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A 240-year-old Swiss watchmaker’s race to beat Trump’s tariff deadline
[LONDON/GENEVA] As a US tariff deadline neared this week, Swiss watch manufacturer DuBois et fils rushed to ship five high-end watches worth thousands of US dollars each to the...
From rubber roots to risk management: Singapore’s 60-year mastery of global trades
Singapore has certainly experienced a remarkable journey from third world to first over the last six decades.In this week’s Brunch, we look at some of the sectors that have...
China’s SMIC says Trump tariffs did not cause expected ‘hard landing’
[BEIJING] China’s top foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) said on Friday (Aug 8) US tariff policy had not led to a “hard landing” the company had initially feared...
Standard Chartered forms joint venture to issue stablecoins in Hong Kong
Published Fri, Aug 8, 2025 · 01:27 PMSTANDARD Chartered said on Friday that it has formed a joint venture with strategic partners to apply for a license to issue...
Indonesia’s benchmark yield falls to lowest in almost two years
Emerging Asian sovereign bonds have rallied this year as global funds diversified their investments away from US dollar assetsPublished Fri, Aug 8, 2025 · 01:07 PM[JAKARTA] Indonesia’s 10-year bond...
Accumulating bitcoin a risky digital rush by companies
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s media group and Tesla, the electric carmaker owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, are among an increasing number of companies buying huge amounts of bitcoin.The...
Over 30 companies in IPO pipeline: SGX
[SINGAPORE] More than 30 companies are currently in the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) initial public offering (IPO) pipeline, according to the group’s head of global sales and origination, Pol de...
Asia: Tokyo soars on trade deal relief as markets limp into weekend
JAPANESE stocks rallied on Friday on a mixed day for Asian markets, fuelled by relief that Tokyo and Washington had settled a tariff issue that raised concerns about their...
China’s tech giants Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent spook a generation of workers with job cuts
FOR years, a job at one of China’s technology behemoths was a golden ticket for the country’s ambitious youth. Now, a wave of downsizing is tarnishing that dream, pushing...
Blackstone makes first hire for Japan private credit origination
The Japanese market has become a vital source of money for private credit funds, as investors from high-net-worth individuals to insurers allocate more into the asset classPublished Fri, Aug...
