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Lionel Lim

Lionel Lim

ASSISTANT EDITOR, BT GLOBAL

emaillionellim@sph.com.sg
Emperador, which owns brands such as The Dalmore, thinks changing consumer preferences could represent an opportunity for it to enter the mezcal market.

World’s biggest brandy maker and Dalmore owner sees an opportunity to expand into agave-based spirits

Philippines-based Emperador thinks consumer preferences for tequila and mezcal are changing

A technician at Applied Materials' facility in Santa Clara, California.

Applied Materials CTO sees potential to develop robotics ecosystem in Singapore

The company’s corporate venture capital arm finds the embodied AI space promising

The Philippines has the largest mismatch between opportunity and trust, with a third of the 46 business executives surveyed citing it.
ASEAN INTELLIGENCE

‘High opportunity, low trust’: Why firms see Asean market as attractive but not easy to navigate

More than 60% of respondents think the most compelling prospects in the next 3 years are within the region

Across Asean, automation and AI are the top investment priority, survey respondents say.
ASEAN INTELLIGENCE

Asean firms to allocate 81% of investments within Asia, move supply chains to region: BT survey

Firms focus on Asean, home markets and China but more cautious about US, EU

Chinese EV brands are increasingly making inroads in Europe, sometimes at the expense of European carmakers.

Developments in China’s economy now have a bigger impact on EU: ECB

The Asian nation is now competing in sectors that Europe has long invested in

Grab's co-founder and CEO Anthony Tan is BT's Singapore Business Awards' Businessman of the Year for 2026.

Grab hitches a ride on the AI wave as CEO Anthony Tan steers company into next phase of growth

The South-east Asian superapp has long invested in technology, believing it to be essential for growth

ThaiBev's H1 net profit is down 3.2% year on year at 14.2 billion baht.

ThaiBev optimistic in Thailand for second half of 2026 despite weaker beer sales

Revenue for the segment is down 5.4% at 62.6 billion baht for the six months ended Mar 31

A motorist at a gas station in Mandaluyong, the Philippines. The country's dependence on energy imports from the Middle East has been exposed by the Iran conflict.

Risks are ‘clearly to the downside’ for Asia after a strong start to the year: IMF Asia-Pacific director

The region relies heavily on energy imports from the Middle East, which have been affected by the Iran conflict

Silicon Box packages square chips on square panels that have more than six times the productive area of standard 300 mm wafers.

Square chips on square panels – Silicon Box aims to break supply chain bottleneck with novel technology

The Singapore semiconductor startup is expected to ship more than a billion devices including advanced chiplet-based products this year

Maharlika CEO and president Rafael Consing Jr says the strategy is to invest in projects that can “catalyse growth”, particularly because of the smaller amount of capital the fund has.

Philippine sovereign wealth fund targeting investments this year despite Middle East conflict, economic languor

Maharlika looking at projects that build national resilience, says CEO Rafael Consing Jr

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