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Emerging-market (EM) currencies climbed during the first week of Donald Trump’s second term, helped by a softer-than-expected rollout of US tariffs and the absence of new levies on Chinese…
THE Nasdaq-100 Index delivered an impressive 25.9 per cent gain in 2024, led by the stellar performance of heavyweight technology counters such as Nvidia and Alphabet. After a correction…
Singapore real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) with industrial assets have delivered a resilient performance with continued positive rental reversions, as managers stay active in their…
Singapore real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) with industrial assets have delivered a resilient performance with continued positive rental reversions, as managers stay active in their…
Currency traders looking for their next big idea could do worse than talk to Wong, who runs a news stand in Hong Kong’s Central District. Her business is one of many street stalls that…
Starbucks paid new chief executive officer Brian Niccol about US$96 million for four months of work last year, one of the biggest compensation packages in corporate America. About 94 per…
Oil prices settled slightly higher on Friday (Jan 24) but posted a weekly decline, ending four straight weeks of gains, after US President Donald Trump announced sweeping plans to boost…
THE family members of Japfa’s founder are looking to take the agri-food company private by way of scheme of arrangement, for S$0.62 per share. The joint offerors, Renaldo and Gabriella…
META Platforms plans to spend between US$60 billion and US$65 billion this year to build out AI infrastructure, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday (Jan 24), joining a wave of Big Tech…
LIAN Beng Group’s board of directors – comprising the controlling Ong family – has proposed to acquire and privatise property developer SLB Development via a scheme of arrangement, the…
THOMSON Medical expects to report a loss after tax for the six months ended Dec 31, 2024, following a preliminary review of the unaudited financial results. This is mainly due to poorer…
A UNIT of Far East Orchard (FEO) has acquired an additional stake in its commercial property in Woodlands for S$25 million. Woods Square, an integrated commercial development comprising…
PRECISION plastic components manufacturer Fu Yu Corporation’s board of directors declined to appoint substantial shareholder Victor Lim as a director due to potential non-conformance to…
PRECISION plastic components manufacturer Fu Yu Corporation’s board of directors declined to appoint substantial shareholder Victor Lim as a director due to potential non-conformance to…
TWO electric vehicle (EV) charging operators won contracts to deploy public EV charging points across Singapore under a tender by the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) subsidiary…
CHINA’S BYD could start selling its first plug-in hybrid vehicle in Japan this year, the company said on Friday (Jan 24), as it aims to expand its lineup in the country to seven or eight…
APPLE and Oracle have reacted differently to President Donald Trump’s pledge that the US government will not enforce a national security law that raised potential penalties for US partners…
ANALYSTS see China’s latest initiatives injecting at least one trillion yuan (S$186 billion) of additional flows in 2025 into its ailing stock market, with the most bullish calculation by…
ANALYSTS have upgraded Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) to a “buy” rating, citing its high retail portfolio occupancy and ongoing asset enhancement initiatives (AEI) as positive signs for…
VENTURE Global raised US$1.75 billion in its initial public offering (IPO), pricing its shares in the middle of a marketed range. The Arlington, Virginia-based company sold 70 million…
GOLD prices edged higher and were on track for a fourth straight weekly gain on Friday (Jan 24), as uncertainty about US President Donald Trump’s trade plans took wind out of the US…
SINGAPORE shares ended slightly lower on Friday (Jan 24), following the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) easing monetary policy settings and US President Donald Trump calling for…
ZHAO Changpeng “CZ”, a few months out of prison and worth US$70 billion thanks to the relentless crypto rally, is turning the former venture capital arm of his Binance Holdings into a…
NEW data centres in Johor, Malaysia, and the US chip export ban are unlikely to have a big impact on Keppel DC Reit, said the manager on Friday (Jan 24). The workloads in Johor are…
