Challenges

7 hard truths about the loneliness of early entrepreneurship
You expected the late nights. You expected the financial risk. You expected your friends to not fully understand what a pre seed round actually means. What you probably did...
Singtel CEO Yuen Kuan Moon’s pay up 16.8% to S.2 million; S.8 billion cash holdings to help group navigate challenges
Singtel CEO Yuen Kuan Moon’s pay up 16.8% to S$8.2 million; S$2.8 billion cash holdings to help group navigate challenges
[SINGAPORE] Singtel’s leadership struck a cautiously optimistic tone on its near to medium-term outlook, even as group chief executive officer Yuen Kuan Moon’s total remuneration for financial year 2025...
German Watchdog Challenges DeepSeek App Presence in App Stores, Urges Apple, Google to Take Action
The Chinese artificial intelligence model DeepSeek, which shook the entire AI sector by its launch, has found itself in trouble in one of the European countries. A German privacy...
Debt to decarbonisation: challenges for Nippon Steel
Debt to decarbonisation: challenges for Nippon Steel
[TOKYO] Nippon Steel on Saturday (Jun 14) touted a “historic partnership” with US Steel after US President Donald Trump approved a multi-billion-dollar merger.But the Japanese giant faces numerous headwinds...
Overcoming challenges in sustainable finance
Overcoming challenges in sustainable finance
Helge Muenkel, chief sustainability officer, DBSHelge Muenkel, DBS chief sustainability officer PHOTO: DBSVictor Wong, head of sustainability office, UOB Asset ManagementVictor Wong, head of sustainability office, UOB Asset Management...
Temu-owner PDD Holdings profit dives as it faces challenges at home and abroad
Temu-owner PDD Holdings profit dives as it faces challenges at home and abroad
[SHANGHAI] Chinese e-commerce firm PDD Holdings saw first-quarter net profit fall 47 per cent to 14.7 billion yuan (S$2.6 billion) as its domestic platform suffered from intense local competition...
Amber Heard Gives Birth to Twins after ‘Fertility Challenges’ as She Announces Arrival of Son and Daughter on Instagram
Amber Heard took to Instagram on Mother's Day to announce that she has welcomed twins—a daughter named Agnes and a son named Ocean—along with a photo showing the tiny...
Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust posts 13.8% lower H1 DPU of Salt=
Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust posts 13.8% lower H1 DPU of S$0.03 amid challenges in commercial portfolio
[SINGAPORE] Frasers Logistics and Commercial Trust (FLCT) on Wednesday (May 7) posted a 13.8 per cent fall in distribution per unit (DPU) to S$0.03 for its first half ended...
China’s Big Five banks post slimmer margins as economic challenges persist
China’s Big Five banks post slimmer margins as economic challenges persist
[SHANGHAI/HONGKONG] China’s Big Five lenders reported narrower margins at the end of the first quarter on Tuesday (Apr 29), as profits fell for some on the slowing economy under...
Chinese EV maker Nio’s challenges bleed into its bond prices
Chinese EV maker Nio’s challenges bleed into its bond prices
[NEW YORK] A rally in the price of Nio’s convertible bonds is not enough to allay concerns over the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker’s financial health, analysts say.Nio’s 3.875...