Entrepreneurship
Record Cat A COE: expiring EV perk, longer bidding interval behind ‘re-run of 2025 mania’
Awareness that incentives will be lower in 2027, impending changes to system keeping premiums high for mainstream cars[SINGAPORE] A longer-than-usual break between Certificate of Entitlement (COE) bidding rounds helped...
Stocks fall as Trump declares US-Iran ceasefire ‘over’
Published Wed, Jul 8, 2026 · 06:09 PMSTOCKS fell, bond yields spiked and oil rallied after US President Donald Trump thrust geopolitical risks back into focus by declaring the...
South Korea opens probe into Teo Siong Seng’s Singamas and peers over alleged price-fixing: report
[SINGAPORE] The South Korean anti-competition watchdog is said to have opened an investigation into Singapore shipping veteran Teo Siong Seng’s Singamas Container and three other container makers over alleged...
Cat A hits record S$129,000 as COE rises across the board
[SINGAPORE] The price of a Category A Certificate of Entitlement (COE) hit a record of S$129,000 as other categories also ended higher at the Wednesday (Jul 8) tender exercise.The Category A...
From Anthropic to Zegna – the A-to-Z of Temasek’s strategies to thrive in a ‘polycrisis’ world
In the financial year ended March 2026, it has added S$51 billion in new investments while divesting S$31 billion[SINGAPORE] State investment firm Temasek is moving to position itself at...
Japan considers policy wording change as BOJ independence fears roil bonds
The revised draft, however, retains a passage urging the central bank to align its policy decisions with the government’s economic agendaPublished Wed, Jul 8, 2026 · 01:07 PM[TOKYO] Japan’s...
Coffee trader seeks to shield more Vietnam growers from weather
The country is the world’s largest producer of robusta beans, used in instant coffee and espresso blendsPublished Wed, Jul 8, 2026 · 09:32 AM[HONG KONG/HANOI] Major coffee trader ECOM...
Foundation Healthcare closes 7.9% below IPO price in mainboard debut
Its public offer of 162.6 million shares is 3.8 times subscribed at S$0.76 a share[SINGAPORE] Shares of multispeciality healthcare group Foundation Healthcare ended its first trading day at S$0.70...
What is a protected cell company and how could it benefit businesses?
This allows the parking of risk arrangements under one umbrella, while being legally ring-fenced from each anotherTHE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has proposed a new corporate structure aimed...
Oil jumps after settlement as US revokes general license for Iran oil sales
Published Wed, Jul 8, 2026 · 06:05 AM[NEW YORK] Oil prices settled 3 per cent higher on Tuesday (Jul 7) and then extended gains post-settlement, after the US revoked the general...
