SINGAPORE – India’s short-run growth outlook is gaining momentum as its economy gradually turns the corner since the last wave of the Delta variant. The pace of vaccinations for Covid-19 […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) – Oil prices climbed on Tuesday (Nov 23) as a landmark coordinated move by the United States and other consumer nations to tap their strategic oil reserves was […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Plans for a US$1 billion (S$1.36 billion) Bitcoin bond in El Salvador sent the nation’s US dollar-denominated bonds to an all-time low. El Salvador’s dollar denominated […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) – Traders are pricing in a ramp-up in tapering bond purchases by the US Federal Reserve and the potential for a June liftoff on rate hikes after […]
LONDON (BLOOMBERG) – A Singapore-based offshore wind developer has signed an agreement to build a huge US$10 billion (S$13.7 billion) wind farm off the coast of Ireland to power a […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – The S&P 500 ended lower and the Nasdaq tumbled deep into negative territory on Monday (Nov 22) after both earlier hit record highs following the announcement […]
SINGAPORE – Short-term pressures on governments to speed up economic recoveries weighed on the outcome of COP26, the Glasgow summit on climate change, said the World Bank’s vice-president for East […]
SINGAPORE – Expecting the global Great Resignation phenomenon to play out in full next year, employers in Singapore are reverting salary increments and payroll budgets to near pre-pandemic levels in […]
SINGAPORE – The Singles’ Day sale frenzy on Nov 11 seems to have ignited a spate of phishing attacks targeting online shoppers. OCBC Bank has detected three times more scams […]
SINGAPORE – After almost six decades of growth, Singapore Technologies Engineering has entered a new phase of transformation. This has involved divestment of at least a dozen businesses and investment, […]
SINGAPORE – It was a mixed week for markets with tech shares rallying on the back of positive earnings and an appetite for growth stocks, while the broader market appeared […]
Phoon Huat is no stranger to Singaporeans, particularly during the baking frenzy that gripped the island last year during the circuit breaker. Behind its 20-and-counting brick-and-mortar outlets, however, is a […]
(NYTIMES) – When the developer Lendlease opens its US$600 million (S$816 million) residential and office complex in Los Angeles, expected in 2025, the site will have the typical hallmarks of […]
(BLOOMBERG) – It all started when Dr Ken Suzuki visited the Berlin Wall as a teenager on a school trip. Dr Suzuki, who was 14, was allowed to cross into […]
SINGAPORE – Never mind the folly of youth, they have time to bounce back. That is the opinion of finance executive Srihari Sikhakollu who reckons youngsters have great advantages when […]
(NYTIMES) – Merrill was a guy, and so was Lynch. Goldman? A dude, and Sachs as well. Charles Schwab is a man, and so was E.F. Hutton. Gordon Gekko was […]
Any time over the next few weeks, the first special purpose acquisition company or Spac is expected to list on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). This was recently disclosed by SGX […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – The Nasdaq finished at a fresh record on Friday (Nov 19) on a mixed day for US stocks as markets weighed the risk of economic weakness […]
SINGAPORE – As the world economy gradually gets rewired for net-zero carbon targets, global financial centres such as Singapore face a formidable challenge to carve out a similar niche in […]
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – The liquidators for water-treatment company Hyflux said on Thursday (Nov 18) that unsecured creditors, including medium-term noteholders, are likely to receive a “small dividend” following […]
