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U.S. tech firm International Business Machines Corp on Thursday launched a research partnership with Japanese industry to accelerate advances in quantum computing, deepening ties between the two countries in an emerging and sensitive field.

REUTERS: Two years after Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's explanation to U.S. lawmakers: "Senator, we run ads": exploded as a meme, online viewers again ridiculed moments of a tech antitrust showdown on Wednesday. The chief executives of the country's largest tech companies ...

WASHINGTON: The chairman of a U.S. House of Representatives antitrust panel said the CEOs of four major tech firms acknowledged concerning behavior in a just-ended hearing on whether they abused their market power, reinforcing the committee's own findings over the last year. "What we heard from ...

SAN FRANCISCO, WASHINGTON D.C: Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg stumbled at a congressional hearing on alleged abuse of market power on Wednesday, as lawmakers confronted the social media titan with damaging internal emails about the company's acquisitions. The House Judiciary ...

BANK lending in Singapore continued its slide for the fourth consecutive month in June, dipping 0.7 per cent from the previous month to come in at S$680.36 billion, preliminary data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) showed on Thursday.

SHARES of Singapore's local lenders extended their slide on Thursday morning, after the central bank asked them to cap dividend payouts.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it expects a further pick-up in chip demand in the second half of the year, driven by new smartphone launches, but warned the coronavirus pandemic and trade disputes pose risks.

Google and Facebook took the sharpest jabs for alleged abuse of their market power from Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday in a much-anticipated congressional hearing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBFDQvIrWYM&feature=emb_logo that put four of America's most prominent tech CEOs in the hot seat.

THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced on Thursday that it will continue to provide US dollar (USD) through the extension of the US$60 billion swap facility with the US Federal Reserve through March 31, 2021.

United Airlines on Wednesday extended a deadline for most employees to decide whether to take voluntary furlough deals to Aug. 10, as it waits to see if the U.S. Congress extends an airline bailout in the first week of August.