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Antom reshuffles Southeast Asia leadership across product, Philippines and Indonesia

Antom appointed new Southeast Asia product and country heads, linking regional operations more closely with payments brands 2C2P and DOKU.

NUS, Applied Materials and Micron join forces to grow Singapore’s next-generation semiconductor talent

NUS is partnering with industry leaders Applied Materials and Micron to strengthen the pipeline of industry-ready talent for Singapore’s semiconductor sector.

EV maker VinFast’s Vietnam arm to reabsorb spun-off R&D firm, lifting charter capital to $8B

VinFast, the electric vehicle (EV) maker under Vietnam's conglomerate Vingroup, will merge back in Tuong Lai, an affiliated firm it spun off a year ago, lifting its registered capital to about VND214 trillion ($8.2 billion).

Moody’s Ratings affirms Baidu’s A3 ratings; revises outlook to negative

Moody’s Ratings has on last Thursday revised the outlook on Chinese technology company Baidu Inc.’s A3 issuer and senior unsecured ratings to negative from stable.

Taiwan-Dutch venture VSMC opens $7.8B specialty-chip fab in Singapore

VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC), a chipmaking joint venture between Taiwan's Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and Dutch group NXP Semiconductors, opened its first factory in Singapore on September 28, a $7.8 billion investment.

South Korea’s LG joins NVIDIA network for AI data-center cooling, deepening infrastructure push

South Korea's LG Electronics has joined NVIDIA's partner network as a preferred supplier of power and cooling systems for AI data centers.

PolyU and Pseudo Lab connect tourism researchers with South Korea AI practitioners

PolyU and South Korea's Pseudo Lab held an applied-AI forum linking hospitality and tourism researchers with practitioners from Hong Kong and South Korea.

Singapore’s Temasek buys 9% of Italian growth-equity firm FSI, deepening Italy bet

Temasek, a Singapore state-owned global investment company, has bought a 9 percent stake in FSI, an Italian growth-equity manager, and pledged to invest in its future funds.

MIMS expands clinical decision-support platforms as it targets wider global growth

MIMS Group is expanding MIMS Pulse and eMIMS Plus across markets while growing its medical communications and AI-enabled content capabilities.

viAct, Alliad report lower safety violations after AI camera deployment

viAct and Alliad report lower PPE non-compliance and danger-zone violations after deploying AI video analytics on existing cameras at a Côte d'Ivoire project.