Takaichi wants to make Japan Inc great again

A declaration of independence signed by protesters during a protest against Donald Trump. Political polarisation is straining the habits of compromise the US system depends on.
THINKING ALOUD

What will democracy in the US look like after 250 years?

While any forward guidance given may be incorrect, listed companies should provide such guidance which helps investors.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

SGX-listed firms should be like DBS, be brave with forward guidance

Sidny Lopes Cabral, a player who a few years ago was trundling the soggy fields of Germany’s fifth division, now making football history.

In praise of the World Cup’s little guys

Coaches and chief executive officers face similar challenges – for instance, in managing team composition, says a report.
THINKING ALOUD

CEOs can take a leaf out of the playbook of World Cup coaches

Warsh’s appointment was widely read as a win for US President Donald Trump.

Fed chair Kevin Warsh’s agenda clashes with reality

China’s reopening in 2023 paved the way for Joy Group, which owns Judydoll, to expand more aggressively in South-east Asia, culminating in the opening of three stores in Singapore – its first overseas outlets.

China’s next soft-power export could be beauty

Bugis Junction is on a substantial site with quadruple road frontages. It is strategically located above a major MRT interchange linking the East-West and Downtown lines.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

CICT, CapitaLand should snap up Bugis Junction Towers

If Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron want the world to understand this is not a cartel story, they must stop speaking as if price falls from the sky.

Memory makers, especially the South Korean ones, must learn to speak up

Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, during the World Economic Forum’s 2026 meeting in Davos, Switzerland, described a “rupture” in the world order and called on middle powers to “act together”.

How the EU can lead the rest of the West