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Skip College? These Entrepreneurs Did
Thinking about skipping college to chase your entrepreneurial dreams? You’re not alone. Many successful entrepreneurs without a degree…
Swedan Margen
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Biden’s Pathetic Rehabilitation Tour
The man who shuffled off stage last year in the middle of the play has shuffled back on to it. Source link
Business
SIA Engineering H2 net profit up 87.3% at S$70.8 million
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) reported an 87.3 per cent jump in net profit to S$70.8 million for the six months ended March 2025 from S$37.8…
Business
Nippon Steel expects profit to drop 43% this year, US steel decision by early June
Nippon Steel expects net profit to slide 43 per cent in the fiscal year ending March 2026, it said on Friday (May 9), citing a weak global…
Business
ThaiBev Q2 profit down 3.2% at 6.7 billion baht; declares dividend of 0.15 baht per share
Chang beer maker Thai Beverage (ThaiBev) on Friday (May 9) announced that its profit for the second quarter ended Mar 31, 2025, lowered…
Business
UMS Integration Q1 earnings nearly flat at S$9.8 million
Semiconductor player UMS Integration on Friday (May 9) reported profit of S$9.8 million for the first quarter ended Mar 31, 2025, almost…
Business
Reckoning with GDP: Accounting Versus Economics
Never confuse an accounting identity with a causal economic relationship. Source link
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To Counter China, the U.S. Must Fight Malaria
The administration would do well to treat counter-malaria as a blueprint — not just for saving lives, but for winning the competition that…
Business
Our Favorite “Only in New York” Spots
“Only in New York” may be a cliché, but only because it’s so true. For Goings On, in our New York-themed centenary issue, we asked staff…
Business
Analysts raise price targets on DBS after Q1 earnings
Analysts raised price targets for shares of DBS, following its first quarter results release on Thursday (May 8). The bank’s net profit at…
News
Germany’s DAX Index hits record high after tariffs round trip
Germany’s DAX Index became the first major European gauge to surpass its March record high, recouping all declines sparked by US President…
Business
Sembcorp, Aster sign over S$650 million in energy and utilities deals for regional projects
Both also ink an MOU to explore strategic initiatives across Singapore, Indonesia and rest of South-east Asia Energy provider Sembcorp…
Business
Foreign banks sell record Indian sovereign debt as tensions rise
Foreign banks sold a record amount of Indian government bonds on Thursday (May 8), as a growing border conflict with Pakistan weighs on…
Business
China’s top chipmaker SMIC plunges after projecting lower sales
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) plunged on Friday (May 9) after China’s leading chipmaker warned sales could…
Business
OCBC keeps 2025 guidance, but loan growth targets could be buffeted by headwinds: CEO Helen Wong
OCBC is keeping its financial targets for 2025, but noted that its loan growth guidance of a mid-single digit will likely see the most…
Business
Direct impact of trade tariffs affects about 3% of OCBC’s loan book; portfolio remains ‘resilient’
Current trade tariffs are expected to have a “first-order impact” on 3 per cent of OCBC’s loan book, group chief financial officer Goh…
Business
Asia: Stocks lifted by hopes for US-China talks after UK deal
Most Asian equities rose on Friday (May 9) on growing optimism that the worst of US President Donald Trump’s trade war is past after he…
Fashion
From Apple to GM, tariffs to cost companies tens of billions
From Apple to General Motors (GM), corporate America is bracing for tens of billions of US dollars in damages from Trump’s trade war – and…
Fashion
How the Singapore dollar could perform against the greenback this year
Fading US exceptionalism could pave the way for further appreciation of the Singapore dollar against the greenback, said analysts. The…
Business
Frasers Property H1 profit rises 147.6% to S$142.2 million on tax reversal
Frasers Property posted a 147.6 per cent jump in net profit to S$142.2 million for the first half ended Mar 31, 2025, from S$57.4 million…
Business
ST Engineering posts 8% rise in Q1 revenue to S$2.9 billion
ST Engineering’s revenue rose 8 per cent to S$2.9 billion for the first quarter ended March, from S$2.7 billion in the corresponding…
News
A Day in the Live-Streamed Life of Donald Trump
In Donald Trump’s first term, he reinvented many things about how the job of President was done. The strictly scheduled day of his…