ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) is a powerful workforce multiplier that is changing the business landscape. From virtual medical assistance to data analytics, AI enhances productivity and frees up...

IT IS not surprising that very few people can recall the names of most of America's vice-presidents. President Franklin Roosevelt's first Vice-President John Nance Garner famously said that his...

GET a haircut and buy a potted plant. Have your beard trimmed in the hallowed halls of an Ottoman Palace (with a bit of imagination). Or have a facial in a friend's cosy living room and linger for...

HOCK LOCK SIEW

THE coronavirus pandemic has been destructive but it could prove to be a blessing in disguise for mainboard-listed transport giant ComfortDelGro Group, as a dampening of demand seems to have...

THE Covid-19 crisis will transform industry across Asia. New circumstances have reinforced the importance of agility, efficiency, and resiliency across the region - which continues to vie for...

THE BOTTOM LINE

IT is finally here. After an investigation that lasted more than a year, a US House antitrust subcommittee has come up with a robust game plan to rein in the biggest tech giants.

POSITIVE progress has been made in green finance globally despite the Covid-19 pandemic. One notable example is the growing consensus among central banks and regulators that enhanced environmental...

THERE is no single future until it happens, and any effort to envision geopolitics in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic must include a range of possible future scenarios. I suggest five for 2030,...

WHAT shape will the Indian economic recovery eventually take? The clues are floating within a bowl of alphabet soup.

THE rightful president of Belarus, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, appeared via video last month before the United Nations Human Rights Council. Her country's August election, she declared, had been "...