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SINGAPORE (Jan 12): Machine learning has become a popular area of research across a range of disciplines. From driverless cars to online retail, the evolution of these techniques has largely taken place outside of finance – but in recent years, the inve

SINGAPORE (Dec 29): Singapore’s chief executive officers (CEOs) are the most confident in their country’s growth prospects as compared to their Asean peers, whom have broadly expressed muted confidence in the global and national economy as well their

SINGAPORE (Oct 4): A majority of small medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore are unlikely to qualify for business financing, according to recent data from Linkflow Capital.

SINGAPORE (Sept 20): Maybank Kim Eng is maintaining its “negative” view on the Singapore telco sector in anticipation of more competition from FY18 onwards.

SINGAPORE (Sept 15): “Unlimited” is now the official buzzword among all three of Singapore’s incumbent telecommunications operators (telcos) this year.  

WASHINGTON (Aug 17): Federal Reserve officials are looking under the hood of their most basic inflation models and starting to ask if something is wrong.

SINGAPORE (July 27): Nasdaq Inc. is expanding its Analytics Hub in Asia and is looking for fintech firms in the region, including in Singapore, to partner.

HONG KONG (May 18): The value of pay and benefits packages for expatriates moving to Hong Kong and Singapore continued to decline last year, according to consultancy firm ECA International.

LONDON (March 27): UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd said Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp messaging system should open its encryption to security services and urged online companies to be more aggressive in shutting down sites exploited by terrorists.

SINGAPORE (March 22): Barclays Capital is forecasting Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 earnings per share (EPS) to hit US$129 ($181) this year, assuming that a 5% sales growth combined with modest margin expansion and continued repurchases will lead to 8% EP