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Brent crude futures edged up on Tuesday as optimism that government stimulus will buoy global economic growth and oil demand trumped concerns that renewed COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns globally could cool fuel consumption.

TOKYO: Japan's health minister watched a demonstration on Tuesday of a prototype automated COVID-19 testing machine that uses a robotic arm to take a sample from a person's nose and can deliver the results in about 80 minutes. The robot system, built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Inc, fits in...

FOUR months after handing down a landmark judgement allowing creditors to legally seize money held in joint bank accounts under certain circumstances, the High Court ruled this month that the provisional garnishee orders it earlier granted in this case should not be executed.

BEIJING: Profit at state-owned companies that dominate China's banking, oil and most other industries rose by as much as 25 per cent last year as the country recovered from the coronavirus pandemic, the government said on Tuesday (Jan 19). Total revenue for national-level companies rose 2.2 per ...

THE former managing director of WeWork South-east Asia and Korea Turochas "T" Fuad has launched Pace Enterprise, a fintech solutions provider with a buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) solution.

China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Tencent Holdings Ltd to develop smart vehicle cockpit and autonomous driving.

China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Tencent Holdings Ltd to develop smart vehicle cockpit and autonomous driving.

SHANGHAI: China's market regulator said on Tuesday it has approved plans for Cisco Systems Inc's. purchase of Acacia Communications Inc, as long as both comply with a set of conditions. (Reporting by Josh Horwitz in Shanghai and Lusha Zhang and Yingzhi Yang in Beijing; Editing by Clarence ...

SINGAPORE: Nearly 30 trade associations and chambers have come together to issue a joint statement on Tuesday (Jan 19) pledging support for fair hiring and employment practices. A press release from the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), which coordinated the joint statement, said the COVID-19 ...

Logitech International on Tuesday raised its annual forecasts and reported a more than three-fold jump in quarterly adjusted operating income, benefiting from a pandemic-driven boost in demand for work-from-home products and gaming accessories.