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PHUKET, Thailand -- Singapore-based Banyan Group is planning to split its hotel and property development segments into separate companies, its founder told Nikkei Asia, in an attempt to shore up investor confidence undermined by its diverse business model.
“It’s really going crazy,” Lee said of the exchange rate. “It’s like a bonus – during Chinese New Year we buy soft drinks, beer and invite friends over, and this really helps. You can buy more.”
Like millions worldwide, Southeast Asians have been trying out large language models such as Meta’s Llama 2 and Mistral AI – but in their native Bahasa Indonesia or Thai. The result has usually been gibberish in English.
Goh Jin Hian has been found liable for S$196 million (US$146 million) in losses as director of now-insolvent marine fuel supplying company Inter-Pacific Petroleum (IPP).
DBS Group Holdings Ltd.’s fourth-quarter profit came in short of analyst expectations amid signs of pressure on margins. And while 2023 results hit a record, Chief Executive Officer Piyush Gupta’s compensation got hit due to last year’s digital banking disruptions.
SINGAPORE -- DBS Group Holdings said on Wednesday that it had cut the pay of senior management after a series of digital banking failures dogged Singapore's largest bank by total assets last year.
The ocean system comprising tiny phytoplanktons to mangrove belts and sea grasses can store up to five times more carbon than tropical forests, but its vast natural potential is being rapidly depleted, according to Siti Maryam Yaakub, senior director at Singapore-based International Blue Carbon Institute.
Students from both NTU and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have used online forum Reddit in recent weeks to air their grievances over inconveniences they feel tourists have caused.