social media

Social media remains key source for news content despite concerns of 'fake news'

SINGAPORE (Aug 22): New research by YouGov has revealed that nearly half its survey respondents (47%) believe there is a problem with “fake news” on TV, with a similar proportion (49%) reporting the same concern in newspaper content and radio (41%).

5 ways financial services can go digital to stay ahead

SINGAPORE (June 30): It’s easy to see why the onus is on financial service providers (FSPs) to digitally transform.

Fake news is the latest business cash cow. Here’s how they do it

SINGAPORE (June 23): It only takes a total of about US$55,000 ($76,400) to sway media consumers into forming a fragmented and negative impression of a relatively popular journalist, and US$200,000 to instigate a street protest, according to the latest res

COVFEFE Act would preserve Trump's tweets as official statements

(June 13): From the incomprehensible "covfefe" to a post labeling fired FBI director James Comey a "leaker," President Donald Trump's tweets would be preserved as presidential records if a Democratic lawmaker's proposed COVFEFE Act

Global Markets

Bloggers touting makeup secrets spur Estee Lauder’s China sales

BEIJING (June 1): Chinese millennials are becoming the world’s biggest beauty queens, thanks to the power of the internet.

Mobius says low market volatility is tied to social media

(May 11): Mark Mobius has a left-field theory on why volatility in global stock markets is so low.

Global Markets

Facebook repeats warning about slower ad growth; shares drop

SAN FRANCISCO (May 4): Facebook Inc. executives tried to temper investor exuberance about sales-growth prospects, repeating a warning that there’s a limit to the number of ads it can show on its social network.

Aviation & Engineering

United CEO apologises again after first mea culpa falls flat

ATLANTA/DALLAS/LONDON (April 12): United Continental Holdings Inc. struggled to contain spiraling fallout over a passenger’s forcible removal from a flight as efforts at damage control fell flat. Chief Executive Officer Oscar Munoz even made another at

Xi buys time with Trump as tensions loom over North Korea threat

HONG KONG (April 10): After predicting a “very difficult” encounter with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Donald Trump emerged from their first meeting hailing “an outstanding relationship” between chiefs of the world’s biggest economies.
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Tech

Philips Lighting launches chatbot service on Facebook

SINGAPORE (April 5): Philips Lighting has announced the launch of a new chatbot service on its Singapore Facebook page, which allows users to purchase the group’s consumer products conversationally through the Facebook messenger platform.
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