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Gold heads for biggest gain since 2010 in mixed year for metals
GOLD is heading for its biggest gain in 14 years, with a 27 per cent advance fuelled by US monetary easing, sustained geopolitical risks…
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Asia: Japanese shares gain on weaker yen after Christmas break
JAPANESE stocks rose on Friday (Dec 27) on a weaker yen after a muted day on Wall Street following the Christmas holiday. Japan’s key…
Business
Gold set for weekly gain; focus on incoming Trump administration, US Federal Reserve’s 2025 path
GOLD prices were trading flat on Friday (Dec 27), but were set for a weekly rise, as markets awaited signals on the US economy under the…
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What Putin seeks to gain from Donald Trump in Ukraine peace deal
Donald Trump has long said he can end the war started by Vladimir Putin within a day, but how soon talks take place after the…
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Hong Kong opens third airport runway with marginal gain in landing slots
HONG Kong’s third airport runway officially starts operating on Thursday (Nov 28), but there will be hardly any additional flight capacity…
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Canadian dollar notches biggest weekly gain since August
THE heavily shorted Canadian dollar steadied against its US counterpart on Friday (Nov 22), with the currency holding on to a weekly gain…
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Safe-haven gold on track for weekly gain
GOLD prices were steady on Friday (Nov 22) but still poised for a weekly gain, driven by safe-haven demand due to escalating geopolitical…
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Shareholders can gain from DBS buying back shares, even at record prices
Shareholders benefit when companies actively manage capital, whether through dividends or share buybacks CALL me agnostic. I am happy to…
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Greenback notches weekly gain as traders reassess rate-cut expectations
THE US dollar was set for its biggest weekly gain in over a month on Friday (Nov 15), as markets reassessed expectations of future…
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Global EV sales up 35% in October, Europe ekes out a gain
GLOBAL sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose 35 per cent in October from the same month last year, with growth across…
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Singtel’s H1 profit falls 42.4% to S$1.23 billion in absence of exceptional gain
SINGTEL’S net profit for the first half ended September fell 42.4 per cent year on year to S$1.23 billion from S$2.14 billion. This was in…
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Singtel’s interim dividend up 35%, H1 profit falls 42.4% to S$1.23 billion in absence of exceptional gain
Soft enterprise demand is expected to improve in the coming months, and data centre customers are paying reservation fees to secure…
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SoftBank books 1.18 trillion yen quarterly gain as Vision Fund finds its feet again
JAPAN’S SoftBank Group swung to a 1.18 trillion yen (S$8.7 billion) net profit in the three months to September, as the tech giant…
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Dollar on track for weekly gain after Trump election win
THE dollar rose on Friday (Nov 8) and was heading for a weekly gain as investors evaluated the likely impact on the American economy of…
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US dollar on track for weekly gain after Trump election win
The greenback rose on Friday (Nov 8) and was heading for a weekly gain as investors evaluated the likely impact on the American economy of…
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US banks to gain from looser capital, merger policies under Trump
THE banking industry is expected to win big as former President Donald Trump returns to the White House, ushering in Republican regulators…
Business
Bitcoin adds to biggest gain in a week as traders watch US election
BITCOIN added to its biggest gain in a week as traders around the world watched results trickle in from a US presidential election that…
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US dollar falls, bond futures gain as some Trump trades are pared
A GAUGE of the US dollar fell the most since late September and Treasury futures rose as polling data ahead of Tuesday’s (Nov 5) US…