Business
China’s CATL to raise at least US$5 billion in Hong Kong listing: sources
CHINESE battery giant CATL is expected to raise at least US$5 billion in a Hong Kong listing, according to two sources with direct…
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Fashion
Gucci sales tumble as Kering turnaround fails to take shape
GUCCI quarterly sales tumbled as Kering’s biggest label struggles to emerge from an extended demand downturn. Revenue at Gucci fell 24 per…
Business
BYD to integrate DeepSeek, broaden self-driving tech
SHARES in Chinese automaker BYD jumped on Tuesday after it unveiled plans to unroll advanced self-driving technology on nearly all its…
Business
Analysts raise target prices, dividend estimates on DBS, predicting higher valuation ahead
Among its high ROE businesses, a “standout” performer is its wealth management segment, says DBS ANALYSTS raised their target prices for…
Culture
Who Needs Hollywood? Chinese Animated Film Shatters Box Office Records.
The new king of the Chinese box office is an adorably ugly, demonic child fighting off monsters. In less than two weeks since its release,…
Business
BYD shares hit record high, trouncing Tesla’s stock; to integrate DeepSeek and broaden self-driving tech
BYD shares briefly rose to their highest intraday price on record, reflecting optimism that the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) leader will…
Business
Bain Capital says it may withdraw tender offer proposal for Fuji Soft
Bain, which is supported by Fuji Soft’s founding family, has yet to launch a tender offer US PRIVATE equity firm Bain Capital said it may…
Politics
Price spikes, demand fears cast shadow over metal markets amid Trump’s 25% tariffs
Markets are in the dark as key details of Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminium imports are still pending; experts fear heightened…
Business
Macquarie, HSBC to start talks to join Australia Post pact
Australia Post has one of the largest retail networks nationally and runs more than 4,000 post offices A TRIO of major lenders may join a…
Business
Australia’s Macquarie profit flattens as commodity trading drops
Macquarie Group’s profit was flat for the first three quarters of the fiscal year as business in its commodities trading arm continued to…
Business
Lendlease Global Commercial Reit appoints Guy Alexander Cawthra as CEO
LENDLEASE Global Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (LReit) has appointed Guy Alexander Cawthra as its new chief executive, effective…
Business
Singapore shares rise on Tuesday; STI up 0.3%
SINGAPORE shares began Tuesday (Feb 11) trading in positive territory as investors digested US President Donald Trump’s announcement that…
Business
Times Properties offers to privatise Paragon Reit at S$0.98 per unit
TIMES Properties, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cuscaden Peak Investments, is looking to take Paragon Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit)…
Business
Chinese investors drive Hong Kong rally with HK$150 billion inflow
CHINESE investors are helping to drive a bull run in Hong Kong shares, ploughing almost HK$150 billion (S$26 billion) into the financial…
Politics
China’s 10% tariffs on US cars hits GM, Ford and Mercedes SUVs
Exports of such vehicles are tiny relative to the number of cars that companies produce locally with joint venture partners CHINA’S 10 per…
News
CFPB Employees Left Stranded and Confused After Stop-Work Orders
Barely two days after Russell Vought, the new acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ordered the agency to close its…
Business
McDonald’s profits dented by food poisoning outbreak
MCDONALD’S reported a dip in profits on Monday as it contended with lingering effects from a US food poisoning outbreak that depressed…
Politics
Trump’s Federal Worker “Buyout” Hits Yet Another Legal Hurdle
Last month, the Office of Management and Budget issued a two-page memo ordering a pause on all “disbursement of all federal financial…
Politics
Trump Just Utterly Humiliated JD Vance
Last month, the Office of Management and Budget issued a two-page memo ordering a pause on all “disbursement of all federal financial…
Politics
Trump Hit With Major Lawsuit After Cruel Executive Order on Refugees
“People can come from all over the world and live there,” Trump continued during the press conference Monday. “But we’re going to take…
Politics
Trump’s Supreme Court Immunity Ruling Just Came Back to Bite Him
The Supreme Court’s decision to expand the definition of presidential immunity may have just caused a hiccup for Donald Trump’s…
Politics
Trump Is Planning One of His Most Corrupt Pardons Yet
“Our Service Academies have been infiltrated by Woke Leftist Ideologues over the last four years. I have ordered the immediate dismissal…
Politics
Trump Has Twisted Plan to Make Bribery Legal—and Make Himself Rich
“Our Service Academies have been infiltrated by Woke Leftist Ideologues over the last four years. I have ordered the immediate dismissal…
Politics
Did Elon Musk’s Lame Tweet Just Cost Him in Key DOGE Lawsuit?
Elon Musk’s cringey tweet was cited in a federal court Monday, during a case trying to curb the Department of Government Efficiency’s…