Gold heads for biggest gain since 2010 in mixed year for metals
GOLD is heading for its biggest gain in 14 years, with a 27 per cent advance fuelled by US monetary easing, sustained geopolitical risks and a wave of purchases by central banks. While…
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'Wicked' becomes biggest Broadway box office smash, overtaking 'Mamma Mia'
The movie Wicked has officially become the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation in box office history, surpassing the movie musical Mamma Mia. The film's star-studded cast includes Cynthia…
US investors pay biggest premium for TSMC shares in two months
TAIWAN Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) US-listed shares cost almost 25 per cent more than those in its domestic market at the end of last week, a sign that global investors…
Japan’s bond market is set to absorb biggest supply in a decade
INVESTORS are set to face the largest supply of Japanese sovereign bonds in at least a decade as the central bank plans to shrink its balance sheet, adding to debtholders’ woes from rising…
The EU's two biggest economies are grappling with political uncertainty
The News The European Union’s heavyweights France and Germany are grappling with political challenges, with the former hit by a credit ratings downgrade and the latter a government…
World's biggest iceberg heads north after escaping vortex
The world's biggest iceberg is on the move again after being trapped in a vortex for most of the year. A23a is 3,800 sq km (1,500 sq miles), which is more than twice the size of Greater…
The biggest question in South Korea: Who is running the country?
SEOUL — Who is running South Korea? In the week since President Yoon Suk Yeol briefly declared martial law, setting off widespread calls for his removal from office, that question has…
Wall Street banks predict biggest China rate cuts in a decade
CHINA’S central bank will deliver the biggest interest-rate cuts in a decade next year as policymakers intensify efforts to shore up growth and arrest deflation, in the view of a number of…
Pete Hegseth "biggest casualty" in Trump, DOJ agreement: Legal analyst
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary, is the "biggest casualty" of an agreement between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Trump's transition team,…
The 3 biggest dating trends to look out for in 2025
As 2024 draws to a close, dating app Tinder has released its Year in Swipe™ 2024 report, analyzing global data from bios, surveys and user behaviors of singletons. The result? Insight into…
The biggest green flag on a first date according to relationship experts
The rise of dating apps, social media, and the prominence of technology in everyday life has transformed the dating landscape as we know it. With a world of information readily accessible…
Canadian dollar notches biggest weekly gain since August
THE heavily shorted Canadian dollar steadied against its US counterpart on Friday (Nov 22), with the currency holding on to a weekly gain as upbeat domestic retail sales data contributed…
DBS, OCBC, UOB, Maybank syndicating Singapore’s biggest loan of S$12 billion for Marina Bay Sands
The 7-year facility, which will be syndicated to other financiers, will refinance an existing S$4b borrowing MARINA Bay Sands is seeking a loan of around S$12 billion, in what would be the…
Gold logs biggest weekly fall in over five months on dollar strength
GOLD prices dropped on Friday (Nov 9), logging their steepest weekly decline in over five months, pressured by a stronger dollar and as markets absorbed the implications of Donald Trump’s…
US dollar set for biggest one-day jump since 2020, Bitcoin hits record as Trump secures White House
THE US dollar was set for its biggest one-day rise since March 2020 against major peers on Wednesday (Nov 6) and Bitcoin jumped to an all-time high after Donald Trump was re-elected…
Malaysian ringgit set for biggest monthly decline since 2015
MALAYSIA’S currency is on course for its worst month in more than nine years, as investors scale back on risk assets amid concerns over the US election. The ringgit is down more than 6 per…
Yen tumbles after Japan election; US dollar set for biggest monthly rise since 2022
THE yen hit three-month lows on Monday (Oct 28) as investors figured the loss of a parliamentary majority for Japan’s ruling coalition in weekend elections would slow interest rate rises,…
Lulu Retail seeks to raise up to 5.27 billion dirhams in UAE’s biggest IPO this year
LULU Retail Holdings, which runs one of the Middle East’s biggest hypermarket chains, said on Monday (Oct 28) it aims to raise up to 5.27 billion dirhams (S$1.9 billion) in what is set to…
China’s Horizon Robotics raises HK$5.4 billion in biggest Hong Kong IPO of 2024
CHINESE autonomous driving firm Horizon Robotics has priced its shares at the top of its range to raise HK$5.4 billion (S$913.4 million) according to a term sheet seen by Reuters, making…
Syngenta seeks US$3 billion ESG loan, Asia’s biggest this year
AGROCHEMICALS giant Syngenta Group is seeking a US$3 billion sustainability-linked loan, in what would be Asia’s largest US dollar facility linked to environmental, social and…
Keppel and Australia’s biggest gas developer sign deal for liquid hydrogen to power Singapore data centres
Conditional agreement paves way for binding deal for Woodside Energy to supply the fuel from as early as 2030 Keppel has tied up with Woodside Energy, Australia’s largest oil and gas…
General Motors backs biggest US lithium project with US$625 million investment
GENERAL Motors has committed US$625 million towards what will likely be one of the biggest US lithium mines, reinforcing the carmaker’s efforts to secure domestic supply of the battery…
Tokyo Metro likely to raise $2.3 billion in Japan's biggest IPO in 6 years
Tokyo Metro is the largest Japan IPO since SoftBank Group listed its telecoms unit in late 2018 3 min read Last Updated : Oct 15 2024 | 9:08 AM IST Tokyo Metro is expected to raise 348.6…
These are the holiday destinations that have seen the biggest drop in flight price this year
Locations across Europe and as far away as Japan have been named as the best value-for-money places to fly to as UK departure prices drop. Destinations across the globe have seen a…