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Hongkong Land Q3 profit falls 13% on lower contributions from its office portfolio
Hongkong Land’s underlying profit for the third quarter of its 2025 financial year is 13 per cent lower than the same period the previous…
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IBM, Cisco outline plans for networks of quantum computers by early 2030s
IBM and Cisco Systems on Thursday (Nov 20) said they plan to link quantum computers over long distances, with the goal of demonstrating…
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Bitcoin erases 2025 gains as investors fret over the macro environment
As at Nov 20, cryptocurrency’s value is 2.4% lower than that at the start of the year Bitcoin’s correction has erased the gains it made in…
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Singapore stocks rise as market cheers new SGX announcements; STI up 0.2%
Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust is top gainer on benchmark index; three local banks also end higher Singapore stocks ended higher on…
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BNP starts buyback, boosts capital goal after share drop
BNP Paribas announced a new buyback and plans to reach a target for capital strength early as chief executive officer Jean-Laurent Bonnafe…
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Vietnamese airline Vietjet to resume use of Chinese-made Comac planes: sources
C909, which seats up to 90 passengers, has been operating commercially since 2016 Vietnamese budget airline Vietjet plans to resume the…
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Google opens new AI engineering centre in Taiwan
Alphabet’s Google on Thursday opened in Taiwan its biggest artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure hardware engineering centre outside…
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OCBC app adds 8 digital wallets from across South-east Asia
Local bank OCBC on Thursday (Nov 20) said that it has added eight digital wallets from South-east Asia, enabling customers in Singapore to…
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Chinese copper demand sags in busy season after prices surge
A slump in government spending, meanwhile, has kicked away another prop to demand As the busy period for Chinese manufacturing draws to a…
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BOJ board member Koeda calls for policy normalisation
The Bank of Japan must continue to normalise monetary policy by raising real interest rates to “a state of equilibrium” to avoid creating…
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Asian currencies to regain ‘much-needed’ stability in 2026: DBS report
Countries have also bypassed US to trade with one another in view of tariff risks DBS analysts are upbeat about the region’s prospects for…
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Wilmar China unit found guilty of contract fraud, liable for 1.88 billion yuan in losses; looks to appeal judgement
It has been previously sued as an ‘accomplice’ in contract fraud related to palm oil trades A subsidiary of Wilmar International has been…
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Asia’s currency-defence war chest has swelled to US$8 trillion
Asia’s foreign-exchange reserves have surged to almost US$8 trillion, providing the authorities from Tokyo to Mumbai with ample ammunition…
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Shipping giants race to speed up China-Peru trade with new route
The ports of Callao and Chancay are only about 50 miles apart, or a few hours by truck, and both are close to Lima. Competition to…
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Many US Fed members were inclined against December interest rate cut: minutes
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said last month that a further reduction in December was “not a foregone conclusion” MANY US Federal Reserve…
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SGX to reduce board lot size for securities above S$10
Those investors who have been toying with the idea of adding blue-chip stocks to their portfolio but have been put off by their prices may…
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Keppel Reit trustee prices S$100 million perpetual securities at 3.28%
The trustee of Keppel Real Estate Investment Trust (Keppel Reit), HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore), on Wednesday (Nov 19)…
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Nokia streamlines business to focus on AI infrastructure boom
It plans to restructure into two main divisions – mobile networks and network infrastructure Nokia is banking on the boom in artificial…
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Tech unicorns set to benefit from new SGX-Nasdaq dual-listing highway: observers
The new framework allows companies to pursue a dual listing on both Nasdaq and SGX through a single set of documents Tech companies that…
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US: Wall Street opens higher as Nvidia test looms
Wall Street’s main indexes opened slightly higher on Wednesday (Nov 19) following sharp losses earlier in the week, as investors set their…
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Norinchukin ekes out small profit, flags risks in private credit market
The bank reported a net profit of 26 billion yen (S$217.3 million) for the months of July to September Japan’s Norinchukin Bank, hit hard…
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Nvidia’s switch to smartphone-style memory ‘to double server-memory prices by end-2026’
Tech-focused research firm says the change will spike the demand for chips that the industry can’t handle Nvidia’s move to use…
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One prospectus, two markets: SGX-Nasdaq dual-listing highway to debut in 2026
This comes as the MAS review group wraps up its work and releases its final report From next year, companies will be able to list on both…