Entrepreneurship
Apple’s iPhone only smartphone to see sales growth in China this January
Every major Chinese mobile maker sees steep declines in a market that is down 23% overallPublished Thu, Feb 12, 2026 · 10:46 PM[BEIJING] Apple’s iPhone was the only smartphone...
Budget 2026: Fund top-ups position Singapore as leading centre for equity fundraising
EQDP to be expanded from S$5 billion to S$6.5 billionAnchor Fund top-up shows the government’s willingness to invest in high-growth companiesTop-up of Startup SG Equity programme will help to...
Samsung ships latest HBM4 chips to catch-up in AI race
Published Thu, Feb 12, 2026 · 07:22 PM[SEOUL] Samsung Electronics said on Thursday (Feb 12) it had started shipping its most advanced HBM4 chips to unnamed customers, as it...
Blackstone folds hedge fund seeding into US$60 billion business
SAF typically gives emerging managers locked-up startup capital in the region of US$150 million, in exchange for a cut of their revenuePublished Thu, Feb 12, 2026 · 01:33 PM[LONDON]...
Asian stocks at record high, US jobs data buoys yields, dollar
Inflation data is due on Friday and will be the next test for market views on interest rate cutsPublished Thu, Feb 12, 2026 · 11:23 AM[SINGAPORE] Asian stocks rose...
Pentagon pushing AI companies to expand on classified networks: sources
Military officials are hoping to leverage AI’s power to synthesise information to help shape decisionsPublished Thu, Feb 12, 2026 · 11:12 AM[NEW YORK] The Pentagon is pushing the top...
STI crosses 5,000 mark for first time to record high
Its gains follow measures to revive Singapore’s stock market, a strong Singdollar and a pivot from US-dollar assets[SINGAPORE] After days of fluctuations, the Straits Times Index (STI) surpassed the...
UK’s digital bonds to be issued using HSBC blockchain platform
The plans also come as large financial institutions around the globe ramp up efforts to tokenise other financial instrumentsPublished Thu, Feb 12, 2026 · 09:06 AM[LONDON] The UK Treasury...
Singtel Q3 net profit up 43.5% at S$1.9 billion on exceptional gain from Airtel stake sale
Optus is “continuing to invest in strengthening resilience” after an independent review into the Triple Zero outage, says Singtel group CEO [SINGAPORE] Singtel posted a 43.5 per cent surge...
StarHub H2 net profit more than halves to S$38.5 million; guides lower earnings in FY2026
[SINGAPORE] StarHub posted net profit of S$38.5 million for its second half ended Dec 31, 2025, a 50.9 per cent decline from S$78.4 million in the year-ago period. This...
