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[ATLANTA] Pacific trade ministers have reached a deal on the most sweeping trade liberalization pact in a generation that will cut trade barriers and set...

City Gas' cash generation tends to fluctuate from quarter to quarter, owing to time lag between adjustments of gas tariffs and changes in underlying fuel...

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GRAB will now offer loans and insurance with a new fintech platform called Grab Financial, the on-demand transportation firm announced on Tuesday.

FIBRE optic cable owner NetLink NBN Trust has posted a net profit of S$12.5 million in the fourth quarter, down 37.7 per cent from the corresponding quarter...

HISTORY shows that October is the most volatile month of the year for the stock market. This year, the psychological anticipation of the October effect is even...

Jul 8, 2025 - IPADE Business School stands out in the 2025 Financial Times rankings, recognized among the top business schools in Mexico and Latin America.

The gap between exports and imports stood at US$32.15 billion last month

[WASHINGTON] Donald Trump named Donald F McGahn as White House counsel, selecting a seasoned political lawyer who could help navigate the growing scrutiny on...

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[WASHINGTON] The Federal Reserve began a two-day monetary policy meeting on Tuesday, largely overshadowed by this week's expected White House decision to...

AUSTRALIAN mining company Alliance Mineral Assets (AMAL) has terminated the services of its CEO Tjandra Adi Pramoko and his wife Simone Suen Sze Man, who...

PRESIDENT Ma Ying-jeou warned on Tuesday of damage to Taiwan's economy if the legislature does not pass controversial trade deals with China, which have...

[DETROIT] Ford Motor's new chief executive officer (CEO) Jim Farley wasted no time in his first day on the job by setting a tone of urgency and shaking up the...

[LONDON] Supermarkets, food manufacturers and restaurant chains under pressure from campaigners over their environmental impact urged Britain on Monday to...

OUT of more than 500 exchange-traded funds launched in the past three years, the one that has taken in the most cash charges an annual fee of 0.94 per cent.

CHEMICAL Industries (Far East) is one of the "lost" stocks on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) mainboard. It has a reasonably good core business in industrial...

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JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo kickstarted Q2 bank earnings beating profit expectations

London, U.K.  February 12, 2024. Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a global provider of transformative intelligence, has partnered with the Financial Times (FT) for

THE Hillford, a 281-unit retirement resort on Jalan Jurong Kechil, sold out within five hours at last Friday's launch.

[HONG KONG] The parent of Bharti Airtel is seeking about US$1 billion by selling a stake in the Indian mobile carrier after its share price hit a record on...

[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak congratulated US president-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying the Republican victor had appealed to...

[SEOUL] The impeachment of South Korea's embattled President Park Guen Hye in a snowballing corruption case inched closer on Monday when the main opposition...

[PANAMA CITY] The Panama Canal Authority (PCA) said on Tuesday it might take over a key part of the waterway's expansion if the consortium in charge of the...

AS US President-elect Donald Trump selects his Cabinet, members of his team are promising a pragmatic, positive administration to allay domestic and...

[MILAN] European shares rose for the fourth consecutive week on Friday as confidence over the region's economic recovery outweighed worries over the Catalonia...

[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks rose Thursday morning with the benchmark index headed for its longest string of gains in nearly 30 years, as the focus turns to this...

STOCKS and bonds slipped along with gold and silver on the last day of 2025, ending an otherwise buoyant year on a lacklustre note.

SINGAPORE stocks opened higher on Wednesday, with the Straits Times Index rising 0.3 per cent or 9.52 points to 3,298.47 as at 9.03am.

PRIVATE home prices in Singapore rose for the third consecutive quarter in 2019, as the Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) flash estimate for the fourth...

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GLOBAL activity for mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings (IPOs) is down in the first nine months of 2022, but industry players said bond...

Despite Fed's decision to raise short-term interest rates, rates on US 10-year bonds have fallen to levels well below February peak, 30-year rates below 2017...

TOTAL debt issuance in Asia (ex-Japan, Australia and New Zealand) for the third-quarter stood at US$67.8 billion as at Sept 30, 2017, up 18.2 per cent year on...

UNTIL recent weeks, Mers (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) had been a vaguely vexing but still distant disease, yet another troubling outbreak in "another...

