Employees are crashing out all over TikTok. Here’s why
Work-related stress is on the rise. And to quote Gen Z, who loves some dramatic verbiage, the overwhelm has employees totally “crashing out.” Crashing out can look like having a full blown…
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Credit Suisse, UOB, UBS, Citi among 9 financial institutions penalised S$27.5 million for roles in S$3b money laundering case
Nine financial institutions (FIs) in Singapore have been penalised a total of S$27.5 million for anti-money laundering (AML) related breaches, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore…
Deutsche Bank, SeaTown join VinFast’s US$510 million private debt: sources
Deutsche Bank and SeaTown Holdings International are among the lenders providing a US$510 million private credit loan to VinFast Auto, according to people familiar with the matter.…
Stella McCartney’s new plant-based sneakers can be composted
If you pick up a pair of the newest sneakers from Stella McCartney, you might notice something unusual: The soles smell like cinnamon. That’s because they’re dyed with cinnamon waste…
How to convince your boss that you’re productive working from home
Half of remote workers run errands on the clock, and over a quarter skip full days altogether—so it’s no surprise some bosses have grown wary of their employees working from home. But that…
Thai telco core profits expected to jump 38% in 2025, outpacing market: Maybank
The core earnings of Thailand’s telecommunications sector are expected to rise 38 per cent in 2025, outpacing the Stock Exchange of Thailand’s forecast growth of 6 per cent, a Maybank…
How China is leading the humanoid robots race
I’ve worked at the bleeding edge of robotics innovation in the United States for almost my entire professional life. Never before have I seen another country advance so quickly. In the…
Inside India’s scramble for AI independence
Under its compute program, the government is deploying more than 18,000 GPUs, including nearly 13,000 high-end H100 chips, to a select group of Indian startups that currently includes…
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust said to shut Hong Kong branch by June 2026
TOMO Mitsui Trust Bank plans to close the lender’s Hong Kong branch by June 2026 and move most of its client operations to the Singapore office, according to people familiar…
SGX and HKEX in three charts
Singapore’s market is weathering a listing draught but the scene at a neighbouring rival bourse up north is quite a different picture. The Hong Kong stock exchange is on fire, with the…
SGX and HKEX in charts: a tale of two stock markets
Singapore’s market is weathering a listing draught while its rival bourse up north, the Hong Kong stock exchange, is on fire - on track to becoming the world’s top initial public offering…
Trump kicks off America's 250th birthday with victory lap speech in Iowa
President Trump delivered a victory-lap speech Thursday night at the Iowa State Fair, extolling a streak of recent wins from his America First Agenda while kicking off the year-long…
Trump calls for 'fairness' at national parks, raises price for foreign visitors
President Trump is raising the visitor fees to national parks for foreign tourists with an executive order Thursday, a move the White House says will make park visits more affordable for…
Info-Tech Systems debuts 9.2% above IPO price at S$0.95
The Republic welcomed its second listing in 2025 and first mainboard listing in close to two years as software services provider Info-Tech Systems made its trading debut on Friday (Jul 4).…
Info-Tech Systems debuts on SGX mainboard at S$0.95, 9.2% above IPO price
Software services provider started trading on Friday (Jul 4), as Singapore welcomed its second listing in 2025 and first mainboard listing in close to two years. At 9 am, it opened at…
Hong Kong’s de facto central bank intervenes to defend currency peg
Hong Kong’s de-facto central bank said it intervened twice on Friday and sold US$3.78 billion against the Hong Kong dollar after the local currency hit the weak end of its trading…
Hong Kong moves to defend FX peg for third time in a week
Hong Kong authorities intervened for the third time in a week to support the currency, which had dropped towards the weak end of its official trading band as the city’s interest rates…
Thakral’s GemLife debuts on Australian bourse with A$1.65 billion market cap
It ends first day of trading up 4.1% at A$4.33, with 9.12 million stapled securities transacted Thakral Corporation’s investee company in Australia, GemLife Communities Group, on Thursday…
Stocks to watch: Frasers Property, UOL, CDL, GuocoLand, Keppel, Thakral, QAF
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Jul 4): Frasers Property, UOL Group, CDL, GuocoLand, Keppel: In a move to curb rising…
Trump’s CBS Settlement Win Is a Loss for America, Not Just the Media
This lawsuit was designed only to be used as a bludgeon, not to be won. Source link
Europe: Shares advance as markets take US jobs data in stride
EUROPEAN shares closed higher on Thursday as investors took in stride a stronger-than-expected US jobs report, with bank stocks leading gains as focus remained on a potential trade deal…
US: S&P 500, Nasdaq end at fresh records after solid jobs data
Wall Street stocks surged higher on Thursday following US jobs data that topped estimates as President Donald Trump’s massive tax cut measure neared final passage in Congress. The…
Honduran family freed from detention after lawsuit against ICE courthouse arrests
A mother and her two young children from Honduras who had filed what was believed to be the first lawsuit involving children challenging the Trump administration's policy on immigrant…
Trump’s New Budget Law: Very Big, Sometimes Beautiful
It may have been worth it to avoid a massive tax hike, but the failure to get spending under control will come back to haunt Republicans. Source link