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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding order wins dip to US$0.3 billion
This is down from US$3.3 billion in the year-ago period, but vessel deliveries remain on track Marine vessel manufacturer Yangzijiang…
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Rajeev Mittal appointed CEO of Prudential’s asset management arm
Rajeev Mittal will lead Prudential’s asset management business, Eastspring Investments, from Jul 1. He will replace Bill Maldonado, who…
Business
Apac family offices favour developed market equities, bonds: UBS report
Family offices (FOs) in the Asia-Pacific favoured equities and bonds from developed markets in 2024 and plan to increase their strategic…
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Singapore shares slide in tandem with regional bourses and Wall Street
Decliners beat gainers 288 to 178 across the broader Singapore market, with 1.1 billion of securities valued at S$1.4 billion changing…
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Singapore shares slide in tandem with regional bourses and Wall Street; STI drops 0.1%
Decliners beat gainers 288 to 178 across the broader Singapore market, with 1.1 billion securities valued at S$1.4 billion changing hands…
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Changi Airport Group full-year net profit doubles to S$841 million
Changi Airport Group (CAG) saw its net profit almost double to S$841 million for the full year ended Mar 31, up from S$431 million in the…
Lifestyle
Jamieson Webster’s Elegant Meditation on How We Breathe
Formally, the book is broken into short essays, each around 10 pages long or shorter. The structure reminded me of the sessions of a…
Business
Lenovo reports 64% profit decline in fourth quarter
China’s Lenovo, the world’s largest personal computer manufacturer, on Thursday reported a worse-than-expected 64 per cent fall in…
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Goldman Sachs combines Asia investment banking units, names Drayton APAC head
Goldman Sachs is bringing together previously separately-managed three Asian investment banking businesses into one unit to integrate its…
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JPMorgan sees broad-based recovery, more interest in China
JPMorgan Chase is seeing a broad-based recovery in China and growing interest from foreign investors seeking to diversify, as the global…
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JPMorgan is long-term in China despite pressure, Dimon says
JPMorgan Chase chief executive officer Jamie Dimon said his firm is committed to long-term investments in China, despite tension between…
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Bank of Japan policymaker rules out intervention to stem bond yield spike
Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi said on Thursday (May 22) he saw no need for the central bank to intervene in the bond market to…
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Ringgit may gain most in South-east Asia on exporter conversion
Malaysia’s ringgit stands to gain the most among its South-east Asian peers if the nation’s exporters convert their overseas earnings to…
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Gold rises as investors grow cautious amid US debt fears
Markets are now pricing in at least 50 basis points of rate cuts this year, with the first one expected in October Gold prices rose on…
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As Rolex shrinks retail near new New York City flagship, Patek Philippe expands
After 45 years, Rolexes will no longer be sold at Wempe, the tony watch and jewellery dealer at 700 Fifth Ave, one of retail’s most…
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Chinese firms go on fundraising spree amid rush of easy money
Chinese companies are seizing on a window of opportunity to raise capital as global investors pour money into Asian assets in search of…
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Nike to raise prices by next week, to return to selling on Amazon, media reports say
NIKE is set to raise prices on several of its products starting next week and will also return to selling its products at online retail…
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US to keep China chip curbs, spurning Nvidia’s call for relief
The Trump administration will maintain efforts to keep advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology out of China’s hands, a top White…
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Google brings ads to AI search in ChatGPT battle
Google said on Wednesday it is beginning to weave advertisements into its new AI Mode for online search, a strategic move to counter the…
Business
Apple design legend Jony Ive joins OpenAI
The legendary designer behind Apple’s iPhone, Jony Ive, has joined OpenAI to create devices tailored for using generative artificial…
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Europe: Stocks ease from two-month highs as retailers, luxury stocks weigh
EUROPEAN stocks were little changed on Wednesday as gains in broader stocks outweighed declines in luxury and retail stocks, while…
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US: Stocks tumble as bond yields spike amid deficit worries
WALL Street stocks slid on Wednesday as US Treasury yields surged amid investor unease over President Donald Trump’s giant tax cut…
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Judge Tears Into DOJ Lawyers for 10 Minutes Over Idiotic Charges
But a forthcoming report from Kennedy, expected to be released Thursday, will apparently not label two popular pesticides used by U.S.…
Business
Microsoft-backed Builder.ai set for bankruptcy after cash seized
Builder.ai, the British artificial intelligence startup backed by Microsoft and the Qatar Investment Authority, is filing for bankruptcy…