Entrepreneurship

DoorDash agrees to buy Deliveroo in US$3.9 billion deal
Published Tue, May 6, 2025 · 03:30 PM[LONDON] DoorDash has agreed to buy UK-based food-delivery platform Deliveroo for an equity value of about US$3.9 billion, as the US company...
Keppel DC Reit names Low Huan Ping as lead independent director amid board changes
[SINGAPORE] Keppel DC Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) has announced director Low Huan Ping as new lead independent director and chairman of nominating and remuneration committee, as Kenny Kwan...
Accounts Payable: Pay Now or Pay Later?
Managing accounts payable (AP) is a vital part of running a business. It involves tracking what a company owes its suppliers for goods and services received on credit. Understanding...
China’s CATL seeks US$1 billion loan for Indonesia plant expansion
The company has said that it expects to see little impact from the tariffs the Trump administration has imposed on China because the company’s US exposure is “quite small”.Published...
Asia: Dollar recovers some losses, stocks gain as traders eye tariff deals
[HONG KONG] The dollar rose in Asia on Tuesday fuelled by hopes for trade deals to avert Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, while equities mostly rose as investors await the...
Palantir sales forecast falls short of Wall Street’s hopes
[SAN FRANCISCO] Palantir Technologies dropped more than 8 per cent in late trading on Monday (May 5) after its results failed to live up to investors’ loftiest expectations for...
New Zealand PM proposes banning under-16s from social media
Published Tue, May 6, 2025 · 10:11 AM[SYDNEY] New Zealand’s prime minister on Tuesday proposed banning children under 16 from social media, stressing the need to protect them from...
IFA stands its ground on valuations in Sinarmas Land offer; says methods used ‘appropriate’ and in line with practice
[SINGAPORE] W Capital Markets, which is advising Sinarmas Land’s independent directors on the Widjajas’ offer to privatise the company, insists its valuations of the group’s assets are “appropriate” and...
Changi Airport Terminal 5 contracts worth S$4.75 billion awarded
[SINGAPORE] Changi Airport Group (CAG) announced on Monday (May 5) that contracts of around S$4.75 billion in value for substructure and airside infrastructure works at Changi Airport’s Terminal 5...
Stocks to watch: Sinarmas Land, Frasers Hospitality Trust, Procurri Corp
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Tuesday (May 6).Sinarmas Land: W Capital, the independent financial advisor (IFA) appointed by Sinarmas...
JPMorgan says AI helped boost sales, add clients in market turmoil
[NEW YORK] JPMorgan Chase’s artificial intelligence (AI) tools enabled it to boost sales to wealthy clients and manage scores of requests from worried customers even during April’s market rout,...
Hong Kong ramps up FX intervention to defend currency peg
[MELBOURNE] Hong Kong authorities ramped up sales of the local dollar as the greenback’s slide threatened the foreign-exchange peg.The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) sold a record HK$60.5 billion...