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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the end of Bashar al-Assad's rule in Syria means important "opportunity" as well as risks for Israel. Netanyahu said Israel is interested…
SOUTH Korean shares continued to fall by the close on Wednesday (Dec 4),after the country’s President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law overnight. Yoon then lifted the decree within…
SHARES of US automakers tumbled on worries that a new round of tariffs imposed by President-elect Donald Trump will cause sticker prices to soar even further. Trump said that he would…
SINGAPORE shares closed slightly lower on Thursday (Nov 21) as regional indices ended in the red, with the imminent threat of US trade tariffs under Donald Trump’s presidency elevating…
Nikkei 225 ends 0.2% lower, while Kospi is up 0.4%; Bursa loses 0.3% and Hang Seng closes 0.2% higher SINGAPORE stocks closed lower on Wednesday (Nov 20), as investors awaited chipmaker…
SWISS watch exports fell for a second straight month in October as a sharp drop in shipments to China offset growth in the US. Exports of Swiss timepieces and watch movements declined 2.8…
The trade-weighted US dollar index is at its highest since Jul 2, and up 4.9% in this quarter SINGAPORE stocks fell on Tuesday (Nov 12) as regional sentiment weakened after the US dollar…
FRASERS Hospitality Trust (FHT) recorded distribution per stapled security (DPS) of S$0.011682 for the second half of its financial year ended Sep 30, down 0.8 per cent from S$0.011777 for…
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…
GOLD prices inched higher on Friday (Nov 8), extending gains spurred by the US Federal Reserve’s widely anticipated quarter-point rate cut amid a cooling labour market and solid economic…
SHARES of telco giant Singtel saw heavy trading on Friday (Nov 1) after court proceedings against its subsidiary Optus Mobile in Australia commenced on Oct 31. The counter hit a low of…
Cumulative losses for the nation’s fuel-makers total 32 billion yuan this year till September, amid a downturn in the nation’s property sector and a shift towards electric transportation…
FORD Motor said on Monday it expects to hit the lower end of its full-year profit guidance, dropping the company’s shares 5 per cent in after-hours trading, as a price war hits the US…
The 11-year-old girl who survived a mass shooting at her family's upscale mansion in Washington state said that she woke up to the terrifying sound of gunfire just before her older brother…
An unusual early September cyclone drenched large parts of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya, filling dry lakes and rivers. New satellite imagery from NASA shows the impact of the…
OIL futures fell on Friday (Oct 18), declining more than 7 per cent on the week after data showed China’s economic growth slowed and investors digested a mixed Middle East outlook. Brent…
Liam Payne's body was found in a hotel courtyard next to a lighter, a whisky bottle, and a mobile phone, and staff have now shared that they had concerns about the star's access to a low…
FRENCH luxury giant LVMH reported a 3 per cent fall in third-quarter sales on Tuesday (Oct 16), its first decline in quarterly sales since the pandemic, as rising prices and economic…
FRENCH luxury giant LVMH reported a 3 per cent fall in third-quarter sales on Tuesday (Oct 15), undershooting estimates in its first decline in quarterly sales since the pandemic as demand…
The CEO of a Utah-based software company tragically died over the weekend after falling 200 feet while climbing in Zion National Park in Springdale, Utah, officials said. Justin Bingham,…
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…
SINGAPORE stocks tracked regional declines on Tuesday (Oct 8), reversing Monday’s gains. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) lost 0.7 per cent or 23.5 points to 3,575.69. Across the…
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index dived 9.41%, or 2,172.99 points, to 20,926.79. Hong Kong stocks plunged more than nine per cent on Tuesday (Oct 8), their biggest fall in 16 years, after China…
Investment banks, forced to take big writedowns on risky merger and acquisitions loans after a global surge in interest rates, are now jumping back into leveraged buyouts (LBO) – one of…
