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SIA Engineering H2 net profit up 87.3% at S$70.8 million
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) reported an 87.3 per cent jump in net profit to S$70.8 million for the six months ended March 2025 from S$37.8…
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Politics
Transcript: MAGA Fury Boils Over at New Pope’s “Anti-Trump” Views
Sargent: Well, there are basically three lanes you can criticize Vance on, and I’d like to try to work through each of them. The first is…
Business
Commerzbank profit unexpectedly rises in boost to CEO Orlopp
Commerzbank’s first-quarter profit unexpectedly rose to the highest in 14 years as commissions increased, and the German lender set aside…
Business
Aoxin Q&M appoints IFA for offer from Q&M Dental Group
Catalist-listed Aoxin Q&M has appointed Hong Leong Finance as the independent financial adviser (IFA) for the mandatory unconditional cash…
Politics
Here’s the Deranged MAGA Propaganda Coming to Voice of America
Another host, the oft-mendacious Dan Ball, frequently espouses conspiracy theories and has a regular “This Week in Woke America” segment…
Business
Mallory McMorrow Wants Power—and Yes, That Is a Good Thing
They were wed in 2017. Although they lived in both Los Angeles and New York, both said McMorrow urged them to settle down in Michigan,…
Politics
AI Execs Are Demanding Government Support—No Questions Asked
Senators didn’t ask those kinds of questions. And the executives they’d invited to Capitol Hill didn’t volunteer answers, preferring the…
Politics
The Trump Atrocity Happening in Plain Sight on the Media’s Watch
It’s maddening that PEPFAR should find itself in political peril. The program was established by a Republican president, and has typically…
Business
Singapore stocks rise on US-UK trade deal; STI up 0.7%
Local stocks ended higher on Friday (May 9), as investors reacted positively to news of the US striking a trade deal with the UK – the…
Business
Analysts raise price targets on DBS after Q1 earnings
Analysts raised price targets for shares of DBS, following its first quarter results release on Thursday (May 8). The bank’s net profit at…
Business
Japan's Panasonic targets 10,000 job cuts worldwide
The figure represents around 4% of the firm’s total workforce of nearly 230,000 Japanese electronics giant Panasonic said Friday (May 9)…
Politics
MAGA Rage Erupts as New Pope’s Views of Trump Prove Unexpectedly Harsh
Right after the news broke that Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church, the internet produced…
Business
Sembcorp, Aster sign over S$650 million in energy and utilities deals for regional projects
Both also ink an MOU to explore strategic initiatives across Singapore, Indonesia and rest of South-east Asia Energy provider Sembcorp…
Business
OCBC mulls capital management as it closes in on three-year target for S$3 billion incremental revenue
As OCBC reaches the deadline for its three-year target to achieve S$3 billion in incremental revenue by 2025, it is setting its sights on…
Business
OCBC keeps 2025 guidance, but loan growth targets could be buffeted by headwinds: CEO Helen Wong
OCBC is keeping its financial targets for 2025, but noted that its loan growth guidance of a mid-single digit will likely see the most…
Business
DBS, OCBC, UOB set aside extra allowances to account for heightened uncertainty
The local banking trio have taken extra allowances in their first-quarter 2025 results amid a rise in uncertainty in the macroeconomic…
Business
Nvidia modifies H20 chip for China to overcome US export controls: sources
Nvidia plans to release a downgraded version of its H20 artificial intelligence (AI) chip for China in the next two months, following US…
Business
Asia: Stocks lifted by hopes for US-China talks after UK deal
Most Asian equities rose on Friday (May 9) on growing optimism that the worst of US President Donald Trump’s trade war is past after he…
Business
SEC seeks to settle legal fight with Ripple Labs for US$50 million
The SEC has dismissed or paused several other legal cases and investigations targeting crypto companies since US President Donald Trump…
News
From Apple to GM, tariffs to cost companies tens of billions
From Apple to General Motors (GM), corporate America is bracing for tens of billions of US dollars in damages from Trump’s trade war – and…
News
How the Singapore dollar could perform against the US dollar this year
Fading US exceptionalism could pave the way for further appreciation of the Singapore dollar against the greenback, said analysts. The…
Business
F&N H1 net profit rises 0.3% to S$84.1 million as tax incentive expires
Fraser and Neave (F&N) posted a 0.3 per cent rise in net profit to S$84.1 million for its first half ended Mar 31, from S$83.8 million a…
Business
Frasers Property H1 profit rises 147.6% to S$142.2 million on tax reversal
Frasers Property posted a 147.6 per cent jump in net profit to S$142.2 million for the first half ended Mar 31, 2025, from S$57.4 million…
Politics
Crypto Bill Stalls in the Senate as Democrats Balk
A first-of-its-kind bill to regulate parts of the cryptocurrency industry stalled in the Senate on Thursday, after Democrats blocked it…