Business
Temasek’s Mapletree Investments returns to profit, hits record AUM of S$80.3 billion in FY2025
Temasek’s Mapletree Investments reversed a loss from the previous year to turn a profit of S$227.2 million for the full-year ended Mar 31,…
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Politics
Transcript: Trump Press Sec’s Vile Rants on Fox Badly Scam MAGA Voters
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 3 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is…
Business
The privatisation offer for this small Catalist company could cause SGX some discomfort
Amid a flurry of delistings from the Singapore Exchange (SGX), one more privatisation offer – especially that for a small Catalist player…
Business
Singapore stocks climb on the prospects of Trump-Xi talks this week; STI up 0.1%
Gainers beat losers 313 to 192 with 1.1 billion securities worth S$1.3 billion changing hands Local stocks ended Tuesday (Jun 3) higher as…
Politics
Trump’s War With Leonard Leo Could Expose a Conservative Legal Scam
Though Bove is undoubtedly conservative compared to, say, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, he is not one of the rising stars that the conservative…
Politics
Violence Against Jews Is Tragic and Undermines the Palestinian Cause
Support for Palestine must remain political, nonviolent, and rooted in international law. Violent acts outside the region, even when…
Politics
Why Trump Moved Leonard Leo From the Short List to the Sh*t List
Moreover, the Trump appointee, Timothy Reif, is—as Trump appointees go—unusually well qualified, having previously served as general…
Business
Singapore hedge fund Arrowpoint capitalised on May market turmoil
Singapore’s multi-strategy hedge fund Arrowpoint Investment Partners has made gains by exploiting market dislocations triggered by global…
Business
HK Express airfares dragged down by rising competition out of Hong Kong, CEO says
An accelerating fall in the price of air tickets from recent high levels is the biggest challenge at Cathay Pacific’s budget arm HK…
Business
Frasers unit to buy S$48 million Yishun cinema complex from Golden Village
A wholly owned subsidiary of Frasers Property has agreed to buy a cinema complex in Yishun Central from Golden Village Multiplex and lease…
Business
Bank of Japan urged to keep or slow bond taper pace from fiscal 2026
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) received a sizeable number of requests to maintain or slightly slow the pace of tapering in its bond purchases…
Business
Australia central bank pondered outsized rate cut in May, decided to be predictable
Australia’s central bank considered cutting interest rates by an outsized 50 basis points last month as “insurance” against global trade…
Business
Australia cracks down on crypto ATMs as scams, fraud uncovered
There are now more than 1,800 machines in the country compared to just 23 in 2019, according to Austrac data Australia’s financial crimes…
Business
Widjaja family’s Sinarmas Land offer closes with 98.65% resultant shareholding
Property development group Sinarmas Land requested the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to suspend trading of its shares with effect from 9 am on…
Politics
US airlines oppose credit card fee crackdown they say could imperil free flight offers
Major airlines said on Monday (Jun 2) that they oppose a new effort to advance legislation that would reduce fees charged by Visa and…
Business
Toyota to take key supplier private in US$33 billion deal
Toyota Motor will take forklift-maker Toyota Industries private in a US$33 billion deal, the companies said on Tuesday (Jun 3), a landmark…
Business
Stocks to watch: CapitaLand Ascendas Reit, Sinarmas Land, Oxley Holdings
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Tuesday (Jun 3): CapitaLand Ascendas Reit…
Business
Merck held talks to buy biotech MoonLake for over US$3 billion: FT
K has held talks to buy Swiss biotech MoonLake Immunotherapeutics for more than US$3 billion, the Financial Times reported on Monday,…
Business
Vanguard files for new ex-China emerging markets ETF
ASSET management giant Vanguard Group plans to launch a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) that will target emerging markets while excluding…
Business
Google Deepmind CEO says global AI cooperation ‘difficult’
Artificial intelligence pioneer and head of Google’s Deepmind, Demis Hassabis on Monday said that greater international cooperation around…
News
Oil gains on supply concerns as wildfires disrupt Canada supply, Opec+ keeps output plans unchanged
Oil prices climbed nearly 3 per cent on Monday on supply concerns as producer group Opec+ decided not to accelerate plans to hike output…
Culture
Disney lays off hundreds in film, TV as industry woes linger
Walt Disney is laying off several hundred employees across its film and TV businesses, cuts that underscore the entertainment industry’s…
News
How Ink Cartridges Affect Your Print Quality
As a young entrepreneur, you know that the quality of your prints directly impacts how professional your business appears. Whether you’re…
Business
Why Prior Authorization Is Causing Headaches and How to Solve It
In healthcare, insurance companies use prior authorization (PA) to determine whether a prescribed treatment, medication, or procedure is…