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China’s renminbi climbs to 15-month high, overcoming weak PBOC fixing
On Dec 23, onshore yuan ends at 7.0287 per US dollar, while its offshore counterpart fetches 7.0181 at 4.30pm SGT China’s renminbi climbed…
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Paramount’s new offer for Warner Bros is not sufficient, major investor says
The investors now have until Jan 21 to accept or reject the so-called tender offer Paramount Skydance’s latest offer to buy Warner Bros…
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Here’s What Happens Now That We’re Going Over the Obamacare Cliff
“I’m choosing to take the bigger hit of the premium increase instead of changing my plan, because the specialists I have, I’ve been…
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Venezuela Is on the Verge of a Major Humanitarian Tragedy
These central truths are being unfortunately concealed by pointless distractions, most recently Trump’s dishonest account of America’s…
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Bari Weiss Has Thrown the CBS News Killswitch
What do you think happens to the next story about immigration enforcement abuses? Or the next investigation into deportation policy? Or…
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Trump’s 10 Biggest, Most Shameful Billionaire Toadies
The co-founder of Home Depot, who is worth a cool $10 billion, initially criticized Trump’s proposed tariffs as “bullshit,” adding, “I…
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TV’s Antidote to the Year of Men in Crisis
Boys, boys, boys. This year has been the year of the Crisis of Masculinity, or maybe the year of the Male Loneliness Epidemic, or maybe,…
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A Trump-inspired ‘Big Beautiful’ baby bonus could help birth the next boom for Singapore equities
It wouldn’t cost much relatively, and it could pave the way for stock investments to be part of our lives – while helping to make SGX…
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Chip turmoil will worsen on Nexperia spat: Wingtech chair warns
Ruby Yang adds that as the dispute continues, the damage to global industrial chain, investment confidence and shareholders deepens…
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Singapore stocks inch up on inflation forecast; STI gains 0.6%
Local shares closed higher on Tuesday (Dec 23), after the authorities maintained their full-year forecasts for Singapore’s core and…
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Mitsui OSK inks financing deal for Singapore LNG terminal with banks including DBS, OCBC
The deal is for a newbuild floating storage and regasification unit that will be operated by Singapore LNG Corporation Mitsui OSK Lines…
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Citigroup, Daiwa are latest to expand Japan dealmaking teams
This is due to hostile takeovers no longer being taboo, and private equity and activist investors are more prominent It is a good time to…
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Mapletree acquires logistics facility in the Netherlands
Since entering the European logistics market in 2018, the group has amassed 82 logistics assets across eight countries Mapletree…
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Mapletree acquires logistics facility in the Netherlands for 32.3 million euros
Since entering the European logistics market in 2018, the group has amassed 82 logistics assets across eight countries Mapletree…
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Gold sets 50th daily record this year on rate-cut bets and geopolitical risk
Gold has risen 70% this year, driven by strong central-bank buying and inflows into bullion-backed ETFs Gold rose to an all-time high on…
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End-buyer of Seatrium-Maersk vessel caught in Trump’s stop-work order
Singapore company expects vessel to be delivered as agreed in recent settlement with Danish shipping giant Seatrium said it is “closely…
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PIDG, August Energy look to fill gap for ‘patient capital’ in South-east Asian clean energy
Their US$30 million joint venture will focus on Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG)…
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Huawei’s Maextro S800 becomes China’s top-selling US$100,000 car
Huawei Technologies’ ultra-luxury Maextro S800 sedan is so popular in China nowadays, it is outselling Porsche’s Panamera, Mercedes-Benz…
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Fu Yu’s largest shareholder Victor Lim reinstated as director of strategy, makes new bid for board membership
Reinstatement is in view of his ‘ability to contribute to the group’, says company Components manufacturer Fu Yu has since Nov 1…
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Asian markets rally again as rate cut hopes bring Christmas cheer
EQUITIES extended a global rally on Tuesday, while gold and silver hit fresh records as optimism for more US interest rate cuts and an…
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Rakuten AI boss diverges from big tech in prioritising low cost
RAKUTEN Group is expanding its AI team under the stewardship of a Google veteran and building models with a focus on cost efficiency. Ting…
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Straits Trading launches senior-living programme in Singapore, Malaysia
It aims to build an integrated independent value-chain in the senior living business Mainboard-listed The Straits Trading Company on…
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Australia central bank saw risk of rate rise in 2026 to contain inflation
Core inflation rose to 3.3 per cent in October, taking it further above the RBA’s target band of 2 per cent to 3 per cent Australia’s…
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Volare triggers mandatory offer for Alpha Integrated Reit following acquisition of ESR stake
Volare and its concert parties now control 41.27% of the total issued units by AI-Reit, formerly known as Sabana Reit Mindarie Investment,…