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The NBA may have been suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak but that has not stopped the league from using its massive online reach to good effect by educating its followers, sharing important information and guidelines related to the pandemic.

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group said it has reached an agreement with its unions for a set of cost-cutting measures that will affect 10,000 members of staff, according to an internal memo seen by CNA. The measures were announced in an internal message on Monday (Mar 23), after...

Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has rolled out a new tracking app aimed at students who are preparing to return to school, the latest tool in the country's coronavirus combat arsenal as the outbreak shows signs of easing.

Britain has challenged tech start-ups to help counter the effects of social isolation on people's mental health, with grants of 25,000 pounds available for digital solutions that can be up and running in the next few weeks.

DBS Group announced after trading hours on Monday that it is appointing ex-GIC stalwart Anthony Lim and former PepsiCo India marketing head Punita Lal to its boards, effective April 1.

SoftBank Group Corp plans to raise as much as US$41 billion to buy back shares and reduce debt in an unprecedented move to restore investor confidence as a financial market rout pummels its shares and its portfolio companies.

Fiat Chrysler Chief Executive Mike Manley told employees that the carmaker would help with the production of masks during the coronavirus emergency, a union representative said on Monday.

Financial markets around the world took another hammering on Monday as a rising tide of national coronavirus lockdowns threatened to overwhelm policymakers' frantic efforts to cushion what is likely to be a deep global recession.

SINGAPORE: Taxi drivers who have seen their incomes drop as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak may be employed temporarily as "transport ambassadors", Minister for Transport Khaw Boon Wan said on Monday (Mar 23).  Speaking during a visit to the future Bright Hill MRT station, he said these ......

SHANGHAI: As people in China retreated indoors in late January to avoid the coronavirus, Alibaba's supermarket chain Freshippo faced a dilemma: online orders for fruit were soaring but supplies were low. To ease the crunch, Freshippo asked staff to rip up bulk fruit boxes, originally prepared as ...