Technology
Private healthcare providers brace for higher costs amid global shortage of nurses
OPERATING expenditures for private healthcare players in Singapore are expected to rise as they reassess their compensation for nurses, although the costs to retain staff could still be lower...
Japanese groups, Ikea-linked investor win first Norway offshore wind tender
NORWAY has awarded its first North Sea wind farm licence to a group made up of Ikea store owner Ingka Group and a Japanese power joint venture, the energy...
European airline CEOs say industry consolidation vital
MORE consolidation of Europe’s airlines is necessary to keep the industry competitive, the CEOs of British Airways owner IAG and Ryanair said on Wednesday (Mar 20), as the EU...
Big names back Disney at critical time in activists’ battle
WHAT do George Lucas, Jamie Dimon and the family of Walt Disney have in common? The creator of Star Wars, the billionaire Wall Street chief executive officer and the...
For hard-hit tech workers, AI is a silver lining
For the thousands of tech workers recently laid off in California and across the country, the future may not be as bleak as it looks right now: Many are...
Opinion: Everyone wants to rein in Facebook, TikTok and other social media. This is one obvious solution
Powerful technology has perhaps never presented a bigger set of regulatory challenges for the U.S. government. Before the state primary in January, Democrats in New Hampshire received robocalls playing...
Samsung, Deloitte units back medical AI startup PocketHealth
POCKETHEALTH has raised US$33 million from new investors including Deloitte Ventures and Samsung Next, joining a growing crop of startups gathering capital to explore the use of artificial intelligence...
China’s Tencent posts weak revenue growth, plans to double buybacks
CHINA’S Tencent Holdings posted a weaker-than-expected 7 per cent rise in fourth-quarter revenue on Wednesday (Mar 20) as its gaming revenue shrank, and said it was expecting to at...
