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Japan aims to slash stockpiled rice prices to 2,000 yen per 5kg: farm ministry
Japan aims to drastically cut stockpiled rice prices to 2,000 yen (S$18) per 5 kg and speed up getting rice onto shop shelves as consumers…
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Business
Saudi Aramco considers asset sales to free up funds: sources
Saudi state oil giant Aramco is exploring potential asset sales to free up funds, two people with knowledge of the matter said, as it…
Politics
Oil climbs after Trump extends EU trade talks deadline to July
Oil prices gained in early Asian trade on Monday after US President Donald Trump extended a deadline for trade talks with the European…
Business
Trump backing for Nippon Steel deal comes with big questions
After more than 17 months of lobbying and close-fought negotiations to secure control of United States Steel, Japan’s Nippon Steel…
Politics
Interest costs fall for S-Reits in Q1, but US tariffs cloud outlook
Interest costs eased for more Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) in the first quarter of FY2025, even as looming US…
Business
US risks losing ‘reliable investment’ status, Allianz Global Investors manager says
Inside one of Europe’s biggest asset managers, there’s growing concern that Republican efforts to gut legislation supporting key…
News
More margin calls and stopouts in April as Trump tariffs rattle markets
Several brokerages across Singapore observed up to double the number of margin calls and stopouts on such trades in April after US…
Business
Will more S-Reits soon exit the local market?
WHEN the proposed privatisation of Frasers Hospitality Trust (FHT) was unveiled on May 14, I couldn’t help feeling rather disheartened –…
Politics
Thailand widens EV perks as Japan-China auto rivalry heats up
With Thailand’s auto sales plunging by more than 25 per cent amid geopolitical headwinds and regional rivals nipping at its heels, Bangkok…
Business
China publishes draft guidance for online-platform merchant fees
The Chinese regulator has published draft guidelines for fees that online platforms charge third-party merchants, an important source of…
Politics
Trump’s “Golden Dome” Won’t Work—but It’ll Make Elon Musk Richer
This is all nonsense, of course. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that a Golden Dome system would cost as much as $831 billion…
Business
MAS to shortlist fund managers for S$5 billion Equity Market Development Programme by Q3
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will shortlist fund managers for its S$5 billion Equity Market Development Programme by the…
Business
Riverstone and Ho Bee Land chairmen make fresh share purchases
Over the five trading sessions from May 16 to 22, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional outflows of…
Politics
‘Little, little screws’ one of many hurdles to US-made iPhones
President Donald Trump’s bid to bring manufacturing of Apple’s iPhone to the United States faces many legal and economic challenges,…
Politics
Joe Biden Is the Least of Democrats’ Problems
Donald Trump did not fire any commissioners from the today. Donald Trump declared that he had fired the commissioners. That is,…
News
The Dark, Nihilistic Philosophy Behind the IVF Clinic Bombing
Last weekend’s bombing of an in vitro fertilization clinic in Palm Springs, California, was not merely shocking for its violence. The…
Politics
The Texas Judge Race That Republicans Are Suddenly Eyeing
But lurking behind the curtain of her marginal campaign for Harris County Judge (an executive position, presiding over a four-person…
Politics
Trump signs orders to revive US leadership in nuclear power
US President Donald Trump on Friday (May 23) signed orders meant to accelerate the construction of nuclear power plants, including small,…
Business
China’s GAC starts auto sales in Brazil, eyes local plant by late 2026
Chinese automaker GAC announced on Friday (May 23) its product launch in Brazil, saying it expects its line of hybrid and electric cars to…
Politics
Trump threatens EU, smartphones as tariff rhetoric escalates
US President Donald Trump dug in on his threat to impose a 50 per cent tariff on the European Union and said a potential 25 per cent…
Politics
US: Stocks fall on revived Trump trade war worries
Wall Street stocks fell on Friday (May 23) on renewed trade war fears as US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats offset…
Business
Trump’s Crypto Dinner Guests Admit They’re Trying to Buy Him Off
“It’s kind of a fund-raiser” for Mr. Trump, Korean crypto executive Sangrok Oh and another dinner attendee, told the Times. “And he’ll…
Business
5 Investing Mistakes Young Entrepreneurs Should Avoid
Under30CEO is a publication dedicated to young people dreaming big. Since its founding in 2008, the site has been committed to inspiring,…
Politics
Trump’s Lie About Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque
As I argued recently, Trump’s “white genocide” imagery draws heavily on a kind of internationalized “great replacement theory” that’s…