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Proportion of female directors at top 100 SGX companies surpasses 25% target in 2024
The proportion of female directors in the largest 100 Singapore-listed companies hit 25.1 per cent last year, up from 23.7 per cent in…
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The First-time Homebuyer’s Guide to a Smooth Mortgage Process
Buying your first home is an exciting milestone, but it can also be overwhelming with all the decisions to make and steps to follow. Among…
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Economist says stock market gains are sign Trade Court ruling will be overturned
The stock markets' modest gains on Thursday are a sign that investors are confident that a federal court decision blocking some of…
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The Myth of the Young Entrepreneur: Why Experience Matters
We’ve all heard the romanticized tales of teenage dropouts who build tech empires from their garages and become billionaires before…
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Life is improving in Nigeria, Tinubu says
President Bola Tinubu has told Nigerians that the worst is behind them and that the country is getting better, in a speech to mark the end…
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Independent financial adviser appointed for partial offer for Cordlife
Cordlife has appointed Novus Corporate Finance as the independent financial adviser for a voluntary conditional cash partial offer it has…
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Baby learns to crawl, what dog sibling does next leaves mom in hysterics
Hearts have melted over a dog who has started copying his human baby brother as he learns to crawl. Smokey the Staffordshire bull terrier…
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IHH Healthcare Q1 profit falls 33% to RM514 million on exceptional items
Integrated healthcare operator IHH Healthcare on Thursday (May 29) posted a 33 per cent fall in net profit to RM514 million (S$156.3…
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India bank frauds triple to 360 billion rupees as credit scams swell
The rise in cases underscores the challenges being faced by the banking regulator Bank frauds in India jumped threefold last year, with…
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Keppel appoints ex-DBS CEO Piyush Gupta as deputy chairman from Jul 1
Keppel has appointed former DBS chief executive Piyush Gupta as deputy chairman and non-executive independent director of its board,…
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NTT Docomo to buy SBI’s net bank for 420 billion yen in cutthroat market
The move is part of a capital alliance between the state-backed telecom group and SBI Holdings Docomo is buying SBI Holdings’ online bank…
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NTT Docomo to buy SBI’s online bank for 420 billion yen in cut-throat market
NTT Docomo is buying SBI Holdings’ online bank in a 420 billion yen (S$3.7 billion) deal to shore up the Japanese mobile carrier’s…
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Roma’s Financial Fair Play restrictions to be lifted in 2026
Roma are heading into the final year of major financial restrictions on the market imposed by UEFA. As evidenced by several news outlets…
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Phillip Securities initiates coverage on dividend-focused Reit ETF trading at ‘attractive’ valuation
Phillip Securities Research has initiated coverage on the Phillip SGX APAC Dividend Leaders REIT ETF (Pareits) with an “accumulate” call…
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Sony says spinoff will give financial arm its own fundraising capabilities
It is the first partial spinoff by a company in Japan with a direct listing – the first in Japan in more than two decades – set for Sep 29…
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Nikkei ends at two-week high on US tariff relief, chip rally
Japan’s Nikkei ended trade on Thursday (May 29) at the highest point in more than two weeks after a US court blocked President Donald…
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What are private markets, and what risks should investors take note of?
Private markets have grown increasingly popular in recent times in South-east Asia, with Singapore accounting for 45 per cent of the…
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As listcos head for the door, are private markets the answer for investors?
Private markets have grown increasingly popular in recent times in South-east Asia, with Singapore accounting for 45 per cent of the…
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Foxconn to soon announce second Japanese auto partner, chairman says
The Apple supplier’s interest in working with Japanese car makers comes as they face growing competition from Chinese brands Taiwan’s…
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Aramco CEO will keep borrowing even as oil slump cuts cashflow
Saudi Aramco is targeting more borrowings to finance growth and better leverage its balance sheet, chief executive officer Amin Nasser…
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Aramco will keep borrowing, CEO says, as oil slump cuts cashflow
Saudi Aramco is targeting more borrowings to finance growth and better leverage its balance sheet, chief executive officer Amin Nasser…
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Asia: Equities boosted by US court’s tariff ruling, Nvidia results
Asian stocks rallied with US futures on Thursday after a US court blocked Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariff blitz, dealing a hefty…
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Vietnam’s AI ambitions hinge on one US$6.8 billion tech company
Four decades ago, Truong Gia Binh set up a technology company using a single computer in a room loaned by his then-father-in-law, general…
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Shopee's SPX Express partners Frasers Property Vietnam to build automated sorting centre
Facility includes advanced two-storey automated sorting machines that can sort up to 7 million parcels a day, the highest for SPX Express…