https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ THE BUSINESS TIMES - Find latest business and financial news including analysis and opinion on top business stories, stock markets in Singapore, Asia-Pacific and global market news and more at The Business Times. en-US https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/favicon.ico https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ 32 32 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/samsung-get-jump-apples-first-foldable-new-phones-july Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:10:20 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/samsung-get-jump-apples-first-foldable-new-phones-july The Galaxy Unpacked event will be in London https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/amazon-seeks-raise-least-us25-billion-bond-sale Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:31:03 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/amazon-seeks-raise-least-us25-billion-bond-sale The company is selling the debt in as many as eight tranches, ranging from three to 40 years https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/chinas-deepseek-developing-its-own-ai-chip-sources Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:42:31 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/chinas-deepseek-developing-its-own-ai-chip-sources The startup has increased hiring of chip-design engineers in recent months https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/ai-wont-bring-back-era-rapid-growth-says-nobel-prize-winner Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:21:10 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets International /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/ai-wont-bring-back-era-rapid-growth-says-nobel-prize-winner As many as four in 10 US and UK jobs would be largely unaffected by AI https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/wall-street-warms-spacex-ahead-nasdaq-100-inclusion Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:01:22 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/wall-street-warms-spacex-ahead-nasdaq-100-inclusion Index entry could draw over US$4 billion in flows to the company, JPMorgan estimates https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/meta-says-us-states-are-seeking-us1-4-trillion-penalties-violating-child-safety-law Tue, 07 Jul 2026 05:08:39 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/meta-says-us-states-are-seeking-us1-4-trillion-penalties-violating-child-safety-law The trial is due to start in August https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/lg-energy-profit-misses-estimates-slow-ev-demand-hits Tue, 07 Jul 2026 02:21:26 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/lg-energy-profit-misses-estimates-slow-ev-demand-hits The company has been accelerating its expansion into the fast-growing energy storage market https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/transport-logistics/uber-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi-steps-down-grabs-board Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:01:59 +0000 Shikhar Gupta Transport & Logistics Companies & Markets Telcos, Media & Tech /companies-markets/transport-logistics/uber-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi-steps-down-grabs-board Uber’s economic interest in Grab is unchanged by this transition https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/when-disruptor-gets-disrupted-how-chinese-open-source-ai-eating-its-own-industry Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 International Companies & Markets Telcos, Media & Tech /international/when-disruptor-gets-disrupted-how-chinese-open-source-ai-eating-its-own-industry Chinese labs have flooded the market with models that are free to download, cheap to run and increasingly hard to dismiss as... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/samsung-profit-surges-past-estimates-ai-memory-chip-demand Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:34:25 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/samsung-profit-surges-past-estimates-ai-memory-chip-demand Chipmakers are enjoying an unprecedented rise in demand for the high-bandwidth memory essential to AI accelerators https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/apple-supplier-luxshare-sets-hong-kong-listing-top-range-temasek-and-gic-cornerstone-investors Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:47:02 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/apple-supplier-luxshare-sets-hong-kong-listing-top-range-temasek-and-gic-cornerstone-investors The company says the offer price is determined at HK$63.28 per H-share, and will sell 383.5 million shares https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/broadcom-apple-extend-chip-partnership-through-2031 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 12:27:45 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/broadcom-apple-extend-chip-partnership-through-2031 The extended partnership reinforces Apple’s strategy of locking in long-term supply agreements with key chipmakers https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/nvidia-supplier-unimicron-seeks-us1-4-billion-share-sale-amid-ai-boom Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:57:40 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/nvidia-supplier-unimicron-seeks-us1-4-billion-share-sale-amid-ai-boom An AI frenzy that has lifted the Taiwanese chip supplier’s stock more than 700% over the past 12 months https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/south-koreas-sk-hynix-launches-us28-billion-us-listing-ride-global-ai-wave Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:22:56 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/south-koreas-sk-hynix-launches-us28-billion-us-listing-ride-global-ai-wave The company will sell 17.79 million new shares in Nasdaq depository receipts https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/nvidia-ai-server-delay-report-sends-asian-tech-stocks-sliding Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:06:30 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/nvidia-ai-server-delay-report-sends-asian-tech-stocks-sliding The stock declines showed investors are wary of any potential negative developments after big runups in AI-related stocks https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/bytedance-alibaba-pull-ai-companions-beijing-tightens-rules Mon, 06 Jul 2026 04:23:50 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/bytedance-alibaba-pull-ai-companions-beijing-tightens-rules In the US, tech platforms have come under