Lionel Lim

Lionel Lim is a Singapore based reporter covering the Asia-Pacific region. Before joining Coins2Day he spent time at BBC in Singapore, and CGTN and CNN in the United States.

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London classic vintage cabs in the streets of the center of the City of London in England, UK. The famous cabs are the so-called Hackney carriage. The most popular models are LTI TX2 cab, LTI FX4 cab, LEVC TX cab, TX1 cab. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Singapore’s ComfortDelGro adds London’s famous black cabs to its portfolio by buying the city’s largest taxi operator

By Senior Editor

BEIJING, CHINA – MARCH 24: Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks during the China Development Forum 2024 at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 24, 2024 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Fu Tian/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

Tim Cook makes another trip to China as local users gripe about Apple’s AI delays in the world’s largest smartphone market

By Editorial Team

Chinese Yuan banknotes are pictured in Fuyang, China, on September 24, 2024. On September 24, the People’s Bank of China announces that it will cut the reserve requirement ratio by 0.5 percentage points in the near future, providing long-term liquidity to the financial market of about 1 trillion yuan. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

China’s ‘reluctant’ stimulus could pick up in the event of a new trade war with Trump, predicts Goldman Sachs

By News Correspondent

Signage at a Huawei Technologies Co. store in Shanghai, China, on Friday, May 3, 2024. Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant blacklisted by the US, is secretly funding cutting-edge research at American universities including Harvard through an independent Washington-based foundation. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

TSMC says it will take ‘prompt action to ensure compliance’ after reported U.S. probe into possible work with Huawei

By Editorial Team

Residential buildings under construction at the Sunac China Holdings Ltd. One Sunac Opus development in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. Sunac will raise about HK$1.2 billion ($155 million) through placements, the first time in a year that the developer is doing an equity fundraising. Photographer: Na Bian/Bloomberg via Getty Images

China unveiled more stimulus actions for its property sector—investors weren’t pleased, again

By Editorial Team

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim speaks during the closing ceremony of the 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits, with Malaysia set to take over the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2025, in Vientiane on October 11, 2024. (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP) (Photo by TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP via Getty Images)

Malaysia’s prime minister will try to keep the country’s ‘feel-good’ vibes alive with his upcoming budget

By Staff Writer

Two of three Gogoro scooter models on display at the launch event in Cycle & Carriage Singapore’s Electric Commercial Vehicle Hub on Oct. 16, 2024.

Electric scooters that never need charging? New battery-swapping tech hits Singapore streets

By Editorial Team

Visitors visit a BYD Seal 06 DM-i electric car at the 2024 China (Tianjin) International Auto Show in Tianjin, China, on October 3, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

EV sales had a ‘record-breaking month’ in September—but it was mostly thanks to China

By Trading Desk

Singapore hits brakes on $1.7 billion Allianz deal for onetime insurance cooperative after it sparks public outcry

By Investment Desk

Thapanee Techajareonvikul, CEO of of the Thai conglomerate Berli Jucker.<br />
Courtesy of Berli Jucker

Thailand’s cash handouts made a ‘very good’ month even better for retail conglomerate Berli Jucker’s CEO

By Editorial Team

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., left, and former US President Donald Trump, prior to a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. Republican nominee Donald Trump rallied supporters at the site of a July assassination attempt, returning to the Pennsylvania venue where a gunman’s bullet bloodied his ear and upended the presidential campaign. Photographer: Justin Merriman/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Tesla’s soon-to-be-unveiled robo-taxi may already be behind its Chinese competition

By Investment Desk

Young Liu, chairman of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., during the company’s Tech Day conference on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. Taking a page from Apple Inc. and its glitzy gizmo launches, Hon Hai this week is hosting a “Tech Day” in Taipei, where its latest products will be on display. Photographer: Annabelle Chih/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Foxconn is moving past the iPhone with a Mexico megafactory helping to make Nvidia chips

By Senior Editor

A laptop keyboard and ChatGPT on App Store displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, hopes to join Singapore’s ‘thriving AI ecosystem’ with new office

By Trading Desk

NANJING, CHINA – OCTOBER 8, 2024 – Investors pay attention to the stock market at a securities sales department in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province, Oct 8, 2024. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

China shares popped, fizzled, and climbed again in first trading day after a weeklong break

By News Correspondent

Filipino woman Martha Sazon poses at a desk

Martha Sazon leads the Philippines-based finance superapp GCash with a majority-female 94 million user base

By Staff Writer

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