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What growing up around a retail business taught me about inventory shortages
Growing up around a family retail business showed Lee Leslee how small inventory errors can build into recurring shortages. He explains where spreadsheets begin to fall short and why growing businesses need clearer, more consistent stock tracking.
Quantum sovereignty in Asia: How quantum computing, AI and emerging ventures are shaping the next technology frontier
Asia’s quantum ambitions are moving beyond research as governments, companies, and universities build capabilities in computing, AI, cybersecurity, and commercial applications. This article examines the region’s push for quantum sovereignty and the roles of emerging ventures in the UK, China, Singapore, and Malaysia.
U.S. Section 301 hits Southeast Asia: 10% for three, 12.5% for Singapore, Vietnam, technology escapes
New U.S. Section 301 tariffs took effect on Friday (July 24) across 60 economies, hitting seven Southeast Asian nations: Malaysia, Cambodia, and Indonesia with a 10 percent additional duty, while Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, and Singapore face the higher rate of 12.5 percent.
Visa, China’s Lianlian complete first live B2B agentic payment transaction using AI agent
US payments company Visa and China's Lianlian DigiTech have completed their first live business-to-business agentic transaction using LoopXPay, Lianlian's AI agent, in which the agent sourced a product sample from a supplier and completed the purchase within a single automated workflow.
Huawei, Thailand jointly launch AI ecosystem initiative, to push innovation, talent development
Huawei has joined Thai government agencies, telecom carriers, large language model developers, AI associations, and universities to launch the Thailand AI Ecosystem Initiative, in order to push Thailand as a hub for AI innovation in Southeast Asia.
Vietnam’s VinFast ships over 5,000 EVs to Europe, Southeast Asia in 2 days
Vietnam's VinFast loaded more than 5,000 electric vehicles onto two cargo vessels at Hai Phong Port on July 20 and 21, marking the company's 37th and 38th dedicated export shipments in less than four years since its first international delivery of 999 vehicles in late 2022.
Japan’s JCB, Malaysia’s Fiuu to jointly expand card payments across Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines
Japan's JCB International and Malaysia's Fiuu, a payment processing platform formerly known as Razer Merchant Services, have entered into a direct acquiring partnership covering Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, enabling JCB card payments across online and offline merchant channels in the three markets.
Singapore’s GIC achieves annualized USD nominal rate of return of 5.6 pct over 20-year period; focuses on AI investment
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC portfolio achieved an annualized USD nominal rate of return of 5.6 percent over the 20-year period that ended on March 31, 2026.
China’s Huawei Cloud launches agentic AI infrastructure, coding agent beta in Thailand
Huawei Cloud has announced its Agentic Infrastructure for Thailand and launched an open beta of its CodeArts Agent coding platform at the Huawei Cloud Summit Thailand 2026, the Chinese giant said in a statement on Friday.
Singapore, Thailand sign MoU on cybersecurity cooperation, digital fraud protection
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Bank of Thailand (BOT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cybersecurity cooperation and digital fraud protection.
