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Asia: Stocks surge on US-China trade deal breakthrough
ASIAN equities surged on Monday as investors cheered a breakthrough in US-China trade talks that set the stage for leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to finalise a deal,...
Huawei EV partner Seres seeks HK$13.2 billion in Hong Kong listing
[HONG KONG] Seres Group started taking investor orders for a Hong Kong listing that may raise as much as HK$13.2 billion (S$2.2 billion), making the electric-vehicle (EV) maker the...
Gold dips on stronger dollar, US-China trade deal hopes
The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point at its meeting on Wednesday[BENGALURU] Gold prices fell on Monday (Oct 27), as...
Sembcorp Solar, new Aster unit ink deal for renewable power worth 17,000 cars’ emissions
Aster Power will focus on advancing power and steam generation, as well as renewable power solutions across Aster’s assets[SINGAPORE] Chemical and energy solutions firm Aster on Monday (Oct 27)...
Skipping a generation: Lessons from the late Nippon Paint tycoon’s inheritance play
For families planning to hand over wealth directly to the third generation, the grandchildren’s tax residency is important[SINGAPORE] Months before Nippon Paint tycoon Goh Cheng Liang died at the...
DBS, OCBC and Maybank extend S$500 million loan to YTL PowerSeraya for hydrogen-ready power plant
This is the first transition-finance transaction aligned with Singapore’s national taxonomy for sustainable finance[SINGAPORE] Some of South-east Asia’s largest banks – DBS, OCBC and Maybank – will be extending...
Shares of iFast soar 7.5% on positive Q3 results
The counter jumped S$0.69 to an intra-day high of S$9.92, the highest price in more than a year[SINGAPORE] Shares of digital wealth management platform iFast soared nearly 7.5 per...
Nuclear power: Singapore to partner two US institutes, releases background paper
Clean energy imports from Indonesia are also expected to commence within the decade[SINGAPORE] Singapore will partner two US organisations to strengthen its expertise in nuclear power, and has released...
South Korea faces property ‘ticking bomb’ as Lee backs BOK hold
[SEOUL] South Korean President Lee Jae-myung warned that the country’s property market is a bubble on the point of bursting, as he backed the Bank of Korea’s (BOK) decision...
Stocks to watch: ASL Marine, mm2 Asia
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Oct 27): ASL Marine : The shipbuilder on Monday said it was working...
India and China resume direct flights as ties improve
The world’s two most populous nations remain strategic rivals competing for regional influence, but ties have eased gradually since a deadly Himalayan border clash in 2020[KOLKATA] India and China...
Australia sues Microsoft over AI-linked subscription price hikes
AUSTRALIA’S competition regulator on Monday sued Microsoft, accusing it of misleading customers into paying higher prices for Microsoft 365 subscriptions after bundling its AI assistant Copilot into personal and...