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US: Wall St opens higher after Fed indicates more rate cuts
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Thursday (Sep 18), a day after the US central bank delivered a quarter-point interest rate…
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Oil settles over 1% higher as Ukraine drone attacks target Russian supply
Oil prices rose over a dollar a barrel on Tuesday, as traders weighed the possibility that Russian supplies may be disrupted by Ukrainian…
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Zelensky announces higher teacher salaries and student scholarships
Despite the war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced higher teacher salaries and scholarships for Ukrainian…
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US: Wall Street opens higher on rate cut expectations
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Tuesday (Sep 16) as investors priced in expected interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve…
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US: Wall Street opens higher as Fed meeting week begins; Tesla climbs
Wall Street indexes opened slightly higher on Monday (Sep 15), setting the stage for a week dominated by the Federal Reserve’s policy…
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Europe: Stoxx 600 slips as French rating review looms; still ends week higher
European shares ended the week on a strong note, but were a little lower on Friday (Sep 12) as investors turned cautious ahead of Fitch’s…
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US: Wall St opens slightly higher in run-up to employment revision figures
Wall Street indexes opened slightly higher on Tuesday (Sep 9), a day after closing near record peaks, as investors remained cautious ahead…
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US: Wall St opens higher as Fed rate cut expectations firm
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday (Sep 8), rebounding from the previous session’s decline, amid hopes that the Federal…
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IHH Healthcare Q2 net profit falls 28.9% on higher staff costs
Integrated healthcare provider IHH Healthcare posted a 28.9 per cent drop in net profit to RM443 million (S$134.7 million) for its second…
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US: Nasdaq opens slightly higher after Nvidia results
The tech-heavy Nasdaq index opened slightly higher on Thursday (Aug 28), as investors weighed the AI chip giant’s upbeat forecasts against…
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Asia’s US$306 billion of global bond sales are about to go higher
More Asian borrowers are considering bond offerings, extending a stretch of sales that has already jumped to the most since 2021 at US$306…
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US: Wall Street opens higher as Powell's speech looms large
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday as investors awaited Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole Symposium…
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Sats grows Q1 profit 9.1% to S$70.9 million with higher cargo, food service volumes
AIRLINE caterer Sats grew its Q1 earnings 9.1 per cent year on year to S$70.9 million for the first quarter ended Jun 30, 2025, boosted by…
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Telstra logs higher annual profit, announces A$1 billion buyback
Australian telecom firm Telstra Group forecast higher operating earnings for fiscal 2026 and reported a 31 per cent rise in its fiscal…
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US: Wall St opens higher as inflation rises moderately in July
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Tuesday (Aug 12) after data showed inflation rose broadly in line with expectations in July,…
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US: Wall Street opens higher as Fed shake-up stokes dovish bets
Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Aug 8) as US President Donald Trump’s temporary pick for a Federal Reserve governor post…
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Apac Realty’s H1 net profit more than doubles to S$11.3 million on higher home sales
Real estate services player Apac Realty’s net profit more than doubled to S$11.3 million for its first half ended Jun 30, 2025. This was…
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US: Wall Street opens higher on tariff exemption hopes
Street’s main indexes opened higher on Thursday (Aug 7), buoyed by optimism that major technology companies could avoid US President…
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Insurer AIG posts higher quarterly profit on underwriting strength
American International Group (AIG) reported a higher second-quarter profit on Wednesday (Aug 6), powered by strong underwriting gains and…
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Lendlease Global Commercial Reit posts 1.8% higher DPU of S$0.018 for H2 FY2025
Lendlease Global Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) posted a marginal improvement of 1.8 per cent in its distribution per unit…
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US: Wall St opens higher as investors digest GDP data; Fed verdict awaited
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Jul 30) as investors assessed better-than-expected GDP data, and awaited the…
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Corn Pushes Higher into the Close, with Help from Export Business
Corn up close - by PixelAnarchy via All-free-download_com Corn futures rounded out the Thursday session with contracts up 3 to 4 cents at…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq open higher
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Thursday as investors assessed tech earnings and monitored trade negotiations, while losses in…
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US: Wall Street opens higher as US-Japan trade deal lifts sentiment
Wall Street opened higher on Wednesday (Jul 23) after President Donald Trump struck a trade deal with Japan, shoring up expectations of…