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M1-Simba, Starhub-MyRepublic consolidations: a crowded telco market through the years
Developments of telecommunications companies consolidating dominated this week, after many years of speculation. News broke on Tuesday…
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Singapore stocks fall amid cautious market sentiment; STI down 0.2%
Local shares closed lower on the first trading day of the week, tracking a mixed performance across Asian markets, as investors braced for…
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Lithium market erupts as CATL shuts one of world’s biggest mines
Lithium prices and stocks spiked on Monday (Aug 11) after battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Limited (CATL) halted…
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SK Hynix expects AI memory market to grow 30% a year to 2030
South Korea’s SK Hynix forecasts that the market for a specialised form of memory chip designed for artificial intelligence will grow 30…
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Alan Dershowitz Yelled Out of Farmers Market for Being a Jerk
Alan Dershowitz was once again denied pierogies at a farmers market. After being turned away by the vendors of the Good Pierogi stand at…
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Chinese drone maker DJI shut out of Washington with US market at risk
Chinese-owned and operated DJI Technologies is up against an end-of-year deadline to keep its US business alive, and the drone maker is…
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SoftBank Group swings to profit in first quarter on market enthusiasm for tech stocks
Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group on Thursday (Aug 7) booked a net profit of US$2.87 billion in the first quarter, driven by…
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New Zealand labour market remains soft, adds to rate-cut expectation
New Zealand’s jobless rate rose slightly in the second quarter as the labour market remained soft, supporting the view that the central…
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Hong Kong’s new listing rules seen as helping hot market to stay hot
Hong Kong’s changes to its listing rules are likely to pave the way for one of the world’s hottest markets for initial public offerings…
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Figma sheds US$11 billion in market value days after blockbuster IPO
FieldCEO Dylan Field owns about 54.2 million the company shares worth about US$5 billion after selling 2.35 million shares in the IPO…
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Emerging market funds adjust bets as ‘sell the dollar’ trade loses appeal
THE US dollar’s bounceback in July is convincing some emerging market investors to bet that it will keep rising in coming months. T Rowe…
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Opec+ makes another large oil output hike in market share push
Opec+ agreed on Sunday (Aug 3) to raise oil production by 547,000 barrels per day for September, the latest in a series of accelerated…
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Hong Kong eases listing rules to boost red-hot IPO market
Hong Kong eased some of its rules to list in the city, potentially bolstering what’s already been one of the hottest markets in the world…
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South-east Asia’s IPO rebound offers beleaguered private equity market a sliver of hope
Private equity (PE) players have seen the lack of exit opportunities in the first half of 2025 contribute to a decline in private…
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Alibaba Enters Smart Eyewear Market with Quark AI-Powered Glasses
Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba, has finally made an official entry into the smart eyewear market by announcing its new Quark AI…
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US smartphone market sees sluggish growth as India-made phones surge, Canalys says
United States smartphone market grew just 1 per cent in the second quarter as vendors front-loaded device inventories amid tariff…
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Transfer market: Ahmed Hassan Kouka set for medical with Al Ettifaq
Ahmed Hassan Kouka Just hours after the official announcement of his departure from Le Havre, in Saudi Arabia. Having arrived at Le Havre…
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Bangkok Mass Shooting: 6 Dead as Gunman Opens Fire at Local Food Market Before Committing Suicide
At least six people have been killed in a mass shooting incident in Thailand on Monday. As per reports, four of the deceased have been…
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Kia aims to win US market share as tariffs force rivals to pull back
South Korea’s Kia Corp said on Friday (Jul 25) that it aims to increase its US sales and market share in the second half, driven by sales…
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Euro zone economy holds up even as ECB speakers look to temper market view of no more cuts
The euro zone economy has remained resilient to the pervasive uncertainty caused by a global trade war, a slew of data showed on Friday…
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Increasing affluence continues to fuel housing demand and prices, but economic uncertainty could test market: Knight Frank
Interest rate cuts, growing affluence and low unemployment rates spell good news for Singapore’s private residential market, but a…
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Rising affluence, rate cuts fuelling housing market, but economic uncertainty is a wild card: Knight Frank
Interest rate cuts, growing affluence and low unemployment rates spell good news for Singapore’s private residential market, but a…
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RBA seen cutting three more times by early 2026, matching market
Economists expect Australia’s central bank will deliver three more interest-rate cuts by early 2026, up from two seen previously, bringing…
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South-east Asia’s IPO market shows signs of revival after subdued H1
Initial public offering (IPO) activity across South-east Asia remained subdued in the first half of 2025 amid ongoing geopolitical and…