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ASIA’S rapidly expanding airlines may face long waits to have their aircraft repaired and maintained amid surging demand, one of the region’s fastest-growing jet maintenance, repair and…
As the market euphoria to China’s biggest stimulus since the pandemic settles, foreign investors are now asking whether the US$114 billion toolkit will provide the spark needed to turn…
PROPERTY developers UOL and Singapore Land (SingLand) are in preliminary confidential discussions with an unnamed party on the potential acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in “an office…
JAPAN’S Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) is considering listing a global data centre real estate investment trust (Reit) in Singapore, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.…
TECH firms led an Asian market rally on Thursday on renewed optimism about demand for AI equipment following a strong earnings outlook from US chip giant Micron. News that South Korean…
SPACEX is proposing to invest US$15 billion in Vietnam tied to its Starlink satellite service in the near future, the South-east Asian country’s government said, citing a meeting between…
ELON Musk’s SpaceX plans to invest US$15 billion in Vietnam in the near future, the government of the Communist-run nation said on Thursday (Sep 26), which could help resolve a stalemate…
CHINA is considering injecting up to 1 trillion yuan (S$183 billion) of capital into its biggest state banks to increase their capacity to support the struggling economy, according to…
NEW Zealand’s central bank has defended its position on bank capital requirements after claims they may be contributing to a lack of competition between lenders. The Reserve Bank of New…
AUSTRALIA’S central bank on Thursday cautioned borrowers against taking on excessive debt when interest rates start to fall and risking a boom/bust cycle, though it judged the financial…
BANK of Japan policymakers were divided on how quickly the central bank should raise interest rates further, minutes of the bank’s July meeting showed, highlighting uncertainty on the…
CITIBANK will close its last branch in Singapore as it focuses on serving customers online and advising affluent clients at its wealth hubs. The US bank will on Oct 12 shutter its Jurong…
US PRIVATE equity firm Blackstone has confirmed a £10 billion (S$17.2 billion) investment for an artificial intelligence data centre in northeast England, the British prime minister’s…
BRITISH car productions fell for the sixth consecutive month in August, a traditionally lower output month affected by summer shutdowns and factories prepping to switch to newer models,…
META Platforms debuted its first pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses – devices that show a combined view of the digital and physical worlds, a key step in chief executive officer Mark…
OIL prices slumped over 2 per cent on Wednesday as worries over supply disruptions in Libya eased and demand concerns continued despite China’s latest stimulus plans. Still, falling crude…
THE Dow and S&P 500 fell on Wednesday, retreating from records amid a banner period for markets ahead of key US inflation data. Analysts have described the market as primed for a…
MICRON Technology, the largest US maker of computer memory chips, surged in late trading after giving surprisingly strong sales and profit forecasts, helped by demand for artificial…
The company will continue supplying alkylphenol from other manufacturing facilities in Europe and the Americas CHEMICALS company SI Group will close its alkylphenol manufacturing facility…
The Malaysian currency has been buoyed by signs of a rebound in China, the nation’s largest trading partner The rally in Malaysia’s ringgit is likely to last given the nation’s favourable…
SOUTH Korean conglomerate Hanwha rebutted criticism from the estate of Dyna-Mac’s founder that its voluntary conditional offer is not compelling, maintaining that its proposition is based…
ITALY’S antitrust agency has launched an investigation into a Dublin-based company that manages the Italian website of online clothing retailer Shein over possible misleading environmental…
Amid rising concerns that X has become less safe under billionaire Elon Musk, the platform formerly known as Twitter is seeking to assure advertisers and critics that it still polices…
VIENNA-BASED advocacy group NOYB on Wednesday (Sep 25) said it has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority against Mozilla accusing the Firefox browser maker of…
