost, after an investment valued its auto solutions company at 115 billion yuan (S$21.1 billion).Avatr...
China’s gold imports tumble again as record prices deter buyers
CHINESE consumers continued to pull back on gold purchases last month, as record prices and a sustained economic slowdown curbed demand in the world’s biggest bullion-buying nation. Gold imports...
Thai central bank may face more rate-cut pressure from new PM
THAILAND’S central bank is poised to keep the policy rate at a decade high this week as the economy gathers some steam but uncertainty about a US$14 billion handout...
