Business
Amazon set to invest 9 billion dollars in Singapore
Amazon said Tuesday it would invest 9 billion USD in Singapore over the next four years to expand its cloud computing capabilities in the city. The announcement comes after fellow tech titan Microsoft unveiled billions of dollars of investment in the same sectors in Southeast Asia last week as firms look to take advantage of growing demand in...
Retail
UK retail suffers dismal April sales amidst weather woes and Easter timing
April's retail sales in the UK took a hit, dropping by 4 percent compared to the same period last year, according to data from the British Retail Consortium. The timing of Easter played a role in this decline, with the holiday falling in March this year as opposed to April last year, skewing year-on-year comparisons. To counteract this...