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US: Wall St subdued at open after previous session's jump; earnings in focus - The Business Times
US main stock indexes opened flat to slightly lower on Thursday (Jan 23), as investors paused after Wall Street’s strong performance in…
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Starhill Global Reit posts 1.1% rise in H1 DPU to S$0.018 - The Business Times
STARHILL Global Real Estate Investment Trust’s (Reit) distribution per unit (DPU) rose 1.1 per cent to S$0.018 for its first half ended…
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Vanke in talks to sell logistics firm stake to GIC: source - The Business Times
INDEBTED property developer China Vanke is in advanced talks to sell a controlling stake in VX Logistics to Singaporean sovereign wealth…
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Databricks caps US$15 billion fundraise with Meta as new investor - The Business Times
DATABRICKS, one of the world’s most valuable privately held tech companies, said on Wednesday (Jan 23) that it has raised more than US$15…
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Suntec Reit’s H2 DPU slides 13.9% to S$0.0315 - The Business Times
SUNTEC Real Estate Investment Trust’s (Suntec Reit) distribution per unit (DPU) slid 13.9 per cent to S$0.0315 for the second half of 2024…
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ByteDance plans US$20 billion capex in 2025, mostly on AI: sources - The Business Times
BYTEDANCE, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has earmarked over 150 billion yuan (S$27.9 billion) in capital expenditure for this year, much of…
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Cathay Pacific to cut profit payout to staff by around 50% - The Business Times
CATHAY Pacific Airways is planning to slash its profit-share payout to its workers by almost 50 per cent. The Hong Kong carrier is only…
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Hyundai Motor nears GM tie-up deal; sees revenue growth slowing in 2025 - The Business Times
SOUTH Korea’s Hyundai Motor said on Thursday (Jan 23) it is in talks with General Motors to supply commercial electric vehicles to its US…
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Cut-off yield on latest Singapore 1-year T-bill inches up to 2.95% - The Business Times
This is up from 2.71% offered in the previous auction that closed in October last year SINGAPORE’S latest one-year tranche of Treasury…
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Sembcorp launches short-term mobile solar farm at PSA’s Keppel Terminal - The Business Times
For three years, the renewable energy generated from the farm will be channelled to the national grid A new 18 megawatt-peak ground-mount…
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JPMorgan plans major revamp of Madison Avenue skyscraper - The Business Times
JPMORGAN Chase is planning a renovation of its old headquarters building at 383 Madison Avenue and will use the space to house…
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Barclays sees heightened competition in India from Japan banks - The Business Times
A RENEWED push by Japan’s biggest banks and other global lenders in India is driving down loan prices with the new players having more…
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JPMorgan, Goldman CEOs resist calls to roll back DEI programmes - The Business Times
JPMORGAN Chase and Goldman Sachs are pushing back on demands to roll back their diversity initiatives. In television appearances on…
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Ley Choon surges 15% as investors positive on construction upturn - The Business Times
SHARES of construction and engineering company Ley Choon jumped on Thursday (Jan 23) morning, after The Business Times reported that the…
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Singapore stocks close higher on Thursday as inflation eases; STI up 0.7% - The Business Times
SINGAPORE stocks ended higher on Thursday (Jan 23), after the Republic reported that full-year inflation in 2024 came in at 2.4 per cent.…
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Ascott bags 16 new signings under Oakwood portfolio to tap growing ‘bleisure’ market - The Business Times
ASCOTT, the wholly owned lodging business unit of CapitaLand Investment, has secured 16 new signings under the Oakwood brand in 2024, up…
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SK Hynix posts record quarterly profit surpassing Samsung on AI boom - The Business Times
SOUTH Korea’s SK Hynix on Thursday posted a record quarterly profit as the Nvidia supplier saw strong sales of advanced chips such as…
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Amazon exits Quebec operations, to cut about 1,700 jobs; Ottawa unhappy - The Business Times
E-COMMERCE giant Amazon.com is exiting its operations in the Canadian province of Quebec, leading to the loss of about 1,700 full-time…
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Samsung to beat Apple to ultrathin phone with Galaxy S25 Edge - The Business Times
SAMSUNG Electronics plans to launch an ultrathin version of its Galaxy S25 phone in the first half of this year, beating Apple to a…
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OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank team up on multibillion-dollar AI project
President Trump on Tuesday announced that OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank are partnering on a venture to direct more than $100 billion toward…
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JPMorgan’s Dimon sees inflated stocks as ‘animal spirits’ return - The Business Times
JPMORGAN Chase’s dealmakers are spending their time in the Swiss Alps huddling with ebullient clients, but the boss of the biggest US bank…
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Frasers Centrepoint Trust posts 99.5% retail portfolio occupancy for Q1 - The Business Times
FRASERS Centrepoint Trust (FCT) posted a committed occupancy of 99.5 per cent for its retail portfolio for the first quarter of its…
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Mapletree Industrial Trust posts 1.5% rise in Q3 DPU to S$0.0341 - The Business Times
THE distribution per unit (DPU) for Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT) rose 1.5 per cent to S$0.0341 for its third quarter ended Dec 31,…