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Singapore stocks track regional declines; STI down 0.1%
DFI Retail Group is the top performer on the blue chip index while Seatrium was the worst[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended lower on Tuesday (Jan 20), extending their fall for...
Meta’s Asia policy chief Simon Milner to exit as regulatory challenges mount
The company is increasing its focus on artificial intelligence at a time of heightened scrutiny on its core platforms[SINGAPORE] Meta Platforms is losing its most senior public policy executive...
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 [SINGAPORE] Shares of electronics company PC Partner soared on Tuesday (Jan 20)...
About half of Singapore fund managers expect STI to rise 5-10% in 2026, potentially hitting fresh records
According to the Imas survey, the positive outlook comes amid broader bullish sentiment towards Asian equities[SINGAPORE] Fund managers remain bullish on local equities, with 52 per cent of respondents...
Reshaping tax management in the AI age
The reporting landscape is being reshaped by seamless digital integration and sophisticated regulatory analyticsFOR Singapore’s corporate leaders, the annual tax filing is diminishing as a primary compliance event, superseded...
BOJ seen holding rate as yen traders focus on intervention risk
[TOKYO] The Bank of Japan is widely expected to keep its benchmark rate unchanged on Friday (Jan 23), offering little immediate support for the yen – and keeping traders...
Australian stocks post sharpest fall since mid-December as financials, miners slip
[SYDNEY] Australian shares logged their worst session in over a month on Tuesday (Jan 20) as rate hike jitters knocked heavyweight financials, while miners fell after BHP flagged that...
Changi Airport turns to driverless tractors to boost airside productivity
[SINGAPORE] Changi Airport on Tuesday (Jan 20) announced that it has deployed its first fleet of fully autonomous tractors for airside operations following almost a year of trials.The world’s...
Gold steadies near record high as Greenland crisis simmers
GOLD was steady near a record high, while silver retreated from an all-time peak, as President Donald Trump’s push to take over Greenland stoked fears of a potential US–Europe...
Indonesia’s rupiah hits record low on central bank independence worries
[SINGAPORE] Indonesia’s rupiah hit a record low against the dollar on Tuesday as investors fretted about the country’s central bank independence after President Prabowo Subianto nominated his nephew to...
These Singapore winners can benefit from AI boom, power crunch: Morgan Stanley
[SINGAPORE] The US “shale revolution” is about to export a windfall to Singapore, helping defray the cost of powering the artificial intelligence boom. A “glut” of new LNG supply...
South Korea bourse CEO sees Kospi at 6,000, vows to cut ‘zombie’ firms
The index’s surge over the past 12 months is the best among more than 90 global equity indexes tracked by Bloomberg[SEOUL] The world-beating rally in South Korean stocks is...