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UOB looks to take ‘full advantage’ of excess capital by end of this year: CEO Wee Ee Cheong
UOB is actively looking to manage its capital, and hopes it can find ways to take “full advantage” of the excess by the end of this year,…
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Soros Fund Management to shut Hong Kong office in rejig
SOROS Fund Management, founded by billionaire George Soros, plans to shut its Hong Kong office as part of an administrative…
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Goldman promotes Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan bankers to partner
GOLDMAN Sachs promoted three Japanese nationals to its highest rank of executives, the most in more than a decade, after a revival in…
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Hot stocks: UOB adds S$4 billion to value as Singapore banks break share price ceilings
SHARES of UOB and OCBC leapt to levels never seen before, with both lenders surpassing street consensus estimates in their third-quarter…
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Baidu readies AI smart glasses to rival Meta’s Ray-Bans
BAIDU is set to unveil a pair of glasses with a built-in artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, putting up a Chinese rival to the Meta…
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Sats unlikely to resume dividend payout ratio of 70-80%, but quantum will rise in tandem with profit
The group aims for over S$8 billion in revenue, return on equity of higher than 15%, and net profit margin of over 5% in FY2029 IN-FLIGHT…
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Gold extends gains on Fed rate cut, but heads for weekly fall
GOLD prices inched higher on Friday (Nov 8), extending gains spurred by the US Federal Reserve’s widely anticipated quarter-point rate cut…
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Attika Group makes trading debut at S$0.21, below IPO price
SHARES of Attika Group commenced trading on the Catalist board at S$0.21 on Friday (Nov 8), down 4.5 per cent from its initial public…
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Taiwan’s TSMC says US investment plan is unchanged after election
CHIPMAKER Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) investment plan in the United States remains unchanged, the company said,…
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‘I would do it differently, if I were to do it again’: Outgoing DBS CEO on bank’s tech capabilities
OUTGOING DBS chief executive Piyush Gupta would have done things differently if he were given another chance to build the bank’s…
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United Hampshire US Reit Q3 distributable income falls 14.6% to US$6 million
UNITED Hampshire US Reit’s distributable income for the third quarter ended Sep 30 declined 14.6 per cent to US$6 million, from US$7.1…
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Cryptocurrencies tainted by SEC suits surge after Trump victory
THE likely departure of US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler following Donald Trump’s victory in the…
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Elwood Edwards, voice of the ‘You’ve got mail’ AOL email greeting, dies at 74
Elwood Edwards, a media multihyphenate who voiced AOL’s iconic greeting “You’ve got mail,” has died. Edwards died Tuesday at age 74 in New…
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UOB posts 16% higher Q3 profit of S$1.61 billion
UOB’s net profit for the third quarter ended September 2024 rose 16 per cent year on year to S$1.61 billion, from S$1.38 billion the year…
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UOB surpasses estimates with 16% higher Q3 profit of S$1.61 billion
UOB’S net profit for the third quarter ended September rose 16 per cent year on year to S$1.61 billion, from S$1.38 billion the year…
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Bank of England says unwind of trade that rocked gilt market likely over
BANK of England (BOE) officials said the UK bond sell-off that followed last week’s budget announcement was exacerbated by investor…
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Expedia raises full-year guidance, beats on gross bookings
EXPEDIA Group posted better-than-expected grossing bookings in the third quarter and said it was raising its full-year guidance,…
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Pinterest gives weak holiday forecast as it lags behind peers
PINTEREST fell in late trading after forecasting weak sales for the holiday quarter, a sign the search and discovery network is struggling…
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Can B Corps save the world?
THE “shareholder primacy” doctrine that promoted profit maximisation as the purpose of business is fading. The increasing wealth gap,…
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Moderna reports surprise profit on higher-than-expected Covid vaccine sales
MODERNA reported a surprise third-quarter profit on Thursday (Nov 7), driven by cost cutting and higher-than-expected sales of its…
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US: Wall Street hits all-time highs, Fed decision on tap
WalL Street’s main stock indexes hit record highs in the run-up to an interest-rate decision from the Federal Reserve on Thursday (Nov 7),…
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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding bags US$11.6 billion worth of order wins in year to date
MARITIME vessel maker Yangzijiang Shipbuilding said that it has secured US$11.6 billion of order wins in the year to date. This exceeds…
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Watch industry failing to make models women want: survey
THE watch industry is not producing and marketing enough models that women want to wear, a survey has found. Women are increasingly…
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Going above and beyond: Marina Bay Sands on billion-dollar push to court high-value tourists
FROM Dubai to Macau and across many parts of Asia and Europe, there have been significant investments worth billions of dollars in the…