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AMTD aims to bring connectivity to FinTech community by expanding in Singapore

Singapore’s aspiration to become a financial technology (FinTech) hub has been in the making for the past several years. Among its concerted efforts are the annual hosting of the Singapore FinTech Festival, and the provision of grants and other incentiv

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Korean 5G craze dampened by coronavirus

(April 3): South Korea is struggling to retain its lead in global next-generation 5G telecom services, as the coronavirus pandemic further cools sentiment of consumers whose interest in the technology has waned due to cost and quality concerns.

Tech

Lessons from Bernie Ebbers' acquisitions spree

SINGAPORE (Feb 14): The former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers, who died at the age of 78 this month, started life as a basketball coach. He often urged his employees to act in concert like a baseball team.

China Focus

Janitors at this China lenses firm are becoming millionaires thanks to this stock’s 9,500% rally

HONG KONG / SHANGHAI (June 6): At most big companies, it’s pretty clear who the millionaires are: top executives, rainmakers, science whizzes with PhDs.

Tech

Will IPO 'Xiaomi' the money?

(May 21): In a darkened theatre with just a beam of spotlight, a man in black T-shirt, jeans and sneakers appears on stage to introduce a smartphone or some other shiny new gadget. You have probably seen the clips on TV or YouTube. As the camera closes up

Tech

GIC sees China as Silicon Valley's equal

(Mar 23): After hitting pay dirt with investments in Alibaba Group Holding and Xiaomi, Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC is giving China as much attention as it does Silicon Valley in the search for the next big thing in tech.

As 2017 sets, here are my observations about Asia tech: Bloomberg Gadfly

(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.

Tech

Xiaomi seeks valuation of at least US$50 bil in IPO

HONG KONG (Dec 5): Xiaomi Corp., the Chinese smartphone maker that was once the most valuable startup in the world, is in talks with investment banks about a possible initial public offering and seeking a valuation of at least US$50 billion ($67.4 billion

Tech

Secretive billionaire reveals how he toppled Apple in China

BEIJING (March 20): Duan Yongping is convinced Tim Cook didn’t have a clue who he was when they first met a couple years ago. The Apple boss probably does now.

Tech

3 smartphone vendors which fared even better than Apple in the Chinese market last year

SINGAPORE (Feb 6): In 2016, Apple Inc. saw a y-o-y decline in the Chinese market for the first time ever – even as the smartphone market in China saw both y-o-y and q-o-q growth over the past year, according to a recent report by International Data Corp
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