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Courts, Prism+ rapped by consumer watchdog for misleading website features
The watchdog urges consumers to review their shopping carts, verify payment amounts and question urgency claims[SINGAPORE] The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) said it has taken action...
Crypto exchange Binance gains regulatory win in Abu Dhabi
[ABU DHABI] Binance Holdings has won three separate licenses from Abu Dhabi’s financial regulator, giving the crypto exchange giant one of its most comprehensive regulatory footholds yet.The approvals, issued...
Microsoft “aggressively” looking at South-east Asian clean energy projects amid data centre boom
The tech giant will also “take a very close look” at Singapore’s latest call to build new data centres[SINGAPORE] Microsoft is looking into cross-border clean energy projects in South-east...
Robinhood to enter Indonesia with brokerage, crypto trader acquisition
The country has more than 19 million capital market investors and 17 million cryptocurrency traders[BENGALURU] Robinhood Markets will acquire Indonesian brokerage firm Buana Capital Sekuritas and licensed digital asset...
WongPartnership issues payment demand to United Food for S$358,000 in unpaid professional fees
[SINGAPORE] United Food announced on Friday (Dec 5) that it received two letters of demand dated Dec 3 from WongPartnership, on behalf of the firm with respect of professional...
Stocks to watch: Sembcorp Industries, Singapore Paincare, Rex International
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Dec 8): Sembcorp Industries : The energy player on Monday confirmed it was in...
Oil prices searching for a catalyst
OIL prices have entered the final stretch of 2025 locked in a tug-of-war between persistent oversupply and occasional flares of geopolitical support, leaving the market largely range-bound over the...
Silver hits fresh record as strong ETF inflows sustain rally
The metal’s recent surge has also been supported by rising expectations the US Federal Reserve will lower interest rates at its meeting next week[NEW YORK] Silver touched a fresh...
GIC, Brookfield agree to S$3.4b deal for Sydney-listed National Storage
Singapore sovereign fund and the global alternative asset manager will pay A$2.86 per unit in cash[SINGAPORE] Singapore’s GIC and Australia’s Brookfield Asset Management have agreed on a binding deal...
Brookfield, GIC near binding offer for National Storage: sources
The parties are finalising details of a transaction that could be announced as soon as Monday[SYDNEY] Brookfield Asset Management and GIC are nearing a binding offer for National Storage...
India’s regulators order IndiGo CEO to explain mass cancellations
Interruption in IndiGo’s services has made the ongoing crisis one of the country’s worst air disruptions[NEW DELHI] Indian regulators held IndiGo’s chief executive accountable for the severe disruptions that...
Online child safety advocates urge California lawmakers to increase protections
SACRAMENTO — Julianna Arnold wasn’t alarmed when her teen daughter first joined Instagram.Many people her age were using it. And her daughter Coco had a social life and other hobbies, like...