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Shares in French hotels group Accor rose 1.9per cent in early trading on Thursday after Le Figaro newspaper reported that the company had examined a potential merger with British rival InterContinental Hotels .

Activist Sherborne Investors has committed to pursuing a shake-up in the management and strategy at Barclays , despite posting a 56per cent fall in its net asset value (NAV) in the last six months to 351 million pounds (US$459.32 million).

Taiwan plans to stop local sales for Chinese internet television streaming services operated by the likes of iQiyi and Tencent Holdings, according to regulations released this week, but does not plan on blocking the services.

Facebook Inc won preliminary approval late on Wednesday from a federal court for settlement of a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data of millions of users without their consent.

Facebook Inc Facebook said on Wednesday it had removed nearly 800 QAnon conspiracy groups for posts celebrating violence, showing intent to use weapons, or attracting followers with patterns of violent behavior.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he doesn't know much about the QAnon conspiracy theory movement but understands it is gaining in popularity and has a favorable view of him.

SINGAPOREAN R Shanmugaratnam has been charged two more times for falsifying letters that misrepresented balances held by his company's escrow accounts as at March 31, 2016.

SINGAPORE: About 330 jobseekers have taken up jobs with start-ups under the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package between April and June, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in its second report on the local jobs market on Thursday (Aug 20). About half were mid-career professionals who took part in...

Japanese wireless carrier SoftBank Corp said on Thursday it was pleased its 5G network had been given "clean" status by the U.S. government as part of a U.S. effort to exclude Chinese vendors from next-generation networks.

SINGAPORE: The grant support for first-time start-up entrepreneurs will be raised to S$50,000, as part of enhancements to a support programme aimed at spurring more new innovative start-ups in Singapore. The Startup SG Founder programme will also have a three-month venture building programme to ...