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Asia: Markets rally ahead of latest China-US trade talks
Stocks rallied on Monday (Jun 9) on hopes that a fresh round of China-US trade talks later in the day will ease tensions between the…
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Gold falls on strong US jobs data and improved trade outlook
Gold prices fell on Monday (Jun 9) as a stronger-than-expected US jobs report cooled expectations of interest rate cuts from the Federal…
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‘Very clever’; ‘lost confidence’: Shareholders react to OCBC’s latest exit offer for Great Eastern
OCBC on Friday (Jun 6) made a conditional exit offer at S$30.15 per share for the 6.28 per cent stake in Great Eastern it does not own, in…
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Private assets giant Brookfield expects alternative investments to replace public markets in 25 years
Bruce Flatt, the billionaire chief executive officer of Toronto-based Brookfield, is understandably bullish on the prospects of…
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Demand for AI-related talents increasing globally across sectors
It has been an active market for global roles in the area of artificial intelligence (AI), with several top-level appointments being…
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Chinese managers take reins at TikTok Shop in US as sales miss goal
ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, has been replacing US-hired staff near Seattle with managers connected to China, aiming to replicate…
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ECB’s Schnabel says now is right time to boost role of euro
European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel sees a favourable moment now to strengthen the euro’s global role as…
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Meta in talks for scale AI investment that could top US$10 billion
Meta Platforms is in talks to make a multibillion-dollar investment into artificial intelligence startup Scale AI, according to people…
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Arina East Residences sells 10 out of 107 units at average price of S$3,000 psf as booking opens
Freehold development Arina East Residences sold about 9 per cent of its 107 units on Saturday (Jun 7), at an average price of about…
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What does the delisting proposal by Great Eastern mean for the minorities as well as majority shareholder OCBC?
As OCBC makes a conditional exit offer of S$900 million at S$30.15 per share to Great Eastern Holdings’ (GEH’s) shareholders, The Business…
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US aerospace industry anxious as tariffs loom
US airlines and aerospace manufacturers insist they have no use for tariff protections, warning that the proposed Trump administration…
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UBS’s US$26 billion capital hit isn’t quite as bad as it seems
THE US$26 billion headline capital charge to protect Swiss taxpayers from the risk that UBS Group ever fails is worse than anyone…
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BHG downsizes Bugis Junction flagship outlet as department stores face shaky future
Department store BHG is downsizing its flagship Bugis Junction outlet – its last remaining permanent store – from three to two levels.…
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Group CEO Ng Chin Siau increases his stake in Q & M
Over the five trading sessions from May 30 to June 5, institutions were marginal net sellers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional…
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Group CEO Ng Chin Siau increases stake in Q & M
Over the five trading sessions from May 30 to June 5, institutions were marginal net sellers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional…
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Keppel DC Reit set to join STI from Jun 23
Following the Straits Times Index’s (STI) June quarterly review, Keppel DC Reit will be entering the index, replacing Jardine Cycle &…
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It Would Be So Funny If Trump Nationalized Elon Musk’s Companies
A similar idea was floated online yesterday by Steve Bannon, the odious former film producer and Trump confidant, who suggested using the…
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Trump says decision on Fed chair will be out soon
President Donald Trump said on Friday that a decision on the next Federal Reserve chair will be coming out soon, adding that a good Fed…
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New push in Europe to curb children’s social media use
From dangerous diet tips to disinformation, cyberbullying to hate speech, the glut of online content harmful to children grows every day.…
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New OCBC offer for Great Eastern more attractive but fate lies in hands of significant minority shareholders: analysts
OCBC’s latest exit offer for Great Eastern is more attractive than its initial privatisation bid, but it still remains to be seen if the…
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Crude climbs on US jobs report, China talks
Crude rose more than US$1 a barrel on Friday, posting its first weekly gain in three weeks after a favourable US jobs report and resumed…
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Europe: Equities gain for second week on jobs data and trade hopes
EUROPEAN shares rose for a second straight week, buoyed by robust US employment figures and diminishing concerns over trade friction that…
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US: Stocks rebound on jobs data relief, US-China talks
Wall Street stocks bounced on Friday as solid US employment data helped stave off concerns of an imminent downturn, while President Donald…
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Trump to Ax Federal Funding for California as Revenge Tour Escalates
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongfully deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador, is back in the United States to face…