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Singapore prime offices a ‘top pick’ for 2026 as vacancies fall: JLL
Private Chinese capital is still actively pursuing opportunities in Singapore, even as institutional Chinese capital recedes The prime…
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Indonesia’s rupiah hits record low on central bank independence worries
Indonesia’s rupiah hit a record low against the dollar on Tuesday as investors fretted about the country’s central bank independence after…
Business
How Vasudevan Subramani's Research on Resilience by Design Is Reshaping Reliability Engineering
In an era where digital transactions move economies in real time, the reliability of financial platforms has become a matter of public…
Business
These Singapore winners can benefit from AI boom, power crunch: Morgan Stanley
The US “shale revolution” is about to export a windfall to Singapore, helping defray the cost of powering the artificial intelligence…
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China leaves benchmark lending rates unchanged for eighth straight month
China left benchmark loan prime rates unchanged on Tuesday for the eighth consecutive month in January, matching market expectations.…
Business
India needs ‘eight to 10’ large banks, Axis Bank CEO says
The country currently has 12 state-run banks and 21 large and mid-sized private banks India will need “at least eight to 10” large banks…
Business
South Korea bourse CEO sees Kospi at 6,000, vows to cut ‘zombie’ firms
The index’s surge over the past 12 months is the best among more than 90 global equity indexes tracked by Bloomberg The world-beating…
Business
How Europe could ‘weaponise’ US$10 trillion of US assets over Greenland
The most tangible reaction from the EU so far has been a proposal to halt approval of its July trade deal with America As Europe considers…
Business
Jumbo Group to acquire leasehold interest in Tai Seng Street property from Boustead Industrial Fund
Jumbo Group is proposing to acquire a leasehold interest in a 26 Tai Seng Street property owned by Boustead Industrial Fund (BIF), a…
Business
MSCI rule shift may spur US$2 billion exit from Indonesian stocks
Global funds may withdraw more than US$2 billion from Indonesian equities in the coming months if MSCI proceeds with a change to its…
Business
Stocks to watch: SGX, Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust, Boustead Singapore, Jumbo Group
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Tuesday (Jan 20): Singapore Exchange (SGX):…
Business
Mapletree Investments, MPACT appoint SP Group to build district cooling system at Harbourfront
It will reduce operating costs and carbon emissions, while freeing up space for operational or commercial use Mapletree Investments and…
Business
Macquarie names under-the-radar stock picks it says can deliver total returns of 24%
Favourable factors include stock market reforms, lower rates and a strengthening Singapore dollar While the Straits Times Index (STI) is…
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South Korea kicks off AI Squid Game in bid to compete with US, China
The state-backed survival contest aims to find the best indigenous artificial intelligence models Late last year, more than a thousand…
Business
CEO revenue confidence hits five-year low: PwC survey
There was a sharp divide between those already seeing benefits from AI adoption and those who did not [DAVOS, Switzerland] Only three in…
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Oil steadies as Iran supply fears ease and Greenland moves into spotlight
Oil prices steadied on Monday as civil unrest in Iran subsided, reducing the likelihood of a US attack that could disrupt supplies from…
Business
European stocks drop the most in two months on Trump tariff threat over Greenland
EUROPEAN shares logged their biggest daily drop in two months on Monday as investors were rattled by President Donald Trump’s threat of…
Fashion
Valentino Garavani Dead: Italian Fashion Designer Who Dressed Princess Diana and Elizabeth Taylor Dies Aged 93 'Surrounded by His Loved Ones'
Legendary Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani has died at the age of 93, "surrounded by his loved ones" at his Rome home. The…
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Who Was Deshawn Suggs? Suspect Who Killed Teen Girl Found Dead in Bullet-Riddled Car in San Antonio
A man suspected of killing a teenage girl in September has himself been found dead from gunshot wounds inside his car, which was riddled…
Business
Zurich Insurance offers US$10 billion to buy UK insurer Beazley
Swiss insurance company Zurich Insurance Group has raised its offer to buy rival speciality insurer Beazley to 1,280 pence (S$22.016) per…
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Education Remains the Key to Good Citizenship | National Review
No matter whether you’re an immigrant or a native-born American, education instills the love of country that we all ought to have. Source…
Business
HSBC on course for £300 billion valuation, top executive says
Weeks after its market value rose above £200 billion (S$344.6 billion) for the first time in its history, HSBC Holdings is now on course…
News
At least 39 dead in Spain after two high-speed trains collide
[ADAMUZ, Spain] At least 39 people died in southern Spain after a high-speed train derailed and collided with an oncoming one on Sunday…
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L.A.'s defense industry is booming. Federal funding crunch could change that
When former Space X engineer Josh Giegel launched his North Hollywood tech company Gambit in 2023, he had a vision for the battlefield of…