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Asia: Hong Kong leads stocks higher, yen gains as Ishiba vows to stay
Equities mostly rose on Monday on optimism countries will reach US trade deals before an August 1 deadline, while the yen gained after…
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Lum Chang Creations shares rise on Catalist debut, 20% higher than IPO price
Lum Chang Creations (LCC) rose on its Catalist board debut on the Singapore Exchange on Monday (Jul 21). The company opened at a price of…
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Lum Chang Creations shares close 22% higher than IPO price on Catalist debut
Lum Chang Creations (LCC) rose on its Catalist board debut on the Singapore Exchange on Monday (Jul 21). The counter, which had begun…
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Qian Hu posts 87.7% fall in H1 profit on higher costs
Mainboard-listed integrated fish service provider Qian Hu on Friday (Jul 18) reported a net profit of S$30,729 for its first half ended…
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US: Wall Street opens higher as investors weigh data, earnings
Wall Street opened higher on Friday (Jul 18), with investors weighing a week of mixed economic signals and earnings reports, while…
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Garuda new 737 plane’s higher rent may strain finances further
Garuda is paying twice as much to lease its latest Boeing 737 Max jet than it does for the older 737 planes in its fleet, another…
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US: Wall St opens marginally higher as markets weigh data
Wall Street opened largely steady on Thursday (Jul 17), as investors mulled over fresh economic data, while upbeat results from Taiwan’s…
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US stocks end higher, shrugging off Powell firing fears
Wall Street stocks finished higher on Wednesday, shrugging off a mid-session swoon after US President Donald Trump denied plans to fire…
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US: Wall St opens higher as inflation data, earnings take centre stage
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Jul 16) as investors sifted through new inflation data and digested a fresh round…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq open higher after inflation data; focus on bank earnings
The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 opened higher on Tuesday (Jul 15) after fresh inflation data, while banking heavyweights kicked off the…
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Hoka Launches Global Running Campaign ‘Together, We Fly Higher’ With Paralympic Gold Medalist Grace Norman
Hoka has tapped Paralympic gold medalist Grace Norman for a new global running campaign dubbed “Together, We Fly Higher.” Launched…
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London's Heathrow eyes higher fees for £10b upgrade
It will add another 10 million passengers per year by 2031 at Europe’s busiest airport London’s Heathrow Airport on Friday (Jul 11) said…
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US: Wall Street opens higher as markets await trade talks
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Jul 9), as investors shrugged off President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff moves…
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Fewer courses, higher stakes: What golf’s shrinking footprint means for Singapore’s players and clubs
The announcement this week that the government will not renew the leases for six golf courses in Singapore could lead to an increase in…
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Reit-owned malls more likely to forgo higher rents for right tenant mix
For Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts (S-Reits), rent increases are tempered by longer lease terms, a need to curate tenant…
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Viewpoint Diversity in Higher Education Should Mean More Conservatives
A few enclaves in a few institutions, while laudable, are not sufficient to combat intellectual homogeneity across the universities.…
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Citigroup’s rich clients divert from US to UK despite higher taxes
Some of Citigroup’s wealthy clients are souring on the US and instead looking at the UK, even as Britain hikes taxes on its rich…
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Unlike private landlords, Reit-owned malls could trade higher rents for right tenant mix
For Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts (S-Reits), rent increases are tempered by longer lease terms, a need to curate tenant…
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Nikkei 225 expected to trend higher if trade deals are inked
The Nikkei 225 Index Futures, traded in standard, mini, and micro contracts, is a derivative instrument based on Japan’s flagship equity…
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Top Glove Q3 profit slides 31% to RM34.7 million despite higher revenue
Malaysian glove maker Top Glove on Thursday (Jun 26) posted a net profit of RM34.7 million (S$10.5 million) for its third quarter ended…
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Gold inches higher as dollar softens, focus shifts to US economic data
Markets are awaiting US GDP data due later in the day and Personal Consumption Expenditures data on Friday Gold prices nudged higher on…
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US: Wall St indexes open higher after Trump's Israel-Iran ceasefire announcement
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Tuesday (Jun 24) as President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran,…
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US: Wall St indexes open higher with Trump's Middle East decision in focus
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Jun 20), tracking strength in global stocks after President Donald Trump held off from…
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Singapore stocks sink on Thursday after Powell signals higher inflation; STI down 0.7%
Local shares fell for a second consecutive session on Thursday (Jun 19), after US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell warned of…