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Investment in Britain's tech sector surged 44per cent to a record US$13.2 billion pounds in 2019, accounting for a third of all European funding and exceeding the total in France and Germany combined, the UK government's Digital Economy Council said on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Apple Inc has refused to unlock phones used by criminals, in a tweet a day after Trump's attorney general accused the company of not being helpful in an investigation of a Florida shooting.

Business leaders must shape an organisational culture that encourage workers to embrace digital transformation, says Randstad’s Clarence Quek.

Wall Street stocks finished a choppy session mostly lower on Tuesday (Jan 14) as earnings season opened with mixed banking results ahead of a US-China trade agreement.

Besides being a win for Asia and Indonesia, Mari Pangestu brings a practical bent and development experience that will support the Bank’s extensive work, says Peter McCawley.

Carlos and Carole Ghosn, the former first couple of carmaker Nissan, are united again in Beirut. They hold hands in the street and whisper together in a mix of Arabic and French. They kiss.

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two companies for exploiting North Korean overseas labor after a UN deadline to return workers who bring vital revenue to the regime.

A CONSORTIUM led by the Singapore-headquartered Enigma Group has applied for a digital full bank licence in the Republic, with an eye on serving underbanked small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the digital workforce.

INVESTORS can find opportunities to hedge against geopolitical risks in 2020, amid heightened investor anxiety stemming from geopolitical tensions, UBS strategists said at the UBS Wealth Insights conference on Tuesday.

OSLO: Popular dating apps like Tinder and Grindr are sharing the personal data of their users to third parties in breach of EU regulations, a Norwegian consumer rights group said Tuesday. A new report by the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC) details how Grindr, which markets itself as the "world's...