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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has rejected about 400 applications to re-enter Singapore from work pass holders with travel history to China each day since a new rule aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19 started, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said on Friday (Feb 14). From the ...

A consortium led by U.S. entertainment giant MGM Resorts International has been named as the lead bidder for an integrated casino complex in Osaka, the local government said on Friday.

Shares of Nvidia Corp rose 6per cent on Friday after the chipmaker stunned analysts with strong quarterly results and joined rivals Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc in predicting strong demand for chips used in the latest generation of data centers and AI.

Hong Kong announced a slew of cash subsidies on Friday to help businesses that have been battered by the coronavirus outbreak in a city already reeling from a recession.

The United States is looking to develop a partnership with the telecoms industry to provide alternatives to China's Huawei Technologies, a senior White House official said on Friday.

France's Total is considering stopping sales of fuel oil to power markets as the energy giant seeks to reduce its carbon footprint and grow its renewable power business, its chief executive told Reuters.

Google on Friday called on Europe's second-top court to throw out what it called an eye-catching 2.4 billion euros (US$2.6 billion) EU antitrust fine, saying there was no factual or legal basis to the inflated amount.

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg accepts that global tax reforms mean the social networking giant may have to pay more taxes outside of the United States, Politico reported, citing excerpts of a speech he is due to give on Saturday.

Europe wants the world's financial leaders to make it their top priority this year to reach a deal on global rules for taxing digital giants like Google , Amazon and Facebook , a document showed.

Delta Air Lines Inc said on Friday it will invest US$1 billion over the next decade in initiatives that would limit the impact of global air travel on the environment, the first airline to make a commitment of that scale.