Fashion
Trust, not tracking: inside the L.A. company that got workers back to the office
Los Angeles video gaming company Riot Games abandoned its return-to-office requirements in January, and surprisingly, more of its employees have been showing up at work. Two years of dictating...
Higher-for-longer rates set to hit Asia’s tech sectors as Fed stays the course: analysts
The region’s central banks are likely to take divergent monetary paths independent of the US Federal Reserve[SINGAPORE] The US Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates, accompanied by hawkish messaging,...
UBS CEO defends share buybacks and pushes back against capital proposals
Sergio Ermotti says that although the integration of Credit Suisse is ‘practically complete’, the regulatory debate has yet to be resolvedPublished Thu, Jul 30, 2026 · 04:53 PM[ZURICH] UBS...
Lloyds reports first-half profit up 23%, outlines AI-driven cost-cutting plans
Published Thu, Jul 30, 2026 · 04:50 PM[LONDON] Lloyds Banking Group reported a better than expected statutory pretax profit of £4.3 billion (US$5.74 billlion) for the first half of...
Chip designer Ambiq Micro’s secondary listing on SGX a ‘reflection of commitment’: CEO
The company is embarking on a multi-year R&D programme based in Singapore for its Spot platform[SINGAPORE] For chip designer Ambiq Micro, doing a secondary listing on the Singapore Exchange...
Adidas raises 2026 sales outlook as World Cup, retro styles boost demand
Published Thu, Jul 30, 2026 · 03:13 PM[HERZOGENAURACH, Germany] German sportswear maker Adidas on Thursday (Jul 30) raised its sales forecast for the year after second-quarter revenue beat expectations,...
Singtel in talks to sell 30% Optus stake to New Zealand investor Morrison, AFR says
Published Thu, Jul 30, 2026 · 03:03 PMSINGTEL is in advanced talks to sell a more than 30 per cent stake in Australia’s Optus to Morrison in a deal...
Shell’s profit more than doubles to US$9.8 billion as US-Iran war boosts oil, gas prices
This is the firm’s highest quarterly profit and its highest operating cash flow since 2022Published Thu, Jul 30, 2026 · 02:31 PM — Updated Thu, Jul 30, 2026 ·...
HKSE wants to scrap lunch break; SGX’s experience shows traders had little appetite for it
The Republic’s bourse did away with the one-hour pause in 2011 to improve market accessibility, but reinstated it six years later due to its unpopularity[SINGAPORE] Hong Kong’s stock exchange...
SGX’s past experiment offers insights as Hong Kong exchange proposes scrapping lunch break
London will have longer trading hours for some products while Nasdaq moves to a 23-hour day from December[SINGAPORE] Hong Kong’s stock exchange is proposing to scrap its lunch trading...
