Apple

US-China trade war

Trade tensions kick Asian business confidence to 10-year low

MUMBAI (June 19): Confidence among Asian companies in the June quarter fell to its lowest since the 2008-09 financial crisis, as a US-China trade war disrupts global supply chains and shows little sign of easing soon, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey found

Sector Focus

Big tech is armed, waiting to repel US antitrust onslaught

(June 10): Investors were caught off guard by the sudden US assault on technology giants last week, but behind the scenes, the industry’s biggest companies have been preparing for this moment of reckoning for months.

Tong's Portfolio

A tech war will be the end for this bull market

(May 27): Investors should probably brace for a protracted impasse on trade talks between the US and China. After the latest round of tariff hikes by both countries, China appears to have hardened its stance, with state media ramping up nationalistic rhet

Corporate moves

Epicentre's Lim buys shares, extends placement deadline

SINGAPORE (May 6): Lim Tiong Hian, executive chairman and largest shareholder of retailer and wellness services provider Epicentre Holdings, has increased his stake in the company for the first time in about 20 months.

Data privacy

Amazon workers are listening to what you tell Alexa

SINGAPORE (Apr 15): Tens of millions of people use smart speakers and their voice software to play games, find music or trawl for trivia. Millions more are reluctant to invite the devices and their powerful microphones into their homes out of concern that

Buy right: Sustainability icon

Chopard co-president and creative director Caroline Scheufele wins award at annual MAISON-DE-MODE.COM

Global Markets

Xiaomi grapples with geopolitics and doubt on trading debut

BEIJING (Jul 9): It was hailed as the biggest and most important Chinese technology debut in years. Instead, Xiaomi Corp. begins life as a public company on the defensive, struggling to justify a lofty valuation while buffeted by a geopolitical storm beyo

US Economy

Xi can make life tough for US companies from Apple to Walmart

HONG KONG (June 20): China doesn’t import enough from the US to match Donald Trump’s tariffs dollar for dollar, but President Xi Jinping can still squeeze American companies in other ways in retaliation.

Tech

3 reasons why tech is still in a secular uptrend

SINGAPORE (Apr 23): With FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google) stocks retreating from their 2018 highs and tech valuations settling, how should global investors react?
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