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SIA Q3 operating profit up 26% on record revenue; net earnings down 69% in absence of one-off gain

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Genting Singapore H2 profit falls 30% to S$155.7 million

Companies & Markets

More family offices turning to Hong Kong or Middle East for extra bases

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CapitaLand India Trust launches S$150 million private placement to fund two office building projects

Prior to the reconfiguration of US tariffs, Macquarie’s order of preference was Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand.

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Singapore climbs Macquarie’s Asean preference rankings after Trump’s tariff reset

FILE Ñ A container ship at the Port of Seattle, on Dec. 30, 2025. U.S. imports grew and the trade deficit remained historically large last year, data released on Feb. 19 showed, as steep tariffs imposed by the Trump administration scrambled trade but did not halt it. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)

Global Enterprise

Trump’s 10% levy takes effect as US rebuilds tariff wall

Companies & Markets

SBS Transit reports 13% drop in FY2025 net profit; proposes special dividend of S$0.3199 per share

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Manulife issues record US$300 million life policy for a single client

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DBS hits fintechs with custodian service fee hikes
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Where Singapore’s female founders find support
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Buffers for Greater China, US exposures ‘more than adequate’ as bad-debt formation slows in Q4: UOB

Companies & Markets

SBS Transit reports 13% drop in FY2025 net profit; proposes special dividend of S$0.3199 per share

Transport & Logistics

SIA Q3 operating profit up 26% on record revenue; net earnings down 69% in absence of one-off gain

International

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International

Nippon Steel to raise US$3.6 billion in Japan's biggest convertible bond offer ever

COMPANIES & MARKETS

Companies & Markets

Buffers for Greater China, US exposures ‘more than adequate’ as bad-debt formation slows in Q4: UOB

Companies & Markets

SBS Transit reports 13% drop in FY2025 net profit; proposes special dividend of S$0.3199 per share

Transport & Logistics

SIA Q3 operating profit up 26% on record revenue; net earnings down 69% in absence of one-off gain

Companies & Markets

Genting Singapore H2 profit falls 30% to S$155.7 million

Companies & Markets

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UOB leads Singapore blue-chip losses on lower Q4 earnings, Wall Street tumble

Companies & Markets

Singapore banks finish lower; STI down 0.4%

OPINION & FEATURES

Opinion & Features

‘Made in Europe’ plan’s sting in tail for Asia and the wider world

Andrew Hammond

Opinion & Features

Shaping a human-centric future for AI

Narendra Modi

Opinion & Features

Scrapping business class could halve aviation emissions

Milan Klower

ASEAN BUSINESS

About 61 per cent of knitted apparel and clothing accessories exports are destined for the US. EPA/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK

Asean Business

Uncertainty looms over Indonesia-US trade pact after legal blow in Washington

GLOBAL ENTERPRISE

Panama’s latest decision adds fresh uncertainty into long-gestating talks over Li’s deal to sell 43 global facilities to a consortium backed by US investment firm BlackRock.

Global Enterprise

CK Hutchison says Panama Canal port workers removed after court-ordered takeover

INSIDE THE C-SUITE

Singapore has a headstart over Hong Kong and the UAE when it comes to building an ecosystem to attract family offices, said
Raymond Ang, global head of private bank and affluent clients, and head of wealth and retail banking, Greater China and North Asia, Standard Chartered Bank.

Companies & Markets

More family offices turning to Hong Kong or Middle East for extra bases

SGSME

Ricky Lin, founder and CEO of Life3 Biotech added that the facility is intended to reflect Life3’s broader positioning beyond production, as well as its identity as a “social enterprise at heart”.

SGSME

AI-powered microalgae hub to anchor Life3 Biotech’s position in sustainable proteins

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