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SINGAPORE: The Singapore Police Force's (SPF) Anti-Scam Centre has recovered S$6.6 million from an email scam, its largest recovery since the centre was set up in June last year. The police said on Thursday (Oct 8) they were alerted by United Overseas Bank (UOB) and the United States' Federal...

Web Summit, Europe's biggest technology conference, will be held entirely online in December due to the coronavirus outbreak, which has forced the cancellation or postponement of many major events this year, its organiser said on Thursday.

Luxury fashion and auto brands in Thailand have turned to selling their products on Japanese chat app Line amid the coronavirus pandemic, tapping the country's growing appetite for social commerce, a top executive said on Thursday.

British airline easyJet warned it would report a loss of as much as 845 million pounds (US$1.09 billion) in its last financial year, and said it continued to review its finances as travel remains subdued by the ongoing pandemic.

BANGKOK: Have you imagined piloting a plane into world airports? Do you miss airline meals or want a taste of first-class food? Thai Airways has found a way to offer those experiences despite being grounded by COVID-19 and landing in bankruptcy court under crippling debt. The airline is selling...

It was a quest worthy of a superhero. Animator Rajiv Chilaka spent years flogging his pitch about a superhuman Indian child to Western executives, to no avail.

REUTERS: U.S. business analytics firm Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc said on Wednesday it would acquire European data and analytics firm Bisnode from Swedish private equity firm Ratos AB. The company said in a statement it will purchase Bisnode through its unit Dun & Bradstreet Holdings BV for 7.2...

SINGAPORE: Local food manufacturer Whye Kee Foodstuff has been fined S$17,700 for repeatedly illegally discharging trade effluent at levels exceeding allowable limits into the public sewers, PUB said on Thursday (Oct 8). The company was previously convicted for committing similar offences in May ...

JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Thursday it would commit US$30 billion to address racial inequality over the next 5 years, marking one of the largest corporate pledges related to race since the death of George Floyd.

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's third-quarter profit likely jumped 58per cent to its highest in two years, beating analyst estimates as U.S. restrictions on China's Huawei boosted the South Korean tech giant's phone and chip sales. U.S. action against Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has dampened ...