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Oil jumps US$1 after further drone attacks on Iraq oil fields
[HOUSTON] Oil prices rose US$1 on Thursday (Jul 16) after drones struck Iraqi Kurdistan oil fields for a fourth day, pointing to continued risk in the volatile region.Brent crude...
Amazon’s AWS cloud computing unit cuts jobs
Published Thu, Jul 17, 2025 · 11:57 PM[SAN FRANCISCO] Amazon cut jobs in its Amazon Web Services cloud computing unit on Thursday (Jul 17), a spokesperson confirmed following a...
China’s WeRide secures LTA approval to run driverless bus without safety officer in Sentosa
[SINGAPORE] China-based WeRide has secured approval from Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) to operate a driverless bus in Sentosa without an on-board safety officer.This will be the first autonomous...
Samsung chairman Lee’s long legal saga ends with acquittal
[SEOUL] Samsung Electronics executive chairman Lee Jae-yong was cleared of all charges related to accounting fraud and stock manipulation by South Korea’s Supreme Court, marking a major legal victory...
No let-up in India’s private market boom as investors continue to shun China
[SINGAPORE] A surge in the value of private equity (PE) deals signed in India in the first half of this year, coupled with the inking of the country’s biggest...
Wilmar to acquire up to 20% of Mumbai-listed joint venture with Adani
[SINGAPORE] Agri-specialist Wilmar International has agreed to acquire up to 20 per cent of the shares held by India’s Adani Commodities in the two companies’ joint venture (JV), for...
Julius Baer seeks to cut bonuses of bankers with risky books: sources
The move comes as the Swiss lender’s top management seek to reset and put the bank on a path for growth after a string of misstepsPublished Thu, Jul 17,...
TSMC posts record quarterly profit on AI demand, but cautious on tariff impact
[TAIPEI] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world’s main producer of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips, posted record, forecast-beating quarterly profit on Thursday (Jul 17) but warned that future...
