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Gold demand in Singapore jumps 48% to record 9.6 tonnes in 2025
[ad_1] Appetite for the metal grew the fastest in the city-state among South-east Asian countries, finds report[SINGAPORE] Investors in Singapore seeking safe-haven assets and portfolio diversification piled into gold in...
Forced TikTok US sale may turbocharge ByteDance’s Asia expansion, with S-E Asia to gain: analysts
[ad_1] Other emerging markets have also been identified as potential beneficiaries of the divestment[SINGAPORE] The forced sale of ByteDance’s TikTok in the United States was intended to curb the Chinese...
Bursa Malaysia Q4 net profit falls 11.8% to RM60.8 million amid muted market sentiment
[ad_1] [KUALA LUMPUR] Bursa Malaysia ended 2025 with lower revenue and profit as muted sentiment and decreased daily trading dampened securities market performance, the company said in a bourse filing...
CAAS to sign nine agreements at Singapore Airshow
[ad_1] The agreements will cover sustainability, innovation and human capital development[SINGAPORE] The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is set to sign nine agreements with various partners at the upcoming...
STI could hit as high as 6,500 on extended rally, says JPMorgan, giving its top picks
[ad_1] Small and mid-cap stocks could ‘stage a catch-up rally’ amid ‘strong catalysts’[SINGAPORE] As the Straits Times Index (STI) nears 5,000 points this week, an extended rally could drive the...
Meta must have facial recognition measures for notable Facebook users in Singapore or risk S$1 million fine
[ad_1] This is to reduce scam advertisements, accounts, profiles and business pages that impersonate two sets of peoplePublished Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 01:53 PM[SINGAPORE] The police have issued a...
Toyota retains top auto crown in 2025 with record sales
[ad_1] Published Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 01:01 PM[TOKYO] Toyota Motor sold a record 11.3 million vehicles globally in 2025, the company said on Thursday, retaining its crown as the...
From Meta to Samsung, global tech unleashes spending to chase AI
[ad_1] Memory manufacturers are reallocating production lines towards lucrative HBM to satisfy the needs of AI data centresPublished Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 12:48 PM[SEOUL] The world’s largest tech firms...
Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon in talks to invest up to US$60 billion in OpenAI, The Information reports
[ad_1] Published Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 11:40 AMNVIDIA, Amazon and Microsoft are in talks to invest up to US$60 billion in OpenAI, The Information reported on Wednesday.Nvidia, an existing...
Indonesia shares pare losses after authorities pledge to address MSCI’s transparency concerns
[ad_1] Indonesia shares are hit by second trading halt after MSCI flags transparency concerns[JAKARTA] Indonesian shares pared earlier losses on Thursday (Jan 29) to close lower after the authorities pledged...
RHB lifts ST Engineering target price to S$10.70 on record contract wins
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] RHB Bank maintained its “buy” call on ST Engineering while raising its target price to S$10.70 from S$9.40, it said in a note on Thursday (Jan 29).The revised...
Meta leans on improved ad business to fuel massive AI spending
[ad_1] Investors have historically been anxious about whether the company’s businesses will benefit meaningfully from its hefty AI investmentsPublished Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 10:04 AM[SAN FRANCISCO] Meta Platforms’ better-than-expected...