Opinion & Features

How AI could help – or hurt – Asia’s energy future

2026-09-16T23:00:00.000Z
With no fuel hedges and a heavily leveraged balance sheet, AirAsia Group has posted a second-quarter net loss of RM831 million.
THINKING ALOUD

AirAsia’s funding woes test how far Malaysia will go to protect its budget champion

2026-09-16T23:00:00.000Z
The construction contractor buys materials and fuel from dozens of suppliers – concrete by volume, glass and steel in varying dimensions and diesel by the litre.

STI constituents must report Scope 3 emissions in 2027. The burden mostly falls on unlisted firms

2026-09-16T23:00:00.000Z
US President Donald Trump has promised a US$5,000-per-person dividend if Republicans retake Congress this November.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Real or not, Trump’s helicopter money drop should alarm Warsh

2026-09-16T09:30:16.000Z
Bank of America analysts note sky-high memory costs – a key indicator of demand for the AI buildout – are unchanged.

Chipmaker stocks will weather any AI slowdown

2026-09-16T08:20:09.000Z
Implementation of AI must be adaptive rather than driven by the fear of appearing backward. The legal profession must strike their own path.

The defining frontier of law today is human striving

2026-09-16T04:00:00.000Z
Policy cannot tell people how many children to have, but it can narrow the distance between how many children they want and they feel able to have.

S$70,000 is a big number for the NDR baby package. It might not be enough to boost fertility rate

2026-09-15T23:00:00.000Z
In recent weeks, OpenAI and Anthropic have issued portentous warnings about the dangers their own products pose to civilisation, making vague noises about collectively slowing down development.
THINKING ALOUD

AI agents, we’re going to need to see some ID

2026-09-15T23:00:00.000Z
Marubeni, one of Japan’s largest conglomerates, created an investment platform designed to drive the company’s consumer business.
THE BOTTOM LINE

To unlock shareholder value, Singapore conglomerates can learn from Japan’s trading houses

2026-09-15T23:00:00.000Z
More high-net-worth individuals believe they will live to 100. This is reshaping approaches to work, retirement and wealth planning.
MIND THE GAP

A ‘portfolio life’ as the answer to the longevity challenge

2026-09-15T10:09:41.000Z