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SGX and HKEX in three charts
[SINGAPORE] Singapore’s market is weathering a listing draught but the scene at a neighbouring rival bourse up north is quite a different picture. The Hong Kong stock exchange is on...
US: S&P 500, Nasdaq end at fresh records after solid jobs data
Published Fri, Jul 4, 2025 · 06:14 AM[NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks surged higher on Thursday following US jobs data that topped estimates as President Donald Trump’s massive tax cut measure...
Nvidia set to become world’s most valuable company in history
[OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA] Nvidia was on track to become the most valuable company in history on Thursday (Jul 3), with the chipmaker’s market capitalisation reaching US$3.92 trillion as Wall Street...
France fines retailer Shein 40 million euros for misleading discounts
A probe of thousands of products on Shein’s French site finds 57% of advertised discounts do not actually offer lower pricesPublished Thu, Jul 3, 2025 · 07:16 PM[PARIS] France’s...
US: Wall Street opens slightly lower after weak jobs data; Tesla rises
Published Wed, Jul 2, 2025 · 09:46 PMUS STOCKS opened lower on Wednesday (Jul 2) as surprisingly weak US private jobs data raised concerns about the labour market, while...
Keppel’s coup if Piyush Gupta becomes chairman soon.
[SINGAPORE] Piyush Gupta is back at the heart of Singapore’s listed corporate scene. The 65-year-old, who left DBS in late March after serving as chief executive officer for more...
SoftBank’s Ampere deal faces in-depth US probe in threat to AI ambitions
[NEW YORK] SoftBank Group’s US$6.5 billion acquisition of semiconductor designer Ampere Computing is facing a potentially lengthy probe by the US government.The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), one of two...
Central banks are ditching the greenback: What’s in favour instead?
[SINGAPORE] Central banks hold a variety of assets, each serving a specific purpose tied to their mandate of maintaining monetary and financial stability.
Beyond mandate, a central bank’s holdings...
AI, power, and longevity to drive next decade of transformational innovation: UBS
[SINGAPORE] Investors should consider allocating part of their portfolios to transformational innovation as a way to diversify risks in an increasingly volatile world, said Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi, chief investment officer...
Singapore shares move in tandem with Wall Street rally
[SINGAPORE] Buoyed by the overnight Wall Street rally, Singapore shares rose on Tuesday (Jul 1), with about the top one-third counters by weighting on the blue-chip-gauge Straits Times Index...
