Technology
TikTok to invest more than 200 billion reais in Brazil data centre
[NEW YORK] ByteDance’s TikTok will invest more than 200 billion reais (S$49 billion) to build a data centre in Brazil, marking its first project in Latin America.TikTok will partner...
HSBC names Brendan Nelson chairman in surprise move
The bank says Nelson’s appointment follows a robust process assessing internal and external candidates[LONDON] HSBC Holdings’ interim chairman Brendan Nelson will move into that role on a permanent basis,...
Waymo hits a dog in San Francisco, reigniting safety debate
A self-driving Waymo taxi hit a dog in San Francisco, reigniting a heated debate over autonomous vehicle safety just weeks after one killed a popular neighborhood cat.On Sunday, around...
Temasek-backed Xora Innovation leads US$46 million funding in Vinci
[SINGAPORE] Vinci, the brain behind a physics-driven artificial intelligence (AI) platform for hardware design and simulation, raised US$46 million in seed and Series A funding, it said on Tuesday...
STI up 0.3%, amid mixed showing by Singapore shares
Across the broader market, there are 288 gainers and 236 decliners, with 1.3 billion securities valued at about S$1.3 billion transacted[SINGAPORE] Singapore shares had a mixed showing on Tuesday...
Asian markets rise as US rate cut bets temper Japan bond unease
[HONG KONG] Stocks rose on Tuesday (Dec 2) following the previous day’s stutter as more weak US data helped solidify US interest rate cut optimism and tempered nervousness over...
JPMorgan doubles Swiss business by targeting wealthy clients
[ZURICH] JPMorgan doubled its Swiss domestic private banking business between 2020 and 2024 and aims to do so again by 2030 as it targets the country’s wealthiest people, a...
Sanli Environmental raises about S$10 million in placement amid record order book
[SINGAPORE] Catalist-listed Sanli Environmental raised gross proceeds of some S$10 million in its placement of nearly 38.5 million fully paid-up ordinary shares at an issue price of S$0.26 apiece....
