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Cortina’s H1 profit rises 10% to S$30.5 million amid stronger regional sales
Luxury watch retailer Cortina posted a 10 per cent rise in net profit to S$30.5 million for the six months ended Sep 30, up from S$27.8…
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Ringgit rises to 13-month high on fading rate-cut view, growth outlook
THE Malaysian ringgit gained to the strongest in more than a year on fading expectations for a central bank interest-rate cut and by…
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Genting Singapore Q3 net profit rises 19% to S$94.6 million amid higher VIP volume, win rate
Genting Singapore posted a 19 per cent year-on-year increase in net profit to S$94.6 million for the third quarter ended Sep 30, with…
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Singtel rises 5.4% to all-time high amid talks of US$3.9 billion data-centre deal
The telco and KKR & Co are in the late stages of discussions to buy more than 80% of ST Telemedia Global Data Centres for over S$5 billion…
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Aims Apac Reit’s H1 DPU rises 1.1% to S$0.0472
Aims Apac Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) on Wednesday (Nov 5) posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.0472 for the first half of…
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Why does lower UK productivity mean tax rises are more likely?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is contemplating tax rises in her Budget on 26 November. And she has said one of the key reasons is that the…
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Elite UK Reit 9-month DPU rises 9.4% to £0.0233
The improvement is attributed to interest savings through capital management and interest rate optimisation The manager of Elite UK Reit…
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Gold rises on bargain hunting and US rate cut, set for monthly gain
Traders have scaled back bets that the Fed will cut rates again at its next policy meeting on Dec 10 after remarks from Fed chair Jerome…
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Mastercard quarterly profit rises as transaction volumes hold strong
Mastercard reported a jump in third-quarter profit on Thursday (Oct 30), as sustained consumer spending boosted payment volumes on its…
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Prudential Q3 new business profit rises 14% to US$705 million; regional CEO leaves
Prudential on Thursday (Oct 30) posted a 13 per cent year-on-year rise in “new business profit” (NBP) for its third quarter ended Sep 30.…
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Tokyo: Nikkei rises to record high before BOJ decision, JGB yield climb
Japan’s Nikkei share average rose to a record high on Thursday, shaking off early weakness, as investors awaited the Bank of Japan’s…
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Keppel 9M net profit rises 5% despite accounting loss from proposed sale of M1’s telco business
Keppel has reported a 5 per cent increase in net profit for the first nine months of FY2025, despite an accounting loss from the proposed…
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Visa quarterly profit rises on strong transaction volumes
Visa reported a rise in fourth-quarter adjusted profit on Tuesday (Oct 28), as strong consumer spending helped the global payments…
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Ping An profit rises as stock rally lifts investment returns
Net income climbed to 132.9 billion yuan (S$24.2 billion), from 119.2 billion yuan a year earlier Ping An Insurance (Group) said profit…
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iFast Q3 net profit rises 54.7% to S$26 million on overall revenue growth
Digital bank and wealth management platform iFast posted a 54.7 per cent rise in net profit to S$26 million for its third quarter ended…
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Keppel DC Reit’s 9-month distributable income rises 55.5%
Keppel DC Reit reported distributable income of S$195.3 million for the nine months ended Sep 30, up 55.5 per cent from S$125.6 million a…
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Suntec Reit’s Q3 DPU rises to S$0.01778
The improvement comes amid stronger operational performance of its Singapore portfolio and lower financing costs The manager of Suntec…
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UOI 9-month comprehensive income rises 34.9% to S$40.6 million on investment gains
The improvement is mainly driven by marked-to-market gains on equity and fixed-income investments United Overseas Insurance (UOI), the…
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Renault Q3 revenue rises on car sales, finance arm
Renault’s third-quarter sales gained 6.8 per cent, helped by demand for new models such as the Dacia Bigster as well as higher revenue at…
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Volvo car profit unexpectedly rises on cost-cutting success
Volvo Car reported better-than-expected profit in the third quarter as the automaker benefited from the effects of its 18 billion-kronor…
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Frasers Centrepoint Trust’s H2 DPU rises 0.6% to S$0.06059
Distribution per unit (DPU) for Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) for its second half ended September 2025 came in at S$0.06059, up 0.6 per…
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Frasers Centrepoint Trust’s H2 DPU rises to S$0.06059
Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) posted a higher distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.06059 for its second half ended Sep 30, from S$0.0602 a…
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Food price rises slow as UK inflation remains at 3.8%
Charlotte EdwardsBusiness reporter, BBC News Food and drinks prices in the UK are increasing at their slowest rate in more than a year,…