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Keppel’s special dividend yet to include billion-dollar sale of M1
Keppel’s proposed special dividend of S$0.13 per share helped push the company’s shares up over 6 per cent in a single day. The special…
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The Stranraer hotel ice rink producing some of the world's finest curlers
Three members of Team Mouat are from Stranraer - home to an ice rink built in a hotel. Source link
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India’s central bank keeps rates on hold after US trade deal
The central bank has now cut rates by a total of 125 basis points since February 2025 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept its key repo…
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The hidden risk of building a leadership team with people you know
You’ve worked together before. You trust each other. You know how the other person thinks under pressure. On paper, it’s the safest move.…
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China’s easy money floods metals markets as real economy falters
Copper, gold and silver all hit record highs, and activity on Chinese futures markets has soared ample cash but fewer investment options,…
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Why so many meme coins fail almost immediately
The meme coin boom has made some Web3 bros incredibly rich. But a new study published on Cornell University’s arXiv suggests the ecosystem…
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Toyota CEO Sato to step down, to be replaced by CFO Kon
Toyota Motor chief executive Koji Sato will step down, the world’s largest automaker said on Friday, and will be replaced by the…
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Kuok Maritime Group’s PaxOcean opens S$200 million Jalan Samulun shipyard
Kuok Maritime Group subsidiary PaxOcean on Friday (Feb 6) opened a S$200 million shipyard at 5 Jalan Samulun. The company falls under…
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Luckin Coffee’s PE owner gains more control over Chinese chain
The company’s American depositary receipts have gained 24% in the past 12 months Centurium Capital consolidated its holding in Luckin…
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Singapore bets on K-pop’s soft power for long-term tourism and branding gains
Upcoming BTS concerts expected to lift tourism, though economic impact may be shy of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour effect Exclusive concert…
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Gold, silver extend losses on global tech rout, firmer dollar
Investors expect at least two 25-basis-point rate cuts in 2026, with the first one expected in June Gold and silver extended losses on…
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Inside Singapore’s largest silver vault: How is the metal stored and handled?
It’s not just gold; interest in silver has also picked up among investors here and globally. The white metal’s price crossed US$100 per…
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AI race sends Big Tech’s capital spending to stratospheric high
Each tech giant has laid out a slightly different route to recouping their investments Four of the biggest US technology companies…
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Singapore, Asia markets mostly down after Wall Street tech rout
Asian markets ended the week largely in the red on Friday (Feb 6), taking the cue from the US markets on Thursday, when tech stocks and…
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BYD’s US$60 billion wipeout points to deeper turmoil for China EVs
The company shares now trade at around 15 times forward earnings estimates, below their three-year average of 18 A relentless sell-off in…
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South Korea’s ETF boom puts assets on track to overtake Taiwan
The two tech-heavy Asian markets have been a focal point in recent years, thanks to a global frenzy sparked by the rise of AI In yet…
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Stocks to watch: CICT, Nio, Clar, CDL, HPH Trust, Low Keng Huat, First Reit
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Feb 6): CapitaLand Integrated…
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Layoffs have reached the highest level since 2009 (and AI may not even be to blame)
Planned layoffs have now reached their highest rate since 2009’s Great Recession. The data comes from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray &…
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Elon Musk Will Be Deposed Over What He Did With DOGE
The report attributes 30,784 of the job losses to ending contracts, such as that of UPS. Market and economic conditions led to 28,392…
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How to protect your intellectual property as a new founder
You finally have something real: a prototype, a name, maybe your first customers. And then it hits you. What if someone copies this? What…
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Wall Street opens lower on anxiety over Alphabet’s capex plans
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday (Feb 5) as investors fretted over Alphabet’s spending plans and Qualcomm’s downbeat…
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OpenAI unveils AI agent service as part of push to attract businesses
The platform is part of a broader effort by OpenAI to seize the enterprise market from its rivals OpenAI on Thursday (Feb 5) said it is…
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XRP price keeps tumbling as Trump-era crypto gains get wiped out. How low can it go in 2026?
It’s a hard time to be an XRP investor. The token, the fifth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has been on a downward trajectory for…