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A tragic scene unfolded in a Belgrade courtroom on Tuesday. A 13-year-old boy, linked to a horrific shooting that took the lives of nine people and a security guard, testified against his…
Wall Street’s main indexes were little changed at the open on Wednesday (Oct 9) as investors awaited the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting for more clues on the interest-rate…
MIZUHO Financial Group is preparing for short-term market disruptions if investors’ predictions of a soft landing in the US prove wrong, by stocking up on easy-to-sell assets such as…
THE New Zealand dollar slumped on Wednesday (Oct 9) after the country’s central bank cut interest rates by 50 basis points, while the US dollar nudged up against most currencies and hit a…
SALES of US automaker Tesla’s China-made electric vehicles rose 19.2 per cent in September from a year earlier, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed on Wednesday…
NVIDIA chief executive officer Jensen Huang said that the future of artificial intelligence will be services that can “reason,” but such a stage requires the cost of computing to come down…
CASH is still the most accepted payment method for Swiss businesses, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) said on Wednesday (Oct 9), despite plans by some companies to reduce their acceptance of…
OVERSea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) will stop handling any transactions involving Russia as it moves to cut exposure to the nation hit with global sanctions. Singapore’s second-largest…
It runs seven ports along the Strait of Malacca, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes MMC Port Holdings has been considering an initial public offering (IPO) in Kuala Lumpur that…
DBS Group Holdings’ head of institutional banking group Hong Kong, Wallace Lam, will be leaving South-east Asia’s biggest lender, according to a spokesperson. Boris Chan, currently head of…
CHINESE equities were standout underperformers in Asia on Wednesday (Oct 9) as traders weighed weak economic data and Beijing’s reluctance to commit to more stimulus. The benchmark CSI 300…
TAIWAN Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, reported on Wednesday (Oct 9) third-quarter revenue that easily beat both the market and the…
The 82-year-old and his children, Evan Lim and Lim Huey Ching, are planning to file for bankruptcy EMBATTLED Hin Leong Trading founder Lim Oon Kuin – the former Singapore oil tycoon better…
THAILAND’S Board of Investment (BOI) said on Wednesday (Oct 9) that it had approved a US$400 million investment by tyre maker Continental to expand its existing facility in the country,…
TOTAL securities market turnover value on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) increased 75 per cent year on year (yoy) to S$30.38 billion in September, according to the bourse’s monthly market…
TALKS between Boeing and its largest union to end an almost monthlong strike collapsed for a third time, extending a shutdown of the planemaker’s key commercial manufacturing base on the…
NEW Zealand’s central bank cut interest rates by half a percentage point, stepping up the pace of easing as policymakers become more concerned about the economic slowdown. The Reserve Bank…
FRASERS Hospitality Trust’s (FHT) pro forma distributable income for financial year 2024 is estimated to fall by S$1.3 million, following changes to its Australian unit’s managed…
PURE-PLAY data centre real estate investment trust (Reit) Digital Core Reit has recast US$716 million of loan facilities which will be used to refinance its existing US$703 million term…
GOLD prices held steady on Wednesday (Oct 9) as traders awaited cues on US interest rate policy from the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting. Spot gold held its ground at…
SINGAPORE stocks began Wednesday (Oct 9) morning trading in positive territory, mirroring overnight gains in the US market. As at 9.01 am, the Straits Times Index (STI) rose 27.54 points…
AUSTRALIA’S central bank will strengthen its assessment of potential risks when deploying an unconventional monetary policy, assistant governor Christopher Kent said following a review of…
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Oct 9): Singtel: Business and emergency services hotlines, including those of…
ADOBE said on Tuesday (Oct 8) it will offer a free web-based app starting next year, aimed at helping the creators of images and videos to get credit for their work used in artificial…