THE dollar held near a one-month low against a basket of currencies on Thursday as investors digested the implications of a generally dovish outlook from the...

UOB's Sydney branch has priced A$500 million (S$489.6 million) of senior unsecured floating rate notes due October 2023, which will fall under its US$15...

GENERAL Motors (GM) reclaimed its crown as the top seller in the US, buoyed by steady demand and a rebound in fourth-quarter production even as higher...

WALL Street stocks closed sharply lower on Friday (Oct 14) as investors worried about inflation and rising interest rates while the dollar rose against the yen...

[HONG KONG] Asian markets were mixed on Monday with traders increasingly pessimistic that US lawmakers will pass a new stimulus package before next week's...

Sep 18, 2025 - Brushing aside accusations of nepotism, the offspring of billionaire Peter Lim is coming into his own

[SAN FRANCISCO] Google on Friday was working to get India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi out of the line-up of photos served up in searches for "Top 10...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gets more than two-thirds vote in emergency meeting

THE Monetary Authority of Singapore is reviewing its regulatory regime for venture capital (VC) managers to get more of them in Singapore as part of the...

THUMB drive manufacturer Trek 2000 International will likely post a first-quarter net loss for the three months to March 31, the board disclosed on Monday.

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THE world is in for another week of uncertainty, unless there is a new twist in the tumultuous US presidential campaign or a breakthrough in vaccine...

ELON Musk wants OpenAI and Microsoft to pay him damages in the range of US$79 billion to US$134 billion over his claims that the generative AI company...

PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong says American voters have elected a president whom they feel best represents them, and Singapore "fully respects" their choice.

EUROPEAN stock markets recovered slightly at the start of trading on Thursday (Oct 6) following gains in Tokyo.

[NEW YORK] Adult-film actress Stormy Daniels sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday, alleging he never signed a nondisclosure agreement to keep her quiet about...

THE four outlet malls under Sasseur Real Estate Investment Trust (Sasseur Reit) in China registered robust first-day sales as its annual Spring Sales kicked...

[LONDON] European shares closed firmly in negative territory on Tuesday as the euro rose against a faltering dollar after US President Donald Trump fired...

ST Index loses 6.6 points; GLP most actively traded on talk of takeover offer

FOUR-TIME Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel will leave Ferrari at the end of the 2020 season, with the German facing an uncertain future in racing.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron set out plans on Monday to force local authorities to build new properties, as the government seeks to boost home ownership and...

KEPPEL Data Centres Holding Pte Ltd (KDCH), in a tie-up with the Alpha Data Centre Fund (Alpha DC Fund), has entered into a real estate and asset purchase...

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[SHAH ALAM, Malaysia] The Malaysian police's investigation into the murder of the North Korean leader's estranged half brother was "shoddy" and could lead to...

In a community of stressed-out denizens, the e-scooter has turned out to be a touchpoint for anger

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[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks ended lower on Wednesday, as the safe haven yen rose against the US dollar after Donald Trump's administration was rocked by the...

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FIRST Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.86 Singapore cents for the three months ended March 31, down from 2.15...

[NEW YORK] A masterpiece of the American pop art movement hits the auction block in New York next month, expected to set a new record for artist Roy...

[TOKYO] Japanese hospital doctors on the front line of the Covid-19 pandemic face tough working conditions, with many reusing masks and few getting hazard pay,...

[PARIS] Airbus has set a divisional target of tripling the services revenues generated by its main commercial aircraft business to US$10 billion a year by...

[TOKYO] Japanese stocks' record rally is so powerful that one of their most prominent buyers is sitting on the sidelines.

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THE judicial manager of Technics Oil and Gas Ltd said the company has been granted an extension of time from the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority...

[LONDON] Noble Group handed its outgoing co-chief executive officer Jeff Frase a remuneration package worth about US$20 million last year, even as the...

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THREE floors of strata office space at 20 Cecil Street have been put up for sale with an asking price of S$110 million, or about S$36 million to S$37 million...

[VANCOUVER] Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou suffered a legal setback on Wednesday when a Canadian judge ruled that proceedings to extradite her to the...

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[RANKFURT] Volkswagen said on Wednesday about 3 million cars in Europe have 1.6 litre engines, which will require hardware changes in the wake of the company's...

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