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Hong Kong launches new measures to attract more tech, bio listings
Hong Kong is the main destination for mainland Chinese firms looking to raise capital offshore Hong Kong launched a scheme on Tuesday (May…
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Sats names first chief digital officer to lead global digitalisation initiatives
Catering and ground handling company Sats on Tuesday (May 6) announced the appointment of Sandeep Sakharkar as chief digital officer, a…
Lifestyle
My Digital Pregnancy
I should note that my reading of Hess’s book is unavoidably colored by my own history. Her pregnancy, and the birth of her son in…
Politics
How Republicans in Congress Enable Trump’s Tyranny
“This anti-democratic takeover is orchestrated by forum-shopping organizations that repeatedly bring meritless suits, used for fundraising…
Business
Singapore shares end higher on Tuesday ahead of FOMC meeting; STI up 0.2%
Singtel is the top gainer on the benchmark index while Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, which is trading ex-dividend, falls the most Stocks on…
Business
MPACT should sell Festival Walk or merge to get more Singapore-centric
SINGAPORE’S largest mall, VivoCity, with over a million square feet of lettable area, is much loved by shoppers. However, the mall’s owner…
Business
Fashion retailer Hugo Boss reports better-than-expected Q1 revenue
The company posted first-quarter revenue of 999 million euros (S$1.46 billion), slightly below the 1.01 billion euros a year earlier…
Business
Why a US-listed video game firm is paying a premium for a Singapore-based tech products distributor
For over 30 years, one little-known wholesaler and distributor of technology products – including IT accessories, gaming components and…
Business
Why a US-listed video game firm is paying a premium to take Ban Leong private
For over 30 years, one little-known wholesaler and distributor of technology products – including IT accessories, gaming components and…
Politics
Maybank lowers target price of CSE Global to S$0.58 but remains ‘top pick’
Maybank securities analyst Jarick Seet cut his target price for systems integrator CSE Global to S$0.58 from S$0.67 in the light of fierce…
Business
Keppel DC Reit names Low Huan Ping as lead independent director amid board changes
Keppel DC Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) has announced director Low Huan Ping as new lead independent director and chairman of…
Business
Wall Street banks said to steer clear of Chery’s US$1.5 billion Hong Kong IPO
One of this year’s biggest listings is coming together in Hong Kong without the involvement of Wall Street banks. Chery Automobile’s…
Business
Japan’s SMFG said to be in talks to buy minority stake in India’s Yes Bank
The Mumbai-based bank also counts private equity firms Carlyle Group and Advent International as minority investors Sumitomo Mitsui…
Politics
US lawmaker targets Nvidia chip smuggling to China with new bill
A US lawmaker plans to introduce legislation in the coming weeks to verify the location of artificial intelligence (AI) chips like those…
Business
Hong Kong’s freight forwarding industry hit by trade war, SCMP reports
Hong Kong’s freight forwarding industry is reeling from the US-China trade war with 41 per cent of container capacity from the city to…
Politics
Tariffs Could Wreck What Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Have Gained
It was always going to be a hard year for Bangladesh. Last summer, amid an economic collapse, protesters toppled a tyrant and pushed the…
Business
China’s CATL seeks US$1 billion loan for Indonesia plant expansion
The company has said that it expects to see little impact from the tariffs the Trump administration has imposed on China because the…
Politics
Hong Kong DIY watch brand sets sights on Europe amid Trump tariffs
When Washington announced higher tariffs and the axing of a de minimis rule that allowed for low-value packages from Hong Kong and…
Business
Palantir sales forecast falls short of Wall Street’s hopes
Palantir Technologies dropped more than 8 per cent in late trading on Monday (May 5) after its results failed to live up to investors’…
Business
Gold hits one-week high on safe-haven demand, Fed decision loom
Gold prices climbed to a one-week high on Tuesday (May 6) as rising concerns over US President Donald Trump’s tariff plans boosted…
Politics
Trump Crypto Deals Provoke Senate Backlash and Calls for Investigation
Senate Democrats are demanding changes to cryptocurrency legislation pending in Congress, responding partly to growing evidence that the…
Business
Credit Suisse Pays $510 Million Fine for Helping Clients Evade Taxes
The toll for misconduct at the fallen Swiss bank Credit Suisse just keeps getting bigger. Federal prosecutors said on Monday that UBS,…
Business
Credit Suisse to pay US$511 million as part of agreement with US DOJ in tax evasion case
A CREDIT Suisse unit on Monday pleaded guilty to US charges of helping ultra-wealthy Americans evade taxes and will pay a fine of more…
News
San Diego’s Hotel del Coronado Has a Grand Comeback
To the people who know it, the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego is not a page of history — it’s a chapter. Opened in 1888 by Elisha Babcock…