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Airports deploy rapid virus tests, sniffer dogs to unlock travel
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/09/2020
» LONDON: A handful of European airports are implementing trials of quick-fire coronavirus tests, working with airlines to push technologies still being developed as a way to revive stunted international air travel.
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Bitcoin surges to $50,000 for first time since 2021
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/02/2024
» BOSTON - Bitcoin hovered around US$50,000 after briefly scaling the closely watched level for the first time in over two years, a remarkable comeback from the crypto scandals and wipeouts that cast doubt on the industry's viability.
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Richest families in SE Asia look for the next unicorn
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/10/2021
» Some of Southeast Asia’s old-money tycoons are boosting investment in technology startups, looking to ride a wave of surging valuations as they seek to counter the fallout of the pandemic on businesses ranging from retail to hospitality and manufacturing.
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China hones new plan to overtake the US in tech
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/05/2020
» Beijing is accelerating its bid for global leadership in key technologies, planning to pump more than a trillion dollars into the economy through the rollout of everything from wireless networks to artificial intelligence.
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Grab said to be eyeing Bangkok-based startup
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/06/2019
» Singapore ride-hailing giant Grab held talks to acquire payments provider 2C2P Pte and was turned down, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign of the ambitions Southeast Asia’s most valuable startup has in financial services.
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Tech-loving Singaporeans still prefer to pay in cash
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/09/2017
» SINGAPORE -- In tech-savvy Singapore, where almost everyone has a smartphone, nine out of 10 people still prefer to pay for everyday transactions the old-fashioned way – with cash.
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Grab to invest $100m in Myanmar expansion
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/08/2017
» SINGAPORE - Grab, Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing app, plans to invest US$100 million in Myanmar as it extends its battle with Uber Technologies Inc to capture exploding use of smartphones.
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Cyberattack reaches Asia, new targets hit by ransomware
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/06/2017
» A new ransomware attack similar to WannaCry has reached Asia after spreading from Europe to the US overnight, hitting businesses, port operators and government systems.
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China's world tech domination begins in SE Asia
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/06/2017
» SINGAPORE -- Isaac Ho and several investors were watching a pitch from a cancer-detection start-up in Singapore when one of the Chinese billionaires present got up and -- without a word -- scrawled “Speed x Market Share” in Chinese characters on a whiteboard. It was a simple formula that meant: be first and be largest, no matter the cost. But that’s when Mr Ho understood how the Southeast Asian tech scene was about to change.
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Jack Ma sees decades of pain as internet upends old economy
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 25/04/2017
» Zhengzhou: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd chairman Jack Ma said society should prepare for decades of pain as the internet disrupts the economy.
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