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Companies & Markets
Hot stock: Singtel down about 3.3% after announcing S$3.1 billion impairment hit
Companies & Markets
Delayed rate cuts expected to benefit Singapore banks’ otherwise uneventful Q1 earnings
Companies & Markets
Sembcorp announces long-term power purchase agreements with Equinix
Companies & Markets
Great Eastern reports 26% higher Q1 profit of S$306.7 million
Companies & Markets
Hot stock: Don Agro surges after plans to sell 92.3% group assets for 4.5 billion roubles
Singapore
Incumbents prevail at Singapore Recreation Club elections, but looming legal action casts pall
ASEAN Business
Indonesia to drive the growth of Asean’s green economy: PM Lee
Global Enterprise
Japan’s yen jumps against the dollar on suspected intervention
Opinion & Features
MARK TO MARKET
SGX RegCo should push companies to help minorities requisition resolutions at AGMs
Podcasts
PropertyBT: Making sense of residential property taxes (Ep 30)
BREAKING NEWS
Opinion & Features
THE LEVEL GROUND
Without a game changer, Sentosa Cove condos will continue underperforming
Global Enterprise
Japan’s yen jumps against the dollar on suspected intervention
Garage
Health-tech startup Thrixen bags US$7 million from 22Health Ventures, Aldevron co-founder
Banking & Finance
Saudi National Bank posts marginal rise in Q1 profit
Global Enterprise
Tech tycoon’s family office bets on AI to prop US$10 billion fund
Wealth
Chinese bonds dodge global debt sell-off as yield gap widens
Property
Church to tackle US housing crisis
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Financial Results
SK Innovation expects solid Q2 refining margins, battery unit widen losses
Great Eastern reports 26% higher Q1 profit of S$306.7 million
Delayed rate cuts expected to benefit Singapore banks’ otherwise uneventful Q1 earnings
Inflation
Inflation overshadows US economic resilience, hurting Biden
Central banks will probably only cut half as much as they hiked
US consumer sentiment falls as inflation expectations climb
Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin ETF bandwagon heads to Australia after US$53 billion haul in US
Rescue pup to meme star: the real-life ‘Dogecoin’ dog
Crypto firm sues SEC to fend off oversight of Ethereum
Covid-19
Covid-19 lowered life expectancy by 1.6 years worldwide: study
Travel refund-related complaints in Singapore spiked last year amid pandemic, says Case
COMMENTARY
To stay fighting fit in the ring, Singapore gyms need new workout regimes
Interest Rates
Fading bets of early RBA cuts frustrate Albanese reelection plan
Delayed rate cuts expected to benefit Singapore banks’ otherwise uneventful Q1 earnings
S-Reits falter as investors weigh possibility of zero rate cuts in 2024
Electric Vehicles
Tesla clears key regulatory hurdles for self-driving in China during Musk’s visit
SK Innovation expects solid Q2 refining margins, battery unit widen losses
BYD shares face earnings test as China’s EV price war heats up
Canada
IBM plots US$730 million expansion of Canadian semiconductor site
Homebuyers shun new real estate in Vancouver, hurting builders
Honda to spend US$11 billion on EV strategy in Canada
Climate Change
Is Jurong Island’s carbon test bed too small and conservative? A*Star institute head thinks not
Thai power demand hits record as extreme heat prompts warnings
Pricey coffee is here to stay as hoarding, heat hit Vietnam supply
Currencies
Japan’s yen jumps against the dollar on suspected intervention
Australian, New Zealand dollars jump to decade-highs against weakened yen
CURRENCIES
Yen tumbles to 34-year low; US dollar gains after inflation data
Semiconductors
Japan’s proposed export curbs will impact normal trade, China says
Beijing city to subsidise domestic AI chips, targets self-reliance by 2027
Huawei’s new phone sports latest version of made-in-China chip
Housing
Church to tackle US housing crisis
Hong Kong home prices rise for first time in 11 months after curbs scrapped
Homebuyers shun new real estate in Vancouver, hurting builders
M&A
Perpetual in talks with KKR for corporate trust and wealth management unit sale
Cromwell E-Reit divests two assets for 7.2 million euros
Billionaire Geiger is said to near US$7 billion L’Occitane buyout
Bonds
Chinese bonds dodge global debt sell-off as yield gap widens
MIND THE GAP
Bond funds suffer as rate-cut hopes fade, but there is a silver lining
Seatrium unit to fully redeem S$500 million worth of floating-rate bonds early
Sustainability
COMPANY OF GOOD
What is corporate purpose?
Mergers, closures, diversification: What is happening to Singapore’s cultivated meat sector?
Is Jurong Island’s carbon test bed too small and conservative? A*Star institute head thinks not
Oil Prices
Oil prices fall 1% on Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks, US inflation concerns
WTI expected to continue pullback before rebounding
Oil settles higher as weak US economic growth offset by supply concerns
US Federal Reserve
Fed repricing gives rise to new equities playbook in Asia
S-Reits falter as investors weigh possibility of zero rate cuts in 2024
Central banks will probably only cut half as much as they hiked
Opec
Oil prices fall 1% on Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks, US inflation concerns
Oil settles higher as weak US economic growth offset by supply concerns
Oil rises as dollar slips, focus shifts to economic data
Russia
China firms go ‘underground’ on Russia payments as banks pull back
Sri Lanka to hand management of China-built airport to India, Russia companies
Russian bought S$88m of gold from dealer in Changi to launder funds for Ukraine invasion
Metals
Gold eases as steady US dollar dampens appeal
Gold prices set for weekly decline ahead of US inflation data
India's Vedanta misses Q4 profit estimates on lower prices
Yen