Lionel Lim

  • Muslims purchase food and drinks for the Iftar meal after breaking their fast during the holy month of Ramadan in Banda Aceh on March 13, 2024. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP) (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP via Getty Images)Economy

    Southeast Asia’s ‘incredibly dynamic’ Islamic finance market is drawing in non-Islamic players

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  • Hotelier Allen Law sees an opportunity in the health and wellness business, and is investing in a longevity and lifestyle center that’s set to open in Singapore in the fourth quarter of this year.Health

    Asia’s elderly risk getting sicker for longer. Hotelier Allen Law wants to ‘bridge the gap’ between lifespan and healthspan

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  • A ComfortDelGro robotaxi in Guangzhou, China.Finance

    Singapore transport operator ComfortDelGro now generates more revenue from overseas than its home base

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  • Tianyi Zhang, general manager of global risk management and cybersecurity at Ant International, speaking at a partner conference in Hong Kong, on April 30, 2025.AI

    Finance companies fight back against AI deepfakes, with over 70% of new enrollment attempts to some firms being fake

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  • CHONGQING, CHINA – AUGUST 08: In this photo illustration, a person holds a smartphone displaying the logo of Sea Ltd. (NYSE: SE), a Singapore-based global consumer internet company operating platforms such as Shopee, Garena, and SeaMoney, with the company’s multicolored wave emblem visible in the background, on August 8, 2025 in Chongqing, China. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)Tech

    Sea shares jump almost 20% after strong Q2, as CEO Forrest Li searches for new growth opportunities

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  • People wade through a flooded street in Manila on July 21, 2025, after Typhoon Wipha brought heavy rains and flooding to the Philippines, where two people have been reported missing, according to the country’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) (Photo by TED ALJIBE/AFP via Getty Images)Environment

    Southeast Asia’s cities at ‘high risk’ of flooding and heatwaves, thanks to climate change

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  • Wee Ee Cheong, chief executive officer of United Overseas Bank Ltd. (UOB), speaks during a news conference in Singapore, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. UOB withheld its 2025 guidance amid economic uncertainties as the Singapore lender delivered first-quarter profit that was marked by a rise in provisions. Photographer: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Singapore’s largest banks deliver a mixed report card on profits amid looming rate cuts and U.S. tariff threats

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  • Rosan Roeslani, Indonesia’s investment minister, center, attends an event to mark the launch of bullion banks in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The region’s largest gold producer on Wednesday inaugurated gold banking services at state-owned PT Bank Syariah Indonesia and pawn broker PT Pegadaian, a unit of state-run banking giant PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia, with officials saying more licenses could follow. Photographer: Muhammad Fadli/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesMagazine

    Indonesia bets a new sovereign wealth fund will finally unlock its potential

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  • From left: Yee Wee Tang, group managing director of operations at Grab; Philip Ang, GrabTaxi driver-partner; and Ryan (Ho Jin) Kim, managing director, business and international for Autonomous A2Z at the launch of Grab’s AV shuttle in Singapore on July 8, 2025.Tech

    Grab is in ‘prime position’ to support the transition to driverless cars, says CEO Anthony Tan

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  • C.C Wei, Chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) answers questions during the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in Hsinchu on June 3, 2025. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP) (Photo by I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    The AI boom sends TSMC, the world’s most important chipmaker, up 60 spots on the Global 500

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    AI might make workers faster, but not necessarily more productive: ‘They do it faster, then go for coffee breaks’

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    Banks should stop using AI to ‘fire hundreds of people’—instead, they should use it to lend to low-income clients, says GFTN’s Sopnendu Mohanty

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    OpenAI’s international managing director explains how the ChatGPT developer thinks about AI and search

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    Data centers guzzle huge amounts of power—and that might end up supercharging investment in renewable energy, executives argue

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    Places like Taiwan dominate chipmaking because they value ‘high-quality’ manufacturing, an ethos that ‘doesn’t exist in North America’

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