In this episode of The Business Report, finance presenter Chua Tian Tian spoke with Carmen Lee, Head of Equity Research, OCBC, where they discussed South Korea’s latest move to extend stock trading hours, as well as how Anthropic reportedly plans to caution potential investors in its IPO that advanced AI could pose “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity”.

Also in focus – how Mapletree Industrial Trust is set to sell a data centre property in the US for about US$9.8 million in cash.

Plus – how NVIDIA boosted its share buyback authorisation by a record US$150 billion, eclipsing Apple’s US$110 billion approval in 2024.