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MBS Q4 earnings surpass S$1 billion to set new record
Marina Bay Sands (MBS) delivered “simply the greatest quarter in the history of casino hotels”, said Las Vegas Sands (LVS) chairman and…
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RHB lifts ST Engineering target price to S$10.70 on record contract wins
RHB Bank maintained its “buy” call on ST Engineering while raising its target price to S$10.70 from S$9.40, it said in a note on Thursday…
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One of China’s richest battery tycoons builds US$50 billion empire
CAO Renxian is one of China’s richest men in an industry the world cannot live without, yet almost no one outside the business knows his…
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Meta leans on improved ad business to fuel massive AI spending
Investors have historically been anxious about whether the company’s businesses will benefit meaningfully from its hefty AI investments…
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Federal Reserve’s Powell dodges questions on his future, but has advice for his successor
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stuck mostly to form on Wednesday, deflecting questions from the press about both his future at the…
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Australian bourse operator ASX jumps after appointments to its corporate governance advisory group
RALIA’S ASX appointed seven members to its newly constituted advisory group on corporate governance on Thursday, in line with the…
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Ringgit owes its surge to forces well beyond US dollar’s weakness
The Malaysian ringgit’s relentless rally is being driven by a range of structural factors beyond the US dollar’s broad weakness,…
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Goldman Sachs cuts rating on Indonesian equities after MSCI flags investability risk
Goldman Sachs lowered its rating on Indonesian equities on Thursday, a day after index provider MSCI flagged investability risks,…
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Sony, Singapore’s GIC to invest US$2 billion in music catalogues
The joint venture will give the Japanese entertainment company funds to build up its portfolio of songs Sony Group and Singapore’s GIC…
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Stocks to watch: Sembcorp, Mapletree Industrial Trust, Ho Bee Land
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday (Jan 29): Sembcorp Industries: The…
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Gold climbs to record above US$5,500 on bets for dovish Fed chair
Gold surged to an all-time high above US$5,500 an ounce, extending a breakneck rally fuelled by US dollar weakness and expectations the…
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Gold nears US$5,600/oz as investors seek safety, silver eyes US$120
— Spot gold extended its record-breaking rally on Thursday (Jan 29), edging closer to the US$5,600-per-ounce level as investors sought…
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ServiceNow strong results overshadowed by AI disruption fear
Like its peers, the company has worked to weave generative AI features through its tools and charge more for them ServiceNow gave a sales…
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DBS, OCBC, UOB target prices climb as banks hit record highs
Analysts are ratcheting up target prices for local lenders as their shares and the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) scaled new peaks.…
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Nomura beats Goldman to top spot in a record year for Japan M&A
Foreign securities firms have secured numerous deals involving investments in the US, fuelled by the AI and semiconductor boom Nomura…
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Samsung’s profit triples to record high as AI boom exacerbates chip shortage
Samsung Electronics said its operating profit more than tripled to a record high in the fourth quarter, as the race to build artificial…
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Samsung sees strong AI demand after profit triples to record high
— Samsung Electronics said its operating profit more than tripled to a record high in the fourth quarter and forecast strong chip demand…
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Singapore’s AI growth lies in infrastructure: OCBC
OCBC Investment Research analysts name 10 SGX-listed companies that will do well amid the boom in AI As the United States and China fight…
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Nvidia helped DeepSeek hone AI models later used by China’s military, lawmaker says
Nvidia’s H800 chip was designed for the China market and sold there before H800s were put under US export controls chipmaker Nvidia helped…
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Tesla revenue beats estimates despite weaker vehicle deliveries
The company’s vehicle business has been under strain as rivals roll out newer models, often at lower prices Tesla beat Wall Street…
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SpaceX weighs June 2026 IPO at US$1.5 trillion valuation: report
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is weighing a mid-June initial public offering (IPO), aiming to raise as much as US$50 billion at a valuation of…
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Microsoft’s rising spending, slight cloud beat fan AI payoff worries
OSOFT only edged past estimates for quarterly revenue in its crucial cloud-computing business on Wednesday and ramped up spending on…
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Microsoft capital spending jumps, cloud revenue fails to impress
The tie-up with OpenAI, once an edge, now faces risks as Google’s Gemini wins clients like Apple — Microsoft said on Wednesday (Jan 29) it…