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Tim Norton, founder of 90 Seconds.

VC-backed video start-up 90 Seconds fields interest, hires advisers

90 Seconds’ owners have hired Singapore-based boutique investment bank Sansa Advisors to field inbound inquiries and oversee the diligence process.

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
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Qantas under pressure; Endeavour shares dive; Great Apple gadget

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

The New Bahru lifestyle precinct is housed in a former high school built around a shaded lawn.

Singapore layover? Check out New Bahru

This well-designed collection of creative businesses – from food to wellness and retail – will easily account for a day.

  • Stephen Todd
Singapore Airlines uses the Airbus A350-900 to fly the world’s longest non-stop route.

Sneak peek at Singapore Airlines’ new-look business and first class

Airlines are racing to offer premium travellers better seats, food and service ahead of Qantas starting direct flights to Europe and the US east coast in 2026.

  • Ayesha de Kretser

October

Amit Shah has been connected to a a campaign of violence and intimidation targeting Sikh separatists in Canada.

Canada accuses Indian minister over Sikh murder plot

The Canadian government has accused  Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah over a campaign targeting Sikh separatists on Canadian soil.

  • Kanishka Singh
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Alexis Soulopoulos, who also runs ASX-listed pet sitting company Mad Paws.

The ASX co-founder now selling DIY AI ‘girlfriends’

Candy.AI is helmed by Alexis Soulopoulos, the co-founder of ASX-listed company Madpaws. It charges users to build their own virtual girlfriend.

  • Amelia McGuire
HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong.

HSBC unveils sweeping overhaul, names first female CFO

The bank plans to separate east from west and replace three units with four, in a move it says will simplify its business.

  • Ortenca Aliaj, Kaye Wiggins and William Sandlund
Jeremy Kwong-Law, CEO and CIO, Grok Ventures.

Singapore gives early green light to Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Sun Cable

The venture intends constructing a large solar plant in Australia’s north before shipping power to Singapore using an undersea cable.

  • Primrose Riordan and Angela Macdonald-Smith
The WTO now faces the gravest crisis of many that it has dealt with.

How Australia can help save rules-based trade

The global trading system of trade rules faces its gravest crisis since its inception. There is a way out and Australia can help.

  • Craig Emerson
President Prabowo Subianto takes the oath during the presidential inauguration ceremony at the Parliament building in Jakarta on Sunday.

Ex-general Prabowo sworn in as Indonesian president

The ceremony marked a remarkable comeback for a man who once faced Western-imposed sanctions and had two failed election bids against the man he is replacing.

  • Chandra Asmara and Faris Mokhtar
Customers in the once popular Lan Kwai Fong drinking and eating area in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong slashes tax on alcohol to revive city

The Chinese territory’s chief executive John Lee is trying to turn around the economy amid a fall in tourism and consumption.

  • Kiuyan Wong and Shirley Zhao

Singapore ends 181 years of horse racing to make way for homes

Horse racing on the island has always had to contend with the need for land.

  • Low De Wei
Very sporting: New shadow assistant treasurer Luke Howarth.

Senior Liberal’s mystery $7000 Singapore trip

The new shadow assistant treasurer declared lavish hospitality by a UAE-based logistics company.

  • Mark Di Stefano
Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the McLaren MCL38 Mercedes on track during the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore last month.

Singapore to charge billionaire Ong for scandal over ex-minister

Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng worked with the disgraced former minister S. Iswaran to bring the Formula 1 Grand Prix to the city state.

  • Low De Wei

September

China has become a world leader in developing hypersonic missiles.

China tests ballistic missile in Pacific in ‘provocative’ move

China fired an intercontinental ballistic missile with a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean, its first such major missile launch in years.

  • Alistair Gale
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More certainty in the regulatory environment will help Investment in cryptocurrencies.

Blockchain revolution won’t wait for Labor to catch up

Blockchain needs to be regulated properly before more investors take the plunge. Yet, the Albanese government is still missing despite its earlier pledges.

  • Simon Kennedy
The BCA dinner is It is also the opportunity for the Prime Minister to take on the big economic reform challenges, such as tax reform and boosting productivity called for by Bill Kelty.

Kelty condemns Labor failure on economic growth

Trailblazing former union leader Bill Kelty says the Albanese government has no plan for economic growth and no appetite for the big reforms to secure Australia’s future.

  • Jennifer Hewett
Firmus Technologies founders Jonathan Levee, Tim Rosenfield and Oliver Curtis in Singapore.

Oliver Curtis rides the AI wave to make a $447m fortune in Singapore

The former investment banker went down in a high-profile insider trading scandal. But with data centre cooling technology, he’s back and richer than ever.

  • Jessica Sier
Taylor Swift at the MTV awards last week. There was an identifiable “Eras Tour” effect on GDP in a number of the smaller countries Swift toured this year.

What Taylor Swift and Oasis can teach us about the economy

The music industry’s shift from product to performance foreshadows a widespread move towards intangible assets in the wider economy.

  • Andy Haldane
An artist’s impression of what the Sun Cable project may look like.

Sun Cable undaunted as Indonesia cuts in on Singapore exports

Singapore has granted conditional approvals for several Indonesian clean electricity export ventures, but also increased its target for imports.

  • Angela Macdonald-Smith

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