MAINBOARD-LISTED United Overseas Insurance (UOI), the general insurance arm of United Overseas Bank, saw its net profit shrink by 42 per cent to S$4.9 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020, from S$8.4 million for the corresponding period last year.
NEW YORK: Fitbit and other wearable devices typically linked to exercise are being studied as ways to identify people who are potentially infected with COVID-19 before symptoms appear, when they can unknowingly spread the disease. Changes in heart rate, respiratory rate, and other biometrics ...
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz is seeking a regulatory overhaul to avoid a repeat of the supervisory failures that allowed Wirecard build up a 2 billion euro hole in its accounts before collapsing last month, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported.
Intel Corp said on Thursday its new 7-nanometer chip technology was six months behind schedule and it would consider farming out more work to outside semiconductor foundries, eroding a founding principle that manufacturing is key to its success.
The European Union is rising to the occasion in these troubled times, while American exceptionalism has taken a beating, says Yale professor Stephen S Roach.
WITH authorities sending a fresh signal that relief in the form of debt moratoria will have to start being unwound, analysts say it would be a stab in the dark to assess the full impact of such unprecedented Covid-19 relief on Singapore banks' earnings.
Mattel Inc beat quarterly sales expectations on Thursday, as its North Americans customers splurged on Barbie dolls and Uno playing cards to keep their kids entertained during coronavirus-induced lockdowns.
Shares of Moderna Inc fell nearly 10per cent after it lost a bid to invalidate a U.S. patent owned by Arbutus Biopharma that poses a potential obstacle to Moderna's efforts to develop next-generation vaccines, including a coronavirus vaccine.
TikTok unveiled plans for a $200 million "creator fund" to add content from emerging social media personalities to the fast-growing video-sharing app.
India on Thursday (Jul 23) said bidders from bordering countries eyeing government contracts would need prior registration and security clearances, a move seen as New Delhi's latest effort to counter China following a border clash between the two nations.
