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Oil prices climb on worries of possible Iran-US conflict
Oil prices settled higher on Friday (Feb 6), reversing earlier losses as traders worried that this week’s talks between the US and Iran…
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Oil prices climb 3% as market awaits US-Iran talks
Opec members Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq export most of their crude via the Strait of Hormuz, mainly to…
Business
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.…
Business
Will UOB climb higher after its big rebound?
Softer rates are squeezing NIMs at the 3 Singapore banks, but also spurring excitement about the potential for valuations to rise and…
Business
Asian shares edge lower as global tensions climb, crude oil slumps
Crude futures slid and resource shares climbed in Asian trading as markets absorbed the impact of political upheaval in Venezuela and the…
Business
Singapore investment banking fees climb to US$864.6m in 2025, highest in 4 years
DBS leads in fees earned; local firms issue a total of 38 IPOs last year, raising US$2.5 billion Investment banking fees generated in…
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Nio shares climb as much as 6.7% on report of more CATL reliance
CATL will supply 100 kWh batteries to the Nio brand and 85 kWh batteries to the Onvo brand, says CnEVPost Shares of Chinese electric…
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Nio shares climb 5.6% on report of more CATL reliance
CATL will supply 100 kWh batteries to the Nio brand and 85 kWh batteries to the Onvo brand, says CnEVPost Shares of Chinese electric…
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US airlines see record holiday travel even as airfares climb
A daily average of 2.9 million passengers will travel between Dec 19 and Jan 5, up 1.5% from a year earlier US airlines expect to ferry a…
Business
Noodle maker Leong Guan’s shares climb 10.7% from IPO price on Catalist debut
The company’s placement of about 20.7 million shares at S$0.23 apiece has brought in S$4.75 million Shares of food manufacturing and…
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Equities climb on Fed rate cut optimism, Boeing surges
US stocks closed higher to record their sixth gain in seven sessions in muted trading on Tuesday (Dec 2), buoyed by gains in technology…
Business
Wall Street ends lower as yields climb; crypto stocks drop
Markets have largely priced in a rate cut from the Fed at the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting on Dec 10 US stocks closed modestly…
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Australia house prices climb in November amid record unaffordability, Cotality says
AUSTRALIAN home prices rose in November with large gains in several state capitals, amid a record level of housing unaffordability,…
Business
Positive momentum for office S-Reits as vacancy rates ease and rents climb
In the third quarter of 2025, the Urban Redevelopment Authority reported a modest tightening in office vacancy rates, easing to 11.2 per…
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Anna Kepner: Stepbrother of Cheerleader Found Dead on Carnival Cruise Was Obsessed with Her and Once Tried to Climb on Her While She Was Sleeping
Anna Kepner's younger stepbrother — who is being seen as suspect in her killing — had a creepy obsession with the Florida cheerleader and…
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China stocks climb to 10-year peak as Trump-Xi meeting begins
CHINESE shares climbed to a decade high on Thursday as US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping began a high-stakes…
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Tokyo: Nikkei rises to record high before BOJ decision, JGB yield climb
Japan’s Nikkei share average rose to a record high on Thursday, shaking off early weakness, as investors awaited the Bank of Japan’s…
Business
Citi revenue beats in every division as compensation costs climb
Citigroup beat Wall Street revenue estimates across all five of its major business lines, a haul that’s helping the firm manage rising…
Business
Singapore shares continue to climb; STI up 0.4%
Across the broader market, gainers beat losers 336 to 247, as 1.6 billion securities worth S$1.7 billion change hands Singapore stocks…
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Samsung, SK Hynix shares climb after chips deal with OpenAI
As part of the agreement, the partners will help Seoul develop a domestic AI ecosystem, something many governments are exploring to try…
Business
US: Wall Street indexes climb as investors brush off government shutdown uncertainties
WALL Street indexes closed up on Monday with the Nasdaq leading gains as investors bought heavyweight technology stocks and shrugged off…
Business
US Fed rate-cut expectations climb following weak job market report
Disappointing employment data released on Friday (Sep 5) validated fears that the US labour market may be on the brink of a downturn and…
Business
Singapore stocks climb on weak US jobs data, rate-cut expectations; STI up 0.2%
Stocks on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) rebounded on Thursday (Sep 4), tracking a mixed performance in Asian markets amid weak US jobs data…
Business
Oil prices climb after Ukraine attacks hit Russian energy sites
[BEIJING/SINGAPORE] Oil prices edged higher on Monday (Aug 25) after Ukraine stepped up attacks on Russia, fanning concerns Russian oil…