Culture
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...
UK mulls Australia-style ban on social media for children
[LONDON] Britain is considering a range of measures to better protect children online, including an Australian-style ban on social media for those below a certain age and tougher guidance...
CEO revenue confidence hits five-year low: PwC survey
There was a sharp divide between those already seeing benefits from AI adoption and those who did not[DAVOS, Switzerland] Only three in 10 chief executives are confident in their...
Oil steadies as Iran supply fears ease and Greenland moves into spotlight
[CALGARY] Oil prices steadied on Monday as civil unrest in Iran subsided, reducing the likelihood of a US attack that could disrupt supplies from the major producer, while market-watchers turned...
Zurich Insurance offers US$10 billion to buy UK insurer Beazley
[LONDON] Swiss insurance company Zurich Insurance Group has raised its offer to buy rival speciality insurer Beazley to 1,280 pence (S$22.016) per share in cash, it said on Monday...
