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Gold demand in Singapore jumps 48% to a record 9.6 tonnes in 2025
Appetite for the metal grew the fastest in the city-state among South-east Asia countries[SINGAPORE] Investors in Singapore seeking safe haven assets and portfolio diversification piled into gold in 2025,...
Forced TikTok US sale may turbocharge ByteDance’s Asia expansion, with S-E Asia to gain: say analysts
Other emerging markets have also been identified as potential beneficiaries of the divestment[SINGAPORE] The forced sale of ByteDance’s TikTok in the United States was intended to curb the Chinese...
Deutsche Bank posts biggest annual profit in nearly two decades a day after police search
The biggest profit since 2007 is a welcome milestone for the bank after a rocky decadePublished Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 03:23 PM[FRANKFURT] Deutsche Bank on Thursday (Jan 29)...
Meta must have facial recognition measures for notable Facebook users in Singapore or risk S$1 million fine
This is to reduce scam advertisements, accounts, profiles and business pages that impersonate two sets of peoplePublished Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 01:53 PM[SINGAPORE] The police have issued a...
Toyota retains top auto crown in 2025 with record sales
Published Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 01:01 PM[TOKYO] Toyota Motor sold a record 11.3 million vehicles globally in 2025, the company said on Thursday, retaining its crown as the...
Apac investors most bullish globally on private markets, with nearly half planning to raise allocations
[SINGAPORE] Institutional investors in Asia-Pacific (Apac) have the strongest conviction on private markets, with only 9 per cent planning to reduce allocation.This is the lowest number among the three...
Indonesia shares pare losses after authorities pledge to address MSCI’s transparency concerns
Indonesia shares are hit by second trading halt after MSCI flags transparency concerns[JAKARTA] Indonesian shares pared earlier losses on Thursday (Jan 29) to close lower after the authorities pledged...
Indonesia shares hit by second trading halt after MSCI flags transparency concerns
[JAKARTA] Indonesian equities extended their sell-off on Thursday (Jan 29), triggering a temporary trading halt for the second consecutive day after MSCI said it had frozen changes to such...
MBS Q4 earnings surpass S$1 billion to set new record
[SINGAPORE] Marina Bay Sands (MBS) delivered “simply the greatest quarter in the history of casino hotels”, said Las Vegas Sands (LVS) chairman and chief executive officer Rob Goldstein in...
Federal Reserve’s Powell dodges questions on his future, but has advice for his successor
Published Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 09:56 AM[WASHINGTON] US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stuck mostly to form on Wednesday, deflecting questions from the press about both his future at the...
