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Shell keeps buybacks steady as profit falls, misses expectations
It has a Q4 net profit of US$3.3 billion, dropping 11% from the year before amid lower oil pricesPublished Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 04:40 PM[LONDON] Shell’s fourth-quarter net...
Bitcoin slumps with key US$70,000 level in sight
Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 03:32 PM[SINGAPORE] Bitcoin was on the cusp of breaking below the key US$70,000 level on Thursday (Feb 5) as a slide in the...
OCBC’s billionaire owners seen posing challenge for new CEO Tan Teck Long
The bank split the jobs of chairman and CEO in 1998, and have appointed outside professionals for both positions since 2003[SINGAPORE] As Tan Teck Long takes the helm of...
BYD shifts to local parts in Brazil factory in bid for market leadership
Since October, the automaker has produced about 25,000 cars at the industrial complexPublished Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 01:29 PM[CAMACARI] Chinese automaker BYD is aiming to produce and source...
Apac economies that gained from AI boom like Taiwan, Singapore drive outbound travel in 2025: Visa
Japan, South Korea, China see strong inbound travel amid demand for pop culture tourism [SINGAPORE] Asia-Pacific economies exposed to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom drove outbound spending in 2025, amid...
AustralianSuper hunts for private equity deals across Asia
The pension fund currently has 5.1% of its balanced portfolio invested in private equityPublished Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 11:35 AM[MELBOURNE] AustralianSuper, the country’s largest pension fund, is hunting...
Labor unions urge Gov. Gavin Newsom, California lawmakers to rein in artificial intelligence
SACRAMENTO — National union leaders, including the head of one of California’s largest labor organizations, on Wednesday urged Gov. Gavin Newsom to protect workers as artificial intelligence threatens to replace or...
Hong Kong dollar slips as loose liquidity revs up carry trades
The one-month rate in the interbank market has dropped to the lowest since NovemberPublished Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 09:27 AM[HONG KONG] The Hong Kong dollar drifted down to...
UOBKH names ‘alpha’ stocks with cheap valuations, strong catalysts in STI-beating portfolio
[SINGAPORE] With the Singapore equities market starting 2026 strong and the Straits Times Index (STI) hitting records, promising stocks with “inexpensive valuations” and “strong upcoming catalysts” have entered UOB...
Wall Street ends down as AI worries slam tech stocks
Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 06:03 AM[BENGALURU] US stocks ended lower on Wednesday (Feb 4), with losses in Advanced Micro Devices, Palantir and other technology companies, as investors...
