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Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's semiconductor manufacturing division has won a contract to make new Qualcomm Inc 5G chips using its most advanced chip-making technology, two sources familiar with the matter said, boosting the Korean firm's efforts to gain market share against rival Taiwan ...

Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday introduced new chips designed to connect mobile phones to 5G networks that operate differently around the world.

As Wall Street approaches the 20th anniversary of the piercing of the dot-com bubble, today's decade-old rally led by a few small players shows some similarities that cautious investors are keeping an eye on.

Standard Chartered on Tuesday said it will provide US$75 billion in financing by 2024 toward sustainable development and clean energy projects, as it expands on its aspirations to support the Paris Agreement on climate change.

When cameraman Mark Xia returned to his job this month after holidays, the Shanghai video production house where he worked told him to take three months of leave with no pay, as a coronavirus epidemic takes a toll of China's businesses.

SINGAPORE: With the COVID-19 outbreak coming at a time of an uncertain economic outlook, 2020 has already seen its fair share of challenges – and it is only the second month of the year. As Singapore ushers in a new decade marked by “major uncertainties”, Finance Minister Heng Swee...

Apple Inc's surprise warning that it will likely fall short of this quarter's sales target due to the coronavirus epidemic points to much pain for its chip and other suppliers as well as for rivals who also rely on China to build their products.

SINGAPORE: Amid the COVID-19 outbreak and other global uncertainties, the Government on Tuesday (Feb 18) proposed a stabilisation and support package worth S$4 billion to help workers and businesses deal with near-term economic uncertainties. “Our foremost concern is jobs”, followed by helping ...

SINGAPORE: More support will be given to enterprises and workers in their transformation journey in the midst of major structural changes in the global economy. A one-off S$500 SkillsFuture top-up will be made available for every Singaporean aged 25 and above, as part of the Government’s efforts ...

Alstom shares fell on Tuesday (Feb 18) after the French firm agreed to buy the rail division of Canada's Bombardier for up to €6.2 billion (US$6.7 billion), in a deal likely to be scrutinised by regulators and unions.