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The Projector owes S$1.2 million to creditors; Golden Mile cinema put up for rent
[SINGAPORE] The company behind embattled cinema chain The Projector owes creditors S$1.2 million, including close to S$90,000 to almost 2,300 of its members, The Business Times has learnt. In...
Lululemon founder Chip Wilson pledges stock for US$500 million in loans
[VANCOUVER] Lululemon Athletica founder Chip Wilson pledged shares in return for cash for the third time in just over a year, freeing the billionaire to spend on other matters...
US: Dow opens higher as Home Depot puts focus on retail earnings
Published Tue, Aug 19, 2025 · 09:46 PM[NEW YORK] The blue-chip Dow opened higher on Tuesday (Aug 19), aided by a rise in shares of Home Depot after the...
India suspends cotton import duty in signal to US, relief for garment industry
[NEW DELHI] India has suspended an 11 per cent import duty on cotton until September 30, in a move seen as a signal to Washington that New Delhi is...
Options traders brace for Big Tech sell-off with ‘disaster’ puts
[NEW YORK] Options traders are increasingly nervous about a plunge in technology stocks in the coming weeks and are grabbing insurance to protect themselves from a wipeout.
The tech-heavy...
CapitaLand Investment to advise Malaysian developer Astaka on retail strategy for RM1.2 billion Johor development
The project is expected to benefit from the formation of the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone[SINGAPORE] CapitaLand Investment (CLI) will provide retail advisory services to Malaysian property developer Astaka Holdings...
Foreign investment in Singapore real estate surges in Q2, but small market may limit further gains
[SINGAPORE] Foreign investment in Singapore property jumped in the second quarter of this year to US$2.3 billion, 572.5 per cent higher than the US$342 million from the same period...
Air Canada flight attendants end strike after reaching ‘tentative’ deal
Air Canada said it would “gradually restart its operations” after reaching a “mediated agreement” with the unionPublished Tue, Aug 19, 2025 · 07:03 PM[TORONTO] The union representing Air Canada...
STI rises 0.7% ahead of US Fed’s meeting
Across the broader market, gainers beat losers 269 to 217, with 2.1 billion securities worth S$1.7 billion changing hands[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks rose on Tuesday (Aug 19), as the market...
China’s overcapacity crackdown faces litmus test in solar sector
[BEIJING] China’s efforts to curb industrial overcapacity face their first test in the indebted and bloated polysilicon sector, a key cog in solar cell production, where analysts say it...
