Fashion
Time for OCBC to offload Great Eastern – The Business Times
The breathing room Great Eastern and OCBC now have to address the insurer’s free float stretches beyond the likely dates of their upcoming AGMsWhen Great Eastern announced late last...
Emerging market currencies get relief rally from softening Trump threats – The Business Times
Emerging-market (EM) currencies climbed during the first week of Donald Trump’s second term, helped by a softer-than-expected rollout of US tariffs and the absence of new levies on Chinese...
Nasdaq facing downward pressure in near term – The Business Times
THE Nasdaq-100 Index delivered an impressive 25.9 per cent gain in 2024, led by the stellar performance of heavyweight technology counters such as Nvidia and Alphabet. After a correction...
This Hong Kong newspaper seller is preparing for a yuan crash – The Business Times
Currency traders looking for their next big idea could do worse than talk to Wong, who runs a news stand in Hong Kong’s Central District. Her business is one...
Starbucks CEO made US$96 million in first four months on the job – The Business Times
Starbucks paid new chief executive officer Brian Niccol about US$96 million for four months of work last year, one of the biggest compensation packages in corporate America. About 94...
Oil prices settle pennies higher, down for week as Trump touts energy policy – The Business Times
Oil prices settled slightly higher on Friday (Jan 24) but posted a weekly decline, ending four straight weeks of gains, after US President Donald Trump announced sweeping plans to...