Posts by Swedan Margen
Singtel shares fall as much as 3.7% after 2-day rally on STT GDC deal
The telco and KKR will acquire the remaining 82% stake that they do not own in STT GDC [SINGAPORE] Shares of Singtel fell as much as 3.7 per cent after surging for two days, following the confirmation of its purchase of data centre operator ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) as part of a…
Read MoreSingtel shares fall as much as 3.9% after 2-day rally on STT GDC deal
The telco and KKR will acquire the remaining 82% stake that they do not own in STT GDC [SINGAPORE] Shares of Singtel fell as much as 3.9 per cent after surging for two days, following the confirmation of its purchase of data centre operator ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) as part of a…
Read MoreTrillion-dollar tech wipeout ensnares all stocks in AI’s path
Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 12:55 PM [SAN FRANCISCO] There have been many artificial intelligence (AI)-driven sell-offs in the three years since ChatGPT burst into the mainstream. Nothing, though, quite rivals the rout rippling through stock and credit markets this week. For one, there’s the sheer speed and breadth of it. In the span…
Read MoreNancy Guthrie: Feds Return to Savannah Guthrie’s Mom’s Home and Search Wooded Area as FBI Assigns Hostage Negotiators to Family
Federal agents with K-9 teams arrived at Nancy Guthrie’s home in Arizona on Wednesday evening and conducted searches in a nearby wooded area as well as inside the garage of the missing woman. Nancy, 84, vanished Saturday evening after her Italian son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, dropped her off at the large Arizona property — the last…
Read MoreApac economies that gained from AI boom like Taiwan, Singapore drive outbound travel in 2025: Visa
Japan, South Korea, China see strong inbound travel amid demand for pop culture tourism [SINGAPORE] Asia-Pacific economies exposed to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom drove outbound spending in 2025, amid an increase in their strength, data by Visa indicated. In the region, AI investment is largely into semiconductor manufacturing and data centres, and economies exposed…
Read MoreApac economies like Taiwan, Singapore that gained from AI boom drive outbound travel in 2025: Visa
Japan, South Korea and China see strong inbound travel amid demand for pop culture tourism [SINGAPORE] Asia-Pacific economies exposed to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom drove outbound spending in 2025, amid an increase in their strength, data by Visa indicated. In the region, AI investment is largely into semiconductor manufacturing and data centres, and economies…
Read MoreAI boom lifts outbound travel as Singapore, Apac economies ride gains abroad
Japan, South Korea and China see strong inbound travel amid demand for pop culture tourism [SINGAPORE] Asia-Pacific markets exposed to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom drove outbound spending in 2025, amid an increase in their economic strength, data by Visa indicated. In the region, AI investment is largely in semiconductor manufacturing and data centres, and…
Read MoreAI boom lifts outbound travel as Singapore, Apac economies splurge abroad
Japan, South Korea and China see strong inbound travel amid demand for pop culture tourism [SINGAPORE] Asia-Pacific markets exposed to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom drove outbound spending in 2025, amid an increase in their economic strength, data by Visa indicated. In the region, AI investment is largely in semiconductor manufacturing and data centres, and…
Read MoreSony lifts earnings targets after strong quarter, but PlayStation 5 sales slide
The Japanese conglomerate has, over the years, made a successful pivot from household electronics to entertainment Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 12:26 PM [TOKYO] Japan’s Sony on Thursday (Feb 5) reported a 22 per cent rise in third-quarter operating profit that trounced forecasts and lifted its full-year outlook, although sales of its PlayStation 5…
Read MoreSony lifts outlook after record quarterly profit, music and sensor units shine
The Japanese conglomerate also announces an expansion in its share buyback scheme Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 12:26 PM — Updated Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 04:26 PM [TOKYO] Japan’s Sony on Thursday (Feb 5) raised its full-year outlook after reporting record quarterly operating profit, boosted by gains for its image sensor and music…
Read MoreAsia shares falter as global tech sell-off spooks investors
Investors have been rotating out of technology giants and into cyclical stocks amid fears of AI disruptions to jobs Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 11:42 AM [SYDNEY] Asian stocks faltered as concerns about the exploding costs of artificial intelligence (AI) investment hounded the tech sector, though Wall Street futures were trying to make a…
Read MoreAustralianSuper hunts for private equity deals across Asia
The pension fund currently has 5.1% of its balanced portfolio invested in private equity Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 11:35 AM [MELBOURNE] AustralianSuper, the country’s largest pension fund, is hunting private equity (PE) deals in Asia to grow its private markets portfolio, according to chief executive officer Paul Schroder. The A$410 billion (S$364 billion)…
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