intense legal scrutiny for similar features https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/samsung-likely-post-18-times-jump-profit-surging-ai-demand-memory Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:11:31 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/samsung-likely-post-18-times-jump-profit-surging-ai-demand-memory Analysts expect the memory market to remain undersupplied at least till next year https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/europes-heatwave-bright-spot-chinas-portable-ac-makers Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:38:59 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/europes-heatwave-bright-spot-chinas-portable-ac-makers Only a fifth of European households have air conditioning, International Energy Agency data shows https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/hyundai-motor-showcases-humanoid-world-cup-robotics-push Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:48:07 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/hyundai-motor-showcases-humanoid-world-cup-robotics-push The rapid rise of robots has stoked job security concerns around the world https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/alibaba-gets-reprieve-lobbying-ban-tied-us-defense-department-blacklist Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:07:26 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/alibaba-gets-reprieve-lobbying-ban-tied-us-defense-department-blacklist On Jun 8, the Pentagon adds Alibaba to its roster of Chinese military companies operating in the US, known as the 1260H... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/singapore-enters-next-phase-5g-roll-out-telcos-achieve-nationwide-coverage Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Young Zhan Heng Companies & Markets Telcos, Media & Tech /companies-markets/singapore-enters-next-phase-5g-roll-out-telcos-achieve-nationwide-coverage Some operators have retired their older 5G networks, while Simba has yet to announce a timeline for completing the shift to standalone... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/memory-chipmaker-kioxia-ships-next-gen-samples-ai-boom-fuels-dramatic-comeback Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:57:20 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets International /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/memory-chipmaker-kioxia-ships-next-gen-samples-ai-boom-fuels-dramatic-comeback Its stock price surges more than sevenfold this year, to a market capitalisation of more than US$250 billion https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/personal-data-70000-people-compromised-cybersecurity-incident-involving-sla-vendor-ibm Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:49:20 +0000 Shikhar Gupta Singapore Companies & Markets Telcos, Media & Tech /singapore/personal-data-70000-people-compromised-cybersecurity-incident-involving-sla-vendor-ibm Names and NRIC numbers are part of affected data set https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/chip-industry-urges-us-avoid-moves-distort-memory-market Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:28:22 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/chip-industry-urges-us-avoid-moves-distort-memory-market Shortage sparks policy debates beyond buying from blacklisted Chinese memory makers https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/alibaba-tencent-join-us2-billion-funding-kuaishous-kling-ai Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:00:49 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/alibaba-tencent-join-us2-billion-funding-kuaishous-kling-ai The company may potentially raise as much as about US$3 billion as more investors may take part in future https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/trump-thinks-musk-will-donate-spacex-stock-us-child-savings-scheme Fri, 03 Jul 2026 01:57:12 +0000 International Companies & Markets Telcos, Media & Tech /international/trump-thinks-musk-will-donate-spacex-stock-us-child-savings-scheme The tax-advantaged Trump savings accounts will launch on Jul 4 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/google-loses-fight-against-record-us4-95-billion-eu-antitrust-fine Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:45:11 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets International /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/google-loses-fight-against-record-us4-95-billion-eu-antitrust-fine The ruling confirms Google Search’s abuse of a dominant position in the context of the Android operating system https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/aem-says-us-court-has-dismissed-advantests-patent-infringement-complaint Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:16:08 +0000 Shikhar Gupta Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/aem-says-us-court-has-dismissed-advantests-patent-infringement-complaint But court has granted Advantest leave to file an amended complaint https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/openai-proposes-handing-trump-administration-5-stake-ft-reports-amid-growing-us-scrutiny-ai-firms Thu, 02 Jul 2026 04:58:30 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/openai-proposes-handing-trump-administration-5-stake-ft-reports-amid-growing-us-scrutiny-ai-firms The move follows growing public backlash in the US over AI’s potential to cause economic upheaval, including layoffs https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/grab-completes-us425-million-acquisition-us-based-stash-financial Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:16:01 +0000 Shikhar Gupta Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/grab-completes-us425-million-acquisition-us-based-stash-financial It plans to eventually introduce the digital financial services firm’s investing solutions, including an AI Money Coach, in South-east Asia https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/alibaba-payment-firm-will-pay-us600-million-resolve-us-probe Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:54:21 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/alibaba-payment-firm-will-pay-us600-million-resolve-us-probe The settlement comes at a delicate time for Alibaba in the US https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/apple-seeks-buy-chinese-made-memory-chips-lobbying-push Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:28:15 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/apple-seeks-buy-chinese-made-memory-chips-lobbying-push Both CXMT and YMTC are on US Defense Department list of entities believed to support Beijing’s military