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Nasdaq 100 gains as weak labour data fuels rate-cut bets
THE Nasdaq 100 rose on Thursday (Sep 4), closing 218.17 points, or 0.93 per cent higher, at 23,633.01, as investors digested…
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Academic research shows UK gender gap underestimated in official data for decades
The UK’s gender pay gap is higher than the EU and OECD average, and more than double that of France and Spain. A new study shows that the…
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US: Stocks dip after poor jobs data
Wall Street stocks finished lower on Friday (Sep 5) as markets grappled with worries about the latest weak US labour market data, which…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record high after weak jobs data
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit record highs on Friday (Sep 5) after weaker-than-expected August jobs data bolstered expectations for…
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US: S&P 500 rises to fresh record ahead of jobs data
stocks shook off early weakness on Thursday before climbing, with the S&P 500 ending at a fresh record on hopes a slowing employment…
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US: Wall St indexes open mixed after jobs data
Wall Street opened mixed on Thursday (Sep 4) after a weaker-than-expected private payrolls report, while Salesforce shares dropped as the…
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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…
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NTT Data hedges its AI bets
Global systems integrator NTT Data is navigating the rising tensions between artificial intelligence (AI) giants in the East and West by…
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US: Tech shares lead stocks higher ahead of jobs data
Wall Street stocks finished mostly higher on Wednesday following gains by Google parent Alphabet and Apple as markets look ahead to key US…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq open higher on Alphabet boost; jobs data on tap
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Wednesday (Sep 3) after Alphabet gained on a favourable antitrust ruling and investors awaited…
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Keppel DC Reit acquires remaining stake in 2 data centres from sponsor Keppel for S$8.4 million
The manager of Keppel DC Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) has acquired the remaining 51 per cent interest in two artificial…
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Google keeps Chrome and Apple deal but must share data in big antitrust ruling
GOOGLE won’t have to sell its Chrome browser, a judge in Washington said on Tuesday, handing a rare win to Big Tech in its battle with US…
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US: Wall St opens lower on tariff uncertainty; focus on data
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Tuesday (Sep 2), as investors returning from a long holiday weekend worried about the legality…
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Green by Decibel: How Nishitha Turned Quiet Data into Lower CO₂
A Problem Hiding in Plain Sound More than one billion gallons of diesel burn away each year while long-haul trucks sit idling at rest…
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Building Digital Trust: How One Engineer Led Data Governance at Scale
When people hear "data privacy," they often think of consent checkboxes or long pages of fine print. But beneath those tools lies a deeper…
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Amazon to invest NZ$7.5 billion in New Zealand data centres
Amazon has formally launched cloud services in New Zealand and dusted off a plan first announced in 2021 to invest more than NZ$7.5…
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Europe: Stoxx 600 ends higher on defence boost; Novo Nordisk jumps after Wegovy data
European shares finished marginally higher on Monday (Sep 1), supported by defence stocks, while Novo Nordisk gained after data showed its…
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US: Wall Street opens lower after inflation data; tariff concerns weigh
Wall Street’s main stock indexes opened lower on Friday (Aug 29) after an in-line inflation report kept in place bets for a September…
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Gold holds ground as investors await US data for more Fed cues
Gold prices remained stable on Thursday (Aug 28), as market participants awaited US economic data due this week that could help shed…
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Google to invest additional US$9 billion in Virginia data centres
Alphabet’s Google is investing an additional US$9 billion in Virginia till 2026 to enhance cloud and artificial intelligence (AI)…
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Microsoft, Rolls-Royce Power Systems push treated vegetable oils to green Singapore’s data centres
Microsoft and Rolls-Royce Power Systems are pushing for the adoption of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as a sustainable backup fuel for…
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SD Guthrie plans industrial park in Malaysia’s data centre hub
SD Guthrie, the world’s biggest oil palm planter by acreage, is positioning itself to tap into the data-centre boom as it looks to develop…
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GLP secures 2.5 billion yuan investment for China data centre
Logistics company GLP said on Tuesday it had secured an investment of 2.5 billion yuan (S$449 million) from Zhejiang government-backed…
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GIC in talks to invest in Goodman’s data centres: report
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC is considering a proposal to invest in data centre assets owned by Australian property firm Goodman…