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Singdollar stays above S$1 to 120 yen mark
[SINGAPORE] The Singapore dollar stayed above the S$1-to-120 yen mark on Thursday (Nov 20), standing at 120.39 yen as at 6.35pm, after having peaked at 120.64 at around 3pm,...
Hongkong Land Q3 profit falls 13% on lower contributions from its office portfolio
[SINGAPORE] Hongkong Land’s underlying profit for the third quarter of its 2025 financial year is 13 per cent lower than the same period the previous year.This is primarily due...
IBM, Cisco outline plans for networks of quantum computers by early 2030s
[SAN FRANCISCO] IBM and Cisco Systems on Thursday (Nov 20) said they plan to link quantum computers over long distances, with the goal of demonstrating the concept is workable...
Bitcoin erases 2025 gains as investors fret over the macro environment
As at Nov 20, cryptocurrency’s value is 2.4% lower than that at the start of the year[SINGAPORE] Bitcoin’s correction has erased the gains it made in 2025, just over a...
Singapore stocks rise as market cheers new SGX announcements; STI up 0.2%
Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust is top gainer on benchmark index; three local banks also end higher[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended higher on Thursday (Nov 20), as the market cheered...
ByteDance’s valuation soars to US$480 billion in share auction
[HONG KONG] [A Chinese investment firm bought a block of ByteDance shares at a valuation of US$480 billion, far above recent levels, a sign of strong investor interest in...
BNP starts buyback, boosts capital goal after share drop
[PARIS] BNP Paribas announced a new buyback and plans to reach a target for capital strength early as chief executive officer Jean-Laurent Bonnafe seeks to reverse a recent slide...
Vietnamese airline Vietjet to resume use of Chinese-made Comac planes: sources
C909, which seats up to 90 passengers, has been operating commercially since 2016[HANOI] Vietnamese budget airline Vietjet plans to resume the use of Comac jets next week after a...
Google opens new AI engineering centre in Taiwan
[TAIPEI] Alphabet’s Google on Thursday opened in Taiwan its biggest artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure hardware engineering centre outside of the US, in what Taiwan’s president said was a show...
OCBC app adds 8 digital wallets from across South-east Asia
[SINGAPORE] Local bank OCBC on Thursday (Nov 20) said that it has added eight digital wallets from South-east Asia, enabling customers in Singapore to transfer money directly from their...
