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Indonesian stocks fall 5% after last week’s dramatic shake-up, US$80 billion rout
— Indonesian stocks slid on Monday (Feb 2), weighed down by a sell-off in commodities, after a tumultuous week during which a warning from…
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Positive takeaways for Singapore Reits from Keppel Reit's dpu dilutive MBFC Tower 3 deal
With demand for office trusts focused in the Republic despite lower yields, more capital should be allocated domestically Investors buy…
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CAAS, EDB ink pact with GE Aerospace to co-develop AI and propulsion technologies
GE Aerospace will expand its Singapore presence beyond maintenance, repair and overhaul under a new R&D partnership The Civil Aviation…
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Gold falls 1.5% on firm US dollar, silver recovers from over three-week low
Gold extended falls on Monday (Feb 2), pressured by a firm US dollar, as investors gauged US President Donald Trump’s Fed chair pick Kevin…
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China AI deals push Hong Kong listings to busiest start of the year
The rapid pace of offerings is a promising sign that the city can build on the recovery last year It has never been this busy at the start…
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Australia set for U-turn to rate hike in break from global trend
Australia’s central bank faces the uncomfortable prospect of going against the global grain and switching back to raising interest rates…
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Oracle plans to raise US$45 billion to US$50 billion in 2026
LE expects to raise US$45 billion to US$50 billion in 2026 to build additional capacity for its cloud infrastructure, the software company…
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Oracle says it plans to raise up to $50 billion in debt and equity this year
— LE expects to raise US$45 billion to US$50 billion in 2026 to build additional capacity for its cloud infrastructure, the software…
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How strong is the Singdollar? These charts show how it is performing against regional currencies
These seven charts track the Singapore dollar against key currencies over the last six months The first month of 2026 has seen a broad…
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Stocks to watch: Singtel, ST Engineering, SGX, CLI, Sembcorp, CDL, Clint, MoneyMax
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Feb 2): Singtel: A KKR-led consortium…
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MoneyMax expects ‘significant improvement’ in H2 net profit
Pawnbroker and gold retailer MoneyMax on Monday (Feb 2) said that it expects a “significant improvement” in its second-half and full-year…
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GIC, Mubadala said to be set to join KKR in US$10 billion STT Deal
Data centres are attracting a lot of investor interest, not least because of their role in the artificial intelligence boom and Mubadala…
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Danantara to continue investing in Indonesian stocks after rout
Many of the country’s largest companies are thinly traded and controlled by a small number of wealthy individuals Indonesia’s Danantara…
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Why stocks will reward patient bullishness in 2026
Markets should stay positive in 2026, but slower gains and higher volatility lie ahead WITH 2025’s good-to-great gains for global stock…
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Time for brokers to make bigger contribution to the revitalisation of the Singapore market
Reduced board lot sizes may largely benefit SGX and the brokers; custody accounts could be an opportunity to alleviate frictions of…
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Abu Dhabi royal invested in Trump crypto venture: report
A White House spokesperson says that the US president’s assets are in a trust managed by his children ABU Dhabi royal signed a secret deal…
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Waymo seeking about US$16 billion near US$110 billion valuation
The startup plans to aggressively expand the commercial service this year to many more American cities, as well as to the UK Waymo,…
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Warsh’s return revives tensions over the fed’s US$6.6 trillion QE hangover
For much of the time that US President Donald Trump was mulling his potential choice for the next chair of the Federal Reserve, the debate…
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Dutch airline KLM resumes flights to Middle East
Airline KLM is resuming flights to Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, it said late on Saturday, after previously…
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Heavy earnings week, jobs data to test US stocks after Microsoft swoon
Results are due from about one-quarter of S&P 500 companies including Alphabet, Amazon, Lilly Another huge batch of corporate earnings…
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Nio’s January deliveries jump over 96%; cumulative deliveries top 1 million
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio delivered 27,182 vehicles in January, marking a 96.1 per cent increase year on year, said the…
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Singapore bank lending hits fastest monthly growth since Dec 2024; full-year lending at multi-year high
For the whole of 2025, bank lending up 5.8% at S$10.26 trillion, MAS data indicates Singapore’s bank lending in December 2025 charted the…
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Singapore bank lending hits fastest monthly growth since December 2024
Singapore’s bank lending in December 2025 charted the highest monthly increase since December 2024, driven primarily by an increase in…
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Spring Fever Episode 9 Preview Teases New Challenge for Yoon Bom, Seon Jae Gyu
Spring Fever episode 9 will air on tvN on Monday (February 1) at 8:50 pm KST. The romance drama, starring Ahn Bo Hyun and Lee Joo Bin,…