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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, HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore), on Wednesday (Nov 19) priced its…
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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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XRP price keeps falling as digital tokens struggle to regain ground. What’s happening with crypto?
The cryptocurrency market is continuing to tumble as investors worry about risky assets, an AI and tech bubble, and a roughly 50%…
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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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Good for mortgages, bad for food prices - how inflation dip affects you
Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent Walking around your local supermarket and you'll struggle to find much that's healthy for your…
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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…
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CSE Global’s Q3 revenue swells 20.5% but order book shrinks
Its order intake was weighed down by a lack of major projects and unrepeated orders from the same year-ago period Systems integrator CSE…
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Target Plans to Spend Another $1B on Merchandising, Store Experience Next Year
Michael Fiddelke — who began as an intern in Target Corp.’s finance department and is due to become chief executive officer in February —…
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Weaponisation of finance over geopolitics a concern, says GIC’s CEO
Given the shifting geopolitical landscape’s major impact on security, trade and supply chains, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC’s CEO…
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iQiYi, Chinese Video Streamer, Swings Deeper Into Loss as Q3 Revenues Drop 8%, but Chiefs Tout Content Wins
Chinese streaming giant iQiYi posted an 8% revenue decline and deepened losses in the third quarter of 2025, though executives emphasized…
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Manulife US Reit bags two-year lease renewal with US Treasury
The government department makes up 5.3% of the Reit’s total gross rental income Manulife US Real Estate Investment Trust (MUST) secured a…
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Stamford Tyres puts commercial property at 455 MacPherson Road up for sale at S$12.5 million
With a land area of 10,236 square feet, the location currently houses one of the company’s tyre retail outlets Tyre and wheel distributor…
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STI ends flat on Wednesday amid mixed regional trading
Best performer is Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, while the biggest loser is Genting Singapore Singapore stocks ended flat on Wednesday (Nov…
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Quantum physicists have shrunk and “de-censored” DeepSeek R1
To test how well it worked, the researchers compiled a data set of around 25 questions on topics known to be restricted in Chinese models,…
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Interparfums SA Stock Plunges Following Adjusted Full-Year Outlook
PARIS – Interparfums SA stock deeply declined Wednesday morning after the publication of its new outlook for 2025. “Despite the slowdown…
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Remote and hybrid workers work less on Fridays. It’s hurting collaboration
Do your office, inbox, and calendar feel like a ghost town on Friday afternoons? You’re not alone. I’m a labor economist who studies how…
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UK inflation rate falls to 3.6% in year to October
Lucy HookerBusiness reporter The UK inflation rate fell to 3.6% in the year to October, but food prices rose again following a dip in…
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Xiaomi rides fan base to EV profitability faster than Tesla
China’s mature EV supply chain helps Xiaomi to reach scale without needing heavy capital Xiaomi parlayed its popularity with an existing…
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Markets primed for possible further declines: Goldman president Waldron
The S&P 500 is down more than 3% this month, on course for its worst month since March Goldman Sachs Group president John Waldron said…
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Hyundai to continue investing in US after immigration raid, says CEO
This is even after its workers were detained in an immigration raid at a plant it had a stake in Automotive giant Hyundai’s plan to invest…