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AI 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,...
AI 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,...
Apac 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,...
Sony lifts outlook after record quarterly profit, music and sensor units shine
The Japanese conglomerate also announces an expansion in its share buyback schemePublished Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 12:26 PM — Updated Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 04:26 PM[TOKYO] Japan’s...
Sony 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 entertainmentPublished Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 12:26 PM[TOKYO] Japan’s Sony on Thursday (Feb 5)...
Asia 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 jobsPublished Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 11:42 AM[SYDNEY] Asian stocks faltered...
AustralianSuper hunts for private equity deals across Asia
The pension fund currently has 5.1% of its balanced portfolio invested in private equityPublished Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 11:35 AM[MELBOURNE] AustralianSuper, the country’s largest pension fund, is hunting...
Aviation must adopt F1’s innovation speed, says SATS CEO Kerry Mok
[SINGAPORE] The aviation industry must change more quickly and adopt the relentless, “race-by-race” innovation cycle seen in Formula 1 (F1) if it hopes to survive a deepening manpower crisis,...
Baidu approves US$5 billion share buyback, first dividend
The Internet company joins larger peers Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding in enhancing shareholder returnsPublished Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 10:56 AMBAIDU announced a three-year stock buyback programme...
Qualcomm, Arm hit by concern that memory shortage is spreading
The historic build-out of AI infrastructure is driving the shortage of memory chipsPublished Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 10:27 AM[SAN FRANCISCO] Shares of Qualcomm and Arm Holdings fell steeply...
Labor unions urge Gov. Gavin Newsom, California lawmakers to rein in artificial intelligence
SACRAMENTO — National union leaders, including the head of one of California’s largest labor organizations, on Wednesday urged Gov. Gavin Newsom to protect workers as artificial intelligence threatens to replace or...
