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Shikhar Gupta

Shikhar Gupta

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Shikhar Gupta is a Breaking News Journalist at The Business Times. He previously worked at Bloomberg News, covering transport, healthcare, and consumer stories.

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Peter Seah is stepping down for “personal reasons”, says the Ministry of Manpower.

Hsieh Fu Hua replaces Peter Seah as National Wages Council chairman

2026-08-19T01:46:14.000Z
S&P has also raised its issue rating on Singtel’s senior unsecured notes to “A+” from “A”, and on its guaranteed subordinated perpetual securities to “BBB+” from “BBB”.

S&P upgrades Singtel to ‘A+’ on asset monetisation, balance sheet strength

2026-08-19T01:14:14.000Z
The covered bonds are issued under UOB’s US$15 billion global covered bond programme.

UOB prices US$1.4 billion floating rate covered bonds due 2030

2026-08-18T23:55:02.000Z
The company says the disputes do not cast significant doubt on its viability as a going concern.

Koh Brothers Eco Engineering faces up to S$57.6 million in potential legal liabilities

2026-08-18T00:44:19.000Z
SIA on Monday said that group passenger traffic increased 2.6% year on year in July.

Stocks to watch: SIA, Elite UK Reit, Koh Brothers Eco Engineering

2026-08-18T00:39:48.000Z
Crude palm oil prices remain supported due to factors such as supply constraints from limited acreage expansion, says Golden Agri-Resources.

Golden Agri-Resources H1 net profit rises 4.4% to US$167.2 million on higher CPO prices

2026-08-14T04:58:43.000Z
Singtel’s underlying net profit growth was driven by Airtel, AIS, NCS, Optus and the group’s Digital InfraCo arm.
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Singtel shares close up 4.7% after underlying Q1 net profit grows 21%

2026-08-14T03:24:32.000Z
UMS Integration’s revenue for the three months ended Jun 30 is up 29% year on year at S$87.1 million.
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Chip stocks: UMS pares morning gains despite Q2 profit surge, AEM reverses into drop

2026-08-14T01:37:33.000Z
The decline in profit was largely due to higher depreciation, lower interest income and asset refresh works, says Genting Singapore.
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Genting Singapore shares up 6.4% despite H1 profit drop

2026-08-14T01:26:50.000Z
First Resources’ sales revenue is up 44.5% at US$973.6 million from US$673.9 million a year earlier.

First Resources H1 net profit up 57.4% at US$234.9 million, declares S$0.08 dividend per share

2026-08-14T00:14:13.000Z
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