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Companies & Markets

Samsung planning shareholder return of US$72 billion: report

2026-08-20T08:02:44.000Z
The widening gap in Chinese equity benchmarks mirrors a global trend, with investors rewarding the companies supplying the infrastructure behind the AI boom.
Capital Markets & Currencies

Move over, CSI 300? Why the Star 50 is the index that matters amid China’s AI boom

2026-08-20T06:37:47.000Z
Officials think the project is impractical as Samsung and SK Hynix have already committed to chip and data centre investments, the report said. 
International

South Korea denies report it is considering chip project as first investment under US$350 billion US pledge

2026-08-18T02:34:47.000Z
Enterprise Singapore earlier raised its full-year NODX growth forecast to a range of 14 to 16%, from 3 to 5% previously.
Singapore

Economists raise full-year NODX growth forecasts after July’s 24.2% rise

2026-08-17T11:31:30.000Z
The recent rebound in the Philadelphia SOX came after reassurance from hyperscalers on AI capital expenditures and deleveraging of crowded positions in the semiconductor sector.
Companies & Markets

Philadelphia Semiconductor Index likely to retreat after recent rally

2026-08-16T23:00:00.000Z
FuriosaAI co-founder and CEO June Paik with a Furiosa RNGD card. The South Korean firm, founded in 2017, is one of the few startups in Asia to have secured production for its advanced AI chips.
Global Enterprise

What’s stopping Asia’s chipmakers from taking on Nvidia? The answer lies in this bottleneck

2026-08-16T08:41:00.000Z
UMS Integration’s revenue for the three months ended Jun 30 is up 29% year on year at S$87.1 million.
Companies & Markets
HOT STOCK

Chip stocks: UMS pares morning gains despite Q2 profit surge, AEM reverses into drop

2026-08-14T01:37:33.000Z
For the half-year ended Jun 30, UMS posted a 66% increase in net profit to S$33.4 million compared to the year-ago period.
Companies & Markets

UMS Integration Q2 profit up 89% buoyed by AI ‘super cycle’, aviation boom

2026-08-13T14:37:54.000Z
The Kospi is up more than 60% so far in 2026 on a largely retail-driven rally, yet remains about 24% down from its late June peak.
Global Enterprise

South Korean stocks surge 22% in 10 days amid global rebound in AI trade

2026-08-13T02:40:48.000Z
The benchmark Kospi gained 3.7 per cent on Aug 12. Samsung ended up 6.7 per cent while SK Hynix rose 5.5 per cent.
Capital Markets & Currencies

SK Hynix, Samsung shares gain as report says Temasek to invest

2026-08-12T05:55:50.000Z
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