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NEW Zealand’s central bank will debate whether to cut interest rates by 25 or 50 basis points in February, a senior central banker said on Thursday (Nov 28), after having disappointed…
The counter climbs 11.4 per cent or S$0.085 to S$0.83 as at 11.18 am. SHARES of engineering company PEC were up 11.4 per cent on Thursday (Nov 28) following talks of a possible share deal.…
MIZUHO Financial Group is considering making a push into a new area for the lender in India focusing on private equity and venture capital firms, seeking to tap some of the most prolific…
AMAZON on Thursday (Nov 28) announced that it injected more than S$2 billion into its retail and cloud businesses in Singapore in 2023. The outlay comprised capital expenditure, including…
BLACKROCK has a handshake deal to buy private credit group HPS Investment Partners, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday (Nov 27). The final deal value would be closer to US$12…
From Tesla chargers in the ancient alleys that surround the Forbidden City in Beijing to lonely highway rest stops with charging posts in the western deserts, signs of the electrification…
MICROSOFT on Wednesday (Nov 27) denied claims that it uses customer data from its Microsoft 365 applications, including Word and Excel, to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. The…
EUROPE-FOCUSED real estate investment trust (Reit) IReit Global has signed a lease contract with UK hotel chain Premier Inn for 10,348 square metres or 12 per cent of net lettable space in…
CHINA is continuing to buy US soybeans, confounding some traders who had expected the flow of shipments to slow down ahead of a potential trade war between both countries. A Chinese state…
THE US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened an antitrust investigation of Microsoft, drilling into everything from the company’s cloud computing and software licensing businesses to…
KEN Griffin’s Citadel Advisors, Pacific Investment Management Company (Pimco) and Western Asset Management are among the investment firms poised to own equity in Spirit Airlines after the…
STARBUCKS’s holiday-themed cups drove a bigger spike in customer visits than in previous years, a welcome boost for a brand that’s looking to stage a turnaround. The Red Cup Day giveaway…
BRITISH insurer Direct Line Insurance on Wednesday (Nov 27) rejected a takeover offer of £3.3 billion (S$5.6 billion) from bigger rival Aviva, saying it “substantially undervalued” the…
The much-hyped Mike Tyson fight against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul showed the potential power of Netflix to create live, global sports events on streaming video. For many people…
SHARES of Dell and HP fell on Wednesday (Nov 27) after the personal computer makers issued forecasts that cast doubt on a market recovery driven by artificial intelligence-enabled PCs.…
UBS Group cut four loan syndication bankers in Asia, according to people familiar with the matter, as elevated funding costs cast a pall over the market. The individuals, who joined as…
STANDARD Chartered is exploring a potential divestment of its wealth and retail banking operations in Botswana, Uganda and Zambia, it said on Wednesday (Nov 27), as the banking giant…
The Guangzhou-headquartered company priced its American depositary shares at US$13 each PONY AI raised US$260 million after pricing its US initial public offering at the top of the…
Most investment funds also have enough liquidity to meet redemption shocks, its liquidity stress-simulation tests have found SINGAPORE’S banks and insurers have sufficient capital and…
GLOBAL bank Citigroup announced on Wednesday (Nov 27) that it has appointed former BlackRock portfolio manager Kate Moore as its chief investment officer (CIO) for its wealth division. She…
TAIWAN’S Foxconn said on Wednesday (Nov 27) it expects any impact of new tariffs from US President-elect Donald Trump to hit it less than its rivals, citing its global manufacturing…
December tranche gives a 10-year average return of 2.81%; sees S$164.8 million in applications versus S$600 million on offer THE latest Singapore Savings Bond (SSB), allotted on Wednesday…
DESPITE higher interest expenses, most companies in Singapore have been able to generate enough earnings to service their debt, said a report by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)…
GLOBAL smartphone sales rebounded strongly in 2024 after two successive years of decline, but Apple barely managed growth, an independent study showed, underscoring the speed with which…
