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Citi launches AI tools for Hong Kong employees
Published Thu, May 22, 2025 · 01:34 PMCITIGROUP has launched Citi AI, a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) tools for its employees in Hong Kong, the bank said on...
Former PBOC deputy governor Liu Guiping to head Bank of China: sources
Published Thu, May 22, 2025 · 12:31 PM[BEIJING] China will appoint financial veteran Liu Guiping as chairman of Bank of China, the nation’s fourth largest state-owned bank, two sources...
JPMorgan sees broad-based recovery, more interest in China
Wall Street firms have overall pulled back from the world’s second-largest economy, with their combined exposure, which includes lending, trading and investments, slumping by about a fifthPublished Thu, May...
Bank of Japan should step in only in a ‘severe’ bond market rout, policymaker says
Published Thu, May 22, 2025 · 11:05 AM[TOKYO] The Bank of Japan does not need to make big changes to its bond taper plan and should only ramp up...
Singtel jumps 2.6% on S$0.10 per share dividend, S$2 billion share buyback plan
Singtel has returned to the black with S$2.8 billion net profit for its second half[SINGAPORE] Shares of Singtel rose on Thursday (May 22) morning after the telco giant announced...
Gold rises as investors grow cautious amid US debt fears
Markets are now pricing in at least 50 basis points of rate cuts this year, with the first one expected in OctoberPublished Thu, May 22, 2025 · 09:30 AM[BENGALURU]...
Singtel returns to the black with S$2.8 billion H2 profit on exceptional gain, unveils S$2 billion buyback programme
[SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) returned to the black with a net profit of S$2.8 billion for its second half ended March 2025, compared with a net loss of S$1.3...
Estee Lauder, L’Oreal suffer as China’s duty-free spending falls
UNABLE to travel overseas during the Covid-19 pandemic, Chinese consumers sparked a shopping boom in the southernmost province of Hainan, lured by the tropical island’s plethora of duty-free shopping...
Nike to raise prices by next week, to return to selling on Amazon, media reports say
NIKE is set to raise prices on several of its products starting next week and will also return to selling its products at online retail giant Amazon, according to...
US LNG loses ground in Asia as tariffs, politics stall Alaska megaproject
[SINGAPORE] Asian energy buyers are rethinking their long-term bets on US liquefied natural gas (LNG) – increasingly seen as a geopolitical lever – as tariffs, political risk and volatile...
Oil prices fall on news that US-Iran will hold nuclear talks
[NEW YORK] Oil prices settled lower on Wednesday, after Oman’s foreign minister said a fresh round of nuclear talks between Iran and the US would take place later this week.Prices...
US: Stocks tumble as bond yields spike amid deficit worries
WALL Street stocks slid on Wednesday as US Treasury yields surged amid investor unease over President Donald Trump’s giant tax cut legislation moving through Congress.The yield on the 10-year US Treasury...