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Iran and the ‘Strait card’: a risky high-stakes gamble

How the country could turn its control of the Strait of Hormuz into a victory

Regulators like the Singapore Exchange and investor rights groups have recently started urging companies to provide forward guidance, as long as these are made in good faith and are not misleading.
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Time for AGMs to be more forward-looking

A forward-looking approach to the annual general meeting helps instil shareholder confidence

American companies are increasingly being viewed through a political lens, regardless of sector or corporate behaviour.
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European policymakers are losing faith in American business

The implications extend far beyond the Atlantic

Donald Trump has sought China's help in pressuring Teheran and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but Beijing has so far declined.
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Beijing bound: What the Trump-Xi summit in May reveals about a world in flux

Underlying all issues is the broader contest for global influence

Software isn’t just a static pile of logic; it’s a living organism.
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Will AI eat SaaS for lunch?

Citrini’s doomsday thesis assumes a frictionless world. But the real world is not

US consumers are seeing petrol prices rise US$0.05 to US$0.10 per gallon daily, and those increases ripple far beyond the forecourt.
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Price of war: How the conflict with Iran is hitting the US economy

A longer-lasting escalation would shrink America’s forecasted expansion by more than half

The US’ benchmark S&P 500 index is now slightly negative on the year, bobbing tediously higher and lower in an unusually tight range since late December 2025.
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The death of the Trump trade

Investor backlash against US markets appears to be real

Luckin, a coffee chain, successfully sued a business in Thailand that had opened cafes under the same name with an almost identical logo.
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China once stole foreign ideas. Now it wants to protect its own

The country’s courts are inundated with intellectual-property cases

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Starmer is only the latest Western politician to double down on diplomacy with Beijing.
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UK-China reset part of wider Western wooing of Beijing

Another US ally courts China as a hedge against unpredictable ties with Trump

The big concern for Washington about sowing seeds of a US dollar devaluation is what that may mean for the stability of gigantic net foreign ownership of US assets.
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Be careful what you wish for on a weaker US dollar

The greenback’s index against the most-traded currencies has dropped to its weakest since early 2022 – worse could happen yet

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