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Grab CEO Anthony Tan warned last week that the coronavirus is creating significant challenges that will require “tough decisions” about cutting costs and managing capital.

As Wuhan lifts its lockdown after 11 weeks, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care. Here are some key events that took place this week.

SINGAPORE (Mar 6): American telco conglomerate AT&T has joined the Global Telco Security Alliance – which was launched in April 2018 by four telecommunications operators around the world including Singtel – as an equal member of the group.

SINGAPORE (Mar 27): As Uber Technologies Inc. looked to conquer ride-sharing around the world, Grab was focused on serving the 620 million people that share its home in Southeast Asia.

SINGAPORE (Jan 31): The entry of Chinese tech giants into the Asean e-commerce scene could see explosive growth for online retailing in the region, according to Credit Suisse research.

(Dec 28): I'm not feeling quite bold enough to make predictions about 2018. After all, a year ago I didn't get why bitcoin was worth US$1,000 (yeah, I know), or why Pokemon Go was so exciting.

SINGAPORE (April 18): Singapore may have just added a new tech billionaire, but it had to lure him from Japan first.

SINGAPORE (April 4): Affinity Capital, a wholly-owned subsidiary of telecom and IT service provider Si2i Limited, has entered into an agreement with SB ISAT Fund to acquire from it an e-commerce platform.

SINGAPORE (Nov 21): Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm and a business unit of China’s Alibaba Group, says it aims to open four new data centres by end-2016 in the Middle East, Europe, Australia and Japan.

SINGAPORE (Oct 7): Asean courier service providers are about to get interesting with online retail sales poised to hit US$36.1 billion ($49.6 billion) by 2020, translating into a five-year CAGR of 23%.