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US: Wall Street opens lower after rally, Trump’s visa crackdown weighs
WALL Street’s main indices opened lower on Monday (Sep 22) after rallying to record highs in the previous session, while uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s visa policies also dimmed...
Netflix signs co-marketing deal with AB InBev to promote TV shows and beer
NETFLIX and Anheuser-Busch InBev have signed a global co-marketing deal to promote the streaming platform’s most-watched titles and the brewer’s beers, the companies said on Monday (Sep 22).The partnership...
Gold scales record high as markets brace for further rate cuts
GOLD surged to a record high on Monday (Sep 22), buoyed by investors’ heightened expectations of a dovish rate-cut path, ahead of remarks by multiple Federal Reserve officials and...
AliExpress tries to draw brands on Amazon: sources
[SHANGHAI] Alibaba Group Holding is trying to attract established brand names on Amazon.com to its global e-commerce site AliExpress, stepping up efforts to expand its footprint on the Seattle-based...
Singapore stocks slip on Monday as US futures fall; STI down 0.1%
Decliners outnumber advancers 315 to 233 after 1.9 billion shares worth S$1.6 billion change hands[SINGAPORE] Local stocks inched down on Monday (Sep 22), as declining American indices are set...
Mapletree Investments offloads Melbourne office building at steep discount to retail billionaire
The price tag is almost 38% lower than its original purchase price of A$145 million in 2017[SINGAPORE] Temasek-owned real estate group Mapletree Investments has divested a Grade A office...
Singtel faces another Optus crisis after fatal outage linked to three deaths in Australia
[SYDNEY] Singtel faces a fresh crisis at its Australian division Optus after the government started an investigation into an emergency call outage that resulted in multiple deaths.Last week’s network...
HSBC’s Roberts says the bank’s future in Asia, Middle East
[LONDON] The future of HSBC Holdings is in Asia and the Middle East because of the amount of wealth and the capital flows between the two regions, according to...
Amazon introduces Whole Foods 365 line to Singapore in brand test
[SINGAPORE] Amazon.com’s Whole Foods Market is taking its house brands to Singapore, a test of how the private-label goods will fare in a market where the grocer has no...
China’s central bank revives liquidity tool before long holiday
CHINA’S central bank has dusted off a liquidity instrument it last used eight months ago, part of a move to flood the banking system with cash before the Golden...
