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SingPost sells 10 HDB shophouses to Union Gas chairman for S$55.5 million
Singapore Post (SingPost) has sold 10 Housing & Development Board (HDB) shophouses for S$55.5 million, after putting them up for sale and…
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SingPost is selling 10 HDB shophouses to Union Gas chairman for S$55.5 million
Singapore Post (SingPost) is selling 10 Housing & Development Board (HDB) shophouses for S$55.5 million, after putting them up for sale…
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BlackRock’s GIP said to hire for South-east Asia infrastructure
The challenge around such ventures is creating a risk-reward structure that attracts enough private capital Global Infrastructure Partners…
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Lyft shares slide on weak sales, disappointing ride totals
Lyft shares slid in late on Wednesday (Aug 6) trading after the ride-hailing company reported revenue that fell short of Wall Street’s…
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Manulife buys Comvest to build US$18.4 billion private credit unit
Manulife Financial agreed to buy a majority stake in Comvest Credit Partners, creating a US$18.4 billion private credit platform as the…
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UOB shares fall over 2% following lower Q2 net profit of S$1.34 billion reported
Shares of UOB fell by more than 2 per cent on Thursday (Aug 7), on the back of the local bank’s second-quarter results, which saw a 6 per…
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Gold inches higher as US dollar weakens on Fed rate cut hopes
Gold prices edged higher on Thursday (Aug 7), helped by a weaker US dollar on growing expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut next…
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DBS shares hit all-time record after higher Q2 profit, nearing the S$50 mark
Shares of DBS soared to a record in early trade after the group posted marginally improved Q2 earnings before market open, nearing the…
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CSE Global Q2 new orders rise 3.8% to S$211.3 million
Systems integrator CSE Global has secured S$211.3 million worth of new orders for its second quarter ended June, a 3.8 per cent rise from…
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Private credit fuels a ‘buy now, pay later’ lending boom in Asia
Maria Hazel Regalado, a 48-year-old mother of four in the Philippines, needed a computer last year so she could work from home. Regalado,…
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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding soars over 10% after posting record high net profit
It had posted a record-high net profit of 4.2 billion yuan (S$752.6 million), up 36.7% from the first half of 2024 Shares of Yangzijiang…
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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding soars 11% after posting record high net profit
It had posted a record-high net profit of 4.2 billion yuan (S$752.6 million), up 36.7% from the first half of 2024 Shares of Yangzijiang…
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Beyond Meat misses quarterly revenue estimates as plant-based demand weakens
ND Meat missed Wall Street estimates for second-quarter revenue on Wednesday, hurt by weak demand for its plant-based meat products in the…
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Apple says Samsung will supply chips from Texas factory
E said on Wednesday that Samsung Electronics will supply chips from its production plant in Texas for Apple products including iPhones.…
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SoftBank’s AI investment spree to be in focus on at Q1 earnings
When Japan’s SoftBank Group reports earnings on Thursday, its mammoth investments in artificial intelligence companies are set to take the…
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SoftBank Group posts 421.8 billion yen net profit in first quarter
— Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group logged a net profit of 421.8 billion yen (S$3.7 billion) for the April-to-June quarter. The…
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SoftBank Group posts 421.8 billion yen net profit in Q1
— Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group logged a net profit of 421.8 billion yen (S$3.7 billion) for the April-to-June quarter. The…
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SoftBank Group swings to profit in first quarter on market enthusiasm for tech stocks
Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group on Thursday (Aug 7) booked a net profit of US$2.87 billion in the first quarter, driven by…
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Hyundai, GM plan to jointly develop five vehicles, including electric van
Hyundai Motor and General Motors (GM) plan to jointly develop five vehicles that will hit the market in 2028, including an electric van…
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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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Saudis raise crude prices to Asia after Opec+ adds barrels
Saudi Arabia raised crude prices for a second consecutive month, signalling confidence in demand for its barrels as Organization of the…
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UOB Q2 profit falls 6% to S$1.34 billion
A second tranche of the lender’s 50 cents special dividend will also be paid out UOB’s net profit for the second quarter fell as net…
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UOB Q2 profit falls 6% to S$1.34 billion; misses expectations
Declares interim dividend of S$0.85 per share; a second tranche of the lender’s S$0.50 per share special dividend will also be paid out…
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DBS Q2 profit rises 1% to S$2.82 billion
DBS’ net profit for the three months ended Jun 30, 2025 rose 1 per cent to S$2.82 billion, compared with S$2.79 billion from the year-ago…