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Why Keppel DC REIT runs its data centres like shopping malls: CEO

Like being the landlord of a shopping mall, managing Keppel DC REIT is about strategising the right mix of tenants to ensure sustainable long-term growth, says Loh Hwee Long, chief executive of the REIT manager.

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AI strategies must protect workers, not just focus on profits, says tech boss

Rodney Kinchington, regional managing director, Asia-Pacific, Japan and Greater China at BT International, said most companies still do not fully understand how a poorly conceived AI strategy could affect their workforce.

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Investing is risky, but staying out of the market is a sure way to lose money to inflation: Syfe CEO

Syfe CEO Dhruv Arora sees an opportunity to close the gap between savings and investing by making invested cash instantly accessible.

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AI investment will unleash innovation, but people need permission to fail: PwC boss

PwC global chairman Mohamed Kande said that AI has become a vast ecosystem spanning the entire economy.

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Self-driving vehicles are the future, but happy drivers are still key for happy riders: Ryde founder

Singapore could see a mindset shift favouring ride-hailing and carpooling as car ownership gets more expensive and less attractive, said Terence Zou, chief executive of ride-hailing platform Ryde.

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Not just blue and yellow taxis: ComfortDelGro boss reshapes fleet to drive profit turnaround

ComfortDelGro group chief executive Cheng Siak Kian said the firm is accelerating the diversification of its offerings beyond taxis.

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Singaporeans’ blend of East and West a competitive edge in global business: Mizuho Singapore CEO

Singaporean workers can combine speed, agility and execution often associated with the West with Asian values of respect, trust and consensus-building, says Mizuho Singapore’s chief executive Josephine Lok.

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We are the last generation of managers who manage only humans: Salesforce S-E Asia CEO

In the future, most companies would be operating teams that comprise both human workers and AI agents, says Arundhati Bhattacharya, president and chief executive of South and South-east Asia at Salesforce.

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AI is not magic; without good data it’s trash in, trash out: AvePoint CEO

Singapore has all the advanced use cases of developed markets for AI and data governance, said Avepoint CEO Dr Tianyi Jiang.

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More buzz around EVs, alternative energy sources due to Iran war: OCBC chief sustainability officer

OCBC group chief sustainability officer Mike Ng says the full energy transition will take several decades and its progress will not be linear.

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