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Micron’s facility in Batu Kawan, in Penang state, is the giant memory chipmaker's largest in Malaysia.

Penang chipmakers cheer soaring demand even as gamers feel the pain

A global memory chip shortage has worsened since 2024 as producers pivot to feed the voracious

Finance professional Dayanara Lim is set to move into a smaller condominium unit amid high rental rates in Metro Manila, Philippines.

For millions of Filipinos, owning a home is a dream the market was never built to fulfil

Risky rent-to-own schemes have grown in popularity as a workaround

A pop-up career fair by Chinese online travel giant Trip.com on the NTU campus in Boon Lay on April 16, where roles for AI engineers and data analysts were highlighted.

Chinese tech giants dangle record pay packets to court Singapore-trained AI graduates

China’s recruitment drive reflects a stark talent shortage in its all-important AI industry

LTA is closely monitoring traffic in the Orchard area, which has seen speeds persistently lower than optimal.

ERP charges may resume in Orchard Road if congestion in the area worsens: LTA

[SINGAPORE] Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) operations may return to the Orchard Road area if congestion in the shopping district worsens, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a statement on May 2...

On May 2, Beijing ordered its companies not to comply with US sanctions on five Chinese refineries accused of buying Iranian oil, including Hengli Petrochemicals (above).

China uses for the first time new rules to counter ‘improper’ foreign jurisdiction over its firms

In the years since, Beijing has further bolstered its toolkit with measures such as an anti-foreign sanctions law

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 20.

The real message behind Beijing’s back-to-back summits

Trump and Putin visits in a week show Xi positioning China at the center of a fractured world order

US President Donald Trump (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping at their meeting in Beijing on May 15.

Can Carney’s ‘middle powers’ stand up to the US and China in a G-2 world?

The question returns to the fore in the wake of the latest Trump-Xi summit

Singapore shipping veteran Teo Siong Seng is one of seven executives the US has accused of colluding to fix the prices of dry containers.

Singamas shares plunge after US DOJ allegations against CEO Teo Siong Seng

The firm has engaged external legal advisors, and business operations will remain normal in the meantime

Teo Siong Seng, chief executive of Singamas, was named as one of the individuals alleged to be involved in price fixing.

Singapore shipping veteran, SBF chair Teo Siong Seng and others accused by US of price fixing

The prices of standard shipping containers are said to have roughly doubled between 2019 and 2021, notes the US Department of Justice