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Higher oil prices not boosting Houston economy yet due to conflict with Iran, expert says
Here in the "Energy Capital of the World", you likely know that when oil prices are high, it can be beneficial for our local economy, even…
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Growth Is Expensive—Aim Higher Anyway
Let’s be honest: real growth hurts before it helps. The bills arrive long before the payoff. That’s not a reason to slow down. It’s a…
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Retailer Carrefour targets higher cash and profits as CEO Bompard unveils new strategy plan
Europe’s largest food retailer Carrefour on Wednesday (Feb 18) vowed to grow its cash and profitability, aiming for an operating margin of…
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Oil prices settle slightly higher
Oil prices settled marginally higher on Friday (Feb 13) after data showed an overall slowdown in US inflation, helping offset supply…
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Alpha Integrated Reit H2 DPU rises 20.4% to S$0.0183 on higher rent, occupancy
The Reit’s growth in net property income is mainly from positive rental reversions and an overall increase in occupancy rate Alpha…
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Keppel rises 3.2% amid higher H2 net profit, Piyush Gupta’s appointment as chair-designate
Shares of Keppel rose on Thursday (Feb 5) after the asset manager posted a 27.2 per cent increase in second-half earnings and announced…
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Aims Apac Reit 9M DPU rises 2.5% to S$0.0725 on higher rental reversions, cost efficiencies
The manager of Aims Apac Reit (AA Reit) on Thursday (Feb 5) posted a 2.5 per cent increase in distribution per unit (DPU) to S$0.0725 for…
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UBS posts higher profit, signals US$3 billion buyback with upside
Group posted a profit which beat expectations in the fourth quarter, as the bank announced a US$3 billion buyback programme for 2026 with…
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S&P 500, Nasdaq open higher as earnings deluge takes center stage
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Tuesday (Feb 3), stabilising after a commodity rout in the previous session, as investors…
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US stocks: S&P 500 ends higher; chipmakers and small caps jump
S&P 500 closed higher on Monday, lifted by gains in chipmakers and other companies related to artificial intelligence, while smaller…
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‘Significant improvement’: CNMC Goldmine expects profit lift for 2025 on higher gold, silver prices
CNMC Goldmine expects a “significant overall improvement” to its net profit for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2025, compared with the…
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Singapore, Asia markets end largely higher after Fed pause and MAS hold as focus shifts to earnings
Investor attention is shifting towards fundamentals and AI-linked growth themes in the region Markets in Asia broadly gained ground on…
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S&P, Nasdaq opens higher as earnings roll in
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Tuesday (Jan 27) as investors parsed a fresh round of mega-cap earnings, while health insurers…
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European shares settle higher with focus on earnings, monetary policy
PEAN shares ended higher on Monday, underpinned by gains in financials in the run-up to earnings from big banks later this week. The…
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US stocks: Wall Street indexes close higher ahead of earnings, Fed meeting
S&P 500 and the Nasdaq advanced for a fourth consecutive session on Monday, as investors geared up for a slew of mega-cap earnings and a…
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S&P 500, Dow open slightly higher with big tech results
The S&P 500 and the Dow opened slightly higher on Monday (Jan 26), as investors braced for a heavyweight run of earnings along with a…
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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…
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Wall Street opens higher on tariff relief
stocks opened higher on Thursday (Jan 22), inching towards all-time highs, after President Donald Trump dialed back his threat of tariffs…
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UOB closes 2.3% higher following Asia market rebound; Macquarie upgrades stock
It has potential for a ‘relative-value catch-up play’, with headwinds set to abate this earnings season Shares of UOB rose on Thursday…
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Oil prices settle higher on force majeure at Kazakh field, slow Venezuela exports
Oil prices closed 0.5 per cent higher on Wednesday on optimism around tighter supply after a temporary shutdown at two large fields in…
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US stocks: Wall Street ends higher on Greenland framework deal
three Wall Street benchmarks closed higher on Wednesday, buoyed by the news that a framework for an agreement on Greenland had been…
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Wall Street opens higher after rout, Trump speech in focus
stocks staged a modest recovery on Wednesday (Jan 21) after the sharpest equities sell-off in three months, as investors digested…
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PC Partner closes 20.9% higher on positive FY2025 profit guidance
It is now listed only in Singapore, having delisted from the Hong Kong bourse on Jan 14 Shares of electronics company PC Partner soared on…
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WTI expected to trend higher in near term
WEST Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude prices have staged a modest recovery since the start of the year, rising about 4 per cent year-to-date…