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Wall Street slides at open as investors assess results from big banks
Wall Street’s main indexes fell at the open on Wednesday (Jan 14) as investors digested earnings from Bank of America and Citigroup, while…
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HSBC considers selling Singapore insurance business: sources
HSBC Holdings is exploring options for its insurance unit in Singapore, including a sale, people familiar with the matter said, following…
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CICT to develop, own commercial component of mixed-use Hougang Central site
The trust gains an ‘attractive entry yield’ with an expected yield on cost of more than 5% CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT)…
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YZJ Maritime invests in 16 new vessels amid maritime asset portfolio expansion push
Maritime financial solutions provider Yangzijiang Maritime (YZJ Maritime) on Wednesday (Jan 14) announced that it placed newbuilding…
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Maybank initiates ‘buy’ coverage on Soon Hock with S$0.75 target
Maybank Research has initiated coverage on industrial real estate specialist Soon Hock Enterprise with a target price of S$0.75, citing…
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Yankees swing surprise 4-for-1 trade for Marlins' Ryan Weathers: Report
Perhaps emboldened by their miss on right-hander Edward Cabrera, the New York Yankees went right back to the Miami Marlins with a trade…
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Whistle Blown on Japanese Nuclear Power Plant Safety After Falsified Report
Last year, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority conducted an internal investigation of Chubu Electric Power Company’s nuclear power plant…
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Singer Julio Iglesias faces Spanish inquiry into sexual assault allegations
Two women have accused the Spanish singer Julio Iglesias of sexually assaulting them while they were working for him and allege that he…
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Low Keng Huat controlling shareholders up offer price to S$0.78 per share, extend closing date
Revised offer represents an increase of 8.3% or S$0.06 over the initial offer price The offerors for Low Keng Huat have raised the offer…
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S&P 500, Dow open near record highs after mixed earnings, inflation data
The S&P 500 and the Dow opened near record highs on Tuesday (Jan 13) after a largely in-line inflation report sustained expectations of…
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How bits of Apple history can be yours
In March 1976, Apple cofounders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak both signed a $500 check weeks before the official creation of a California…
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France climate goals off track as emissions cuts slow again
France's cuts to greenhouse gas emissions slowed for a second straight year in 2025 and remain well off track to meeting its climate…
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Paramount launches Warner Bros proxy fight, files suit
The battle between Netflix and Paramount stands to reshape the entertainment industry regardless of who wins Paramount Skydance ratcheted…
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Singapore stocks ride Asian wave amid US ‘self-sabotage’; STI up 0.9%
Japan’s Nikkei 225, South Korea’s Kospi, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng and the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index all close higher SINGAPORE shares…
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US Fed’s Williams says monetary policy well positioned amid a favourable outlook
He said that it’s critical for the Fed to get inflation back to its 2 per cent target Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John…
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Silver’s one-year 180% bull run: What to know about investing in it versus gold
The use of digital silver accounts to manage silver investments has gained traction recently Silver’s streak continues into the new year,…
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The Market Met Jerome Powell’s Warning With Deep Denial
Not all the markets were impervious to Powell’s harassment by DOJ goons. The dollar, which is down 8.3 percent over the past year—that is,…
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What Emotionally Mature Founders Do When Everything Feels Uncertain
There is a specific kind of uncertainty that only founders experience. Not the hypothetical kind, but the lived version where the runway…
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QXO secures US$1.8 billion financing led by Temasek, Apollo amid building products consolidation
[GREENWICH, Connecticut] Billionaire Brad Jacobs’ QXO said it has secured an additional US$1.8 billion in financing, led by Singapore’s…
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Goldman, JPMorgan and UBS lead Golden Goose’s buyout debt
Temasek Holdings will take a minority stake in the Italian high-end sneaker producer Goldman Sachs, Group JPMorgan Chase and UBS Group are…
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell Rings Every Alarm Bell About DOJ Investigation
“It’s too bad that the Ballroom hasn’t completed because, if it were, it would be PACKED,” Trump continued. “We apologize to those Oil…
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StanChart is preparing crypto expansion with prime brokerage
It will house the new business within its wholly owned venture capital unit, SC Ventures Standard Chartered plans to set up a prime…
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'We just want our lives back.' Maduro's gone, but what's next for 8 million Venezuelans who fled?
MEXICO CITY — Andrea Paola Hernández has one sister in Ecuador and another in London. She has cousins in Colombia, Chile, Argentina and…
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How to Recover from Caring Too Much
In Clayton’s and Josephson’s hands, though, the fawn response becomes something more pliable, less a sign of acute threat than a broadly